no rendering for non-project files opened by File > Open File...

[DavidHolmes0]

Thanks very much for sharing your fine work.

This message concerns a possible issue, but may instead reflect my ignorance of Eclipse: should the viewer render the md when I use Eclipse's File > Open File to open the md file?

Immediately after installing the Winterstein Eclipse-Markdown-Editor-Plugin and your viewer, I opened a tiny md file via Eclipse's File > Open File menu. The Winterstein viewer rendered the Markdown as if it were standard Markdown, but the GFM viewer pane was empty. No html files were created.

I eventually tried creating a project that contains the md file, and the GFM viewer immediately rendered the Markdown as expected. I should add that I don't understand the distinction that Eclipse makes in some other areas between files that are -- versus are not -- part of a project.

I wouldn't have bothered you by opening an issue for this, but it does give me an opportunity to convey my thanks.

[satyagraha]

Hi David, thanks for your appreciation - you can click the Star link at the top of the page to record this permanently.

Regarding the reported issue, I don't seem to be able to reproduce it in my version 1.2.1. I've opened markdown files via the File > Open File... menu and they render as expected.

The best way in Eclipse to access non-project files is via linked resources: these are like symlinks to arbitrary parts of the file system and can be added to any project. They can be visually identified by a little arrow on the resource icon.

If anyone else can reproduce the problem, do please report here.

[paulvi]

@DavidHolmes0 Hint: you can also drag-and-drop files into Project Explorer View. Then Eclipse will ask whether to copy or create link.

[satyagraha]

Closing as no new input.