Re: RDI Opening Local PC File from Command Line Switch

Richard Schoen <richard-DiTrGpQEJGItADg8e/3/[email protected]>
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Thanks for the reply.

It definitely has startup lag 😊

For my use case I'm trying to give dev users an option to open local files in their favorite editor and without ability to pass a file name, RDI isn't an option. 

David, didn't you used to do some Eclipse plugin writing ?  I wonder if there's something that could be done with a plugin. 

Honestly it's not a big deal, but someone was asking about using RDI with my Work with IBMi utility.

Closest I came weas telling them to create a shortcut to the work file directory for actual editing of local files.

In case anyone is interested in trying it and providing feedback - currently Windows only and SSH connectivity:

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Regards,
Richard Schoen
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date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 12:05:47 -0500
from: David Gibbs via WDSCI-L <[email protected]>
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On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 8:03?PM Richard Schoen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can I pass a local PC file name and have RDI open it directly the same way I can with other editors ?

Keep in mind that RDi uses Eclipse as it's framework, and it's a very heavy framework.

There are ways to open a file when launching eclipse (see https://help.eclipse.org/latest/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Fguide%2Fproduct_open_file.htm),
but I don't think that works well when eclipse is being used as an IDE, as it has a workspace associated with it.

Even if it were possible, launching eclipse and all it's plugin's is going to take quite a while just to edit a file.

david

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