Workspace

Specifying a workspace location

To redirect the IDE to reference a specific workspace:

• Navigate to the directory where the qde executable resides and run the appropriate command.
  • On Windows, run qde.exe -data path_to_workspace.
  • On all other host types, run ./qde -data path_to_workspace.

  You can enter a new directory in path_to_workspace to create a new workspace.

  Note: Don't run the eclipse command, even though it may seem to work. Always use qde instead, because it configures the proper QNX-specific environment.
  Note: Don't use spaces or any of the following characters in your workspace name:

  | ! $ ( " ) & ` : ; \ ' * ? [ ] # ~ = % < > { }

  These characters cause problems because the IDE must create a directory with the same name and the underlying build tools such as make and qcc don't like such characters in directory names.

At any time, you can access another workspace by selecting File > Switch Workspace > Other. This opens the Workspace Launcher, which is described in “Starting the IDE for the first time”. After you select another workspace and click OK, the IDE must restart to reload all projects in that workspace.

Where are files stored?

On Windows, C:\ is used instead of the HOME environment variable or the C:\Documents and Settings\userid directory (so the spaces in the path name don't confuse the tools).

You can specify where you want your workspace folder to reside. For details, see the “Running Eclipse” section in the Tasks chapter of the Workbench User Guide. (To access the guide, open Help > Help Contents, then select Workbench User Guide from the left-side navigation.)