Enhancement: Ability to set a working directory

[swick7]

Great job integrating NodeJS into eclipse! The look and feel is seamless.

Would it be possible for you to add a “Working Directory” option to the Run Configuration dialog for Node Applications?

Here’s my situation:

I’m using NodeJS to optimize the javascript for our website with RequireJS.

I have:
C:\users\swick4\programs\node\node.exe
C:\TFS\MyProject\Branches\1.2.0\FrontEnd\Presentation Layer\assets\scripts\libs\r.js
C:\TFS\MyProject\Branches\1.2.0\FrontEnd\Presentation Layer\assets\app.build.js

For this to work, node.exe has to be run from the folder C:\TFS\MyProject\Branches\1.2.0\FrontEnd\Presentation Layer\assets

From DOS I have to execute the command:
C:\TFS\MyProject\Branches\1.2.0\FrontEnd\Presentation Layer\assets> C:\users\swick4\programs\node\node.exe scripts\libs\r.js -o app.build.js

Right now there is no way to tell the Run Configuration for a Node Application to execute node.exe from a specific working directory.

[paulvi]

What is your project base folder?
Have you tried create 2 projects? (It will add 2 .project files)

[tomotaro1065]

This feature will be available on next version(0.4).

[swick7]

My project base folder is C:\TFS\MyProject\Branches\1.2.0.

When I run node.exe from the working folder, C:\TFS\MyProject\Branches\1.2.0\FrontEnd\Presentation Layer\assets, it reads and writes to files in the parent folder, C:\TFS\MyProject\Branches\1.2.0\FrontEnd\Presentation Layer.

[swick7]

Thanks!

[tomotaro1065]

Version 0.4 has been released.