Does not open relative paths

[paulvi]

I came across that this nice plugin does not open relative paths like

..\\..\\..\\..\\mobile\\android\\Library\\src\\fastjson\\1.1.33\\fastjson\\src

of course i can Ctrl+Alt+D to open shell and execute

cd ..\\..\\..\\..\\mobile\\android\\Library\\src\\fastjson\\1.1.33\\fastjson\\src

[basti1302]

Are we talking about opening a shell/explorer from a text file? So, in your case, you have the text ..\\..\\..\\..\\mobile\\android\\Library\\src\\fastjson\\1.1.33\\fastjson\\src in a text file, select this text in the editor and press Ctrl+Alt+D?

If so, relative to which directory should the path be interpreted? Relative to the current working dir of the Eclipse process? Relative to the project directory of the current project? Relative to the file you have in the editor? Relative to the user home?

There are many possibilities and depending on the use case, each user might have a different expectation.

[paulvi]

Oh, I should put you into context

Eclipse lets users to configure where are jar sources via .jar.properties file with content like

src=D:\\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\\sdk\\extras\\android\\support\\v4\\src

Of course relative paths are better, but they may be too long and harder to check.

When I tried to use StartExplorer to check if such relative path is correct, it failed to open with Explorer.

e.g. ..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\Library\\src\\afinal\\0.5.1\\src

If so, relative to which directory should the path be interpreted?

As you should see by now, it is current file / Editor path.

[basti1302]

So, just to avoid misunderstandings: Your expectation was to resolve the path relative to the file that is currently open in the editor? Is this correct?

[paulvi]

Your expectation was to resolve the path relative to the file that is currently open in the editor? Is this correct?

Yes.
When path is in Editor, it should be the path of current opened file.
This is most logical.

[basti1302]

Feature is implemented in release 1.6.1. Check it out.