How can I do this?

File/Open File. :)

HTH,
Andrei

CE> I want to open an arbitrary file -- the error log for my appserver
CE> -- in
CE> Idea not in notepad. The file is not part of a project. Is this
CE> possible short of a plugin?

perhaps I should add -- and attach it to a hot key. that would rule out
this suggestion

"Andrei Oprea" <andrei.oprea@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:cgov1a$q1d$1@is.intellij.net...

File/Open File. :)

>

HTH,
Andrei

>

CE> I want to open an arbitrary file -- the error log for my appserver
CE> -- in
CE> Idea not in notepad. The file is not part of a project. Is this
CE> possible short of a plugin?

>

There's a LogMonitor plugin that you can use if you are using Log4J. Makes it possible to jump from traces in the log directly to the source code.

http://www.intellij.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/LogMonitorPlugin

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Trond

Hello Charles,

Try the following plugin...
http://www.intellij.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SystemToolsPlugin

I have a batch file and added a short cut to "Send To" and I right click on the file I want to open and sendto that batch file and it opens up in IDEA..

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
--Venkat.

I want to open an arbitrary file -- the error log for my appserver --
in
Idea not in notepad. The file is not part of a project. Is this
possible short of a plugin?

begin 777 load.bat
M#0IC.EQJ,G-D:S$N-"XR7&)I;EQJ879AF5X92`M8VQA<W-P871H($,ZTEN
M=&5L;&E*+45!4"]C;VYF:6<O<&QU9VEN<R]S>7-T96U4;V]L<R]L:6(O<WES
M=&5M5&]O;',N:F%R("!O<F<N:6YT96QL:6HN<WES=&5M5&]O;',N9FEL94QO
=861E<BY-86EN("4Q("4R("4S#0H-"G!A=7-E#0IS
`
end

Nice.. Thanks to Alexey for the plugin and for Venkat in coming up with a great use case that made me try this plugin for the first time. Wonderful!

Venkat Sonnathi wrote:

Hello Charles,

Try the following plugin...
http://www.intellij.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SystemToolsPlugin

I have a batch file and added a short cut to "Send To" and I right click on the file I want to open and sendto that batch file and it opens up in IDEA..

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
--Venkat.

>>I want to open an arbitrary file -- the error log for my appserver --
>>in
>>Idea not in notepad. The file is not part of a project. Is this
>>possible short of a plugin?

It's closer to what I was looking for and useful in it's own right.
Thanks for the clue.

Venkat Sonnathi wrote:

Hello Charles,

Try the following plugin...
http://www.intellij.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SystemToolsPlugin

I have a batch file and added a short cut to "Send To" and I right click on the file I want to open and sendto that batch file and it opens up in IDEA..

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
--Venkat.

>>I want to open an arbitrary file -- the error log for my appserver --
>>in
>>Idea not in notepad. The file is not part of a project. Is this
>>possible short of a plugin?

Actually, yes, I hooked it up to IDEA using the external tools
integration. It works like a champ AND its tied to a hot key. :)

Thanks again,