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Bug 355215

Summary:	Allow debug/run configs to reference containing or active project
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Toralf Lund <toralf.lund>
Component:	Debug	Assignee:	Platform-Debug-Inbox <platform-debug-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	remy.suen
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Toralf Lund

2011-08-19 09:20:46 EDT

Build Identifier: 20100618-0524

Another "obvious" improvement I couldn't find any report for:

As far as I can tell, in "run" or "debug" configuration, you always have to hardcode a project name. This limits the flexibility a lot, especially in terms of shared launch files; there is a good description of the problem here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3573933/can-my-eclipse-launch-profile-reference-its-containing-project

It also means the debug configuration is not at all symmetric with the build configuration, and I think it would make more sense if it was.

In other words, it should be possible to set up launch configurations without an explicit project reference, and have them apply either to the project they are saved under, or the "active" project at a given time.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Remy Suen

2011-08-19 09:23:37 EDT

(In reply to comment #0)
> In other words, it should be possible to set up launch configurations without
> an explicit project reference, and have them apply either to the project they
> are saved under, or the "active" project at a given time.

How is the "active" project defined?

Comment 2 Toralf Lund

2011-08-19 09:33:26 EDT

(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > In other words, it should be possible to set up launch configurations without
> > an explicit project reference, and have them apply either to the project they
> > are saved under, or the "active" project at a given time.
> 
> How is the "active" project defined?
The same way as for using build configurations.

Maybe "active" isn't the right term, but e.g. the contents of the "Build" and "Manage Configurations" menus are based on data saved in a project, and change according to what you are working on, so a similar notion seems to exist already. I suppose it's related to the selection in the Project Explorer and/or the file opened in the editor currently in focus.

Comment 3 Lars Vogel

2019-11-14 03:11:38 EST

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

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