Re: [Pydev-users] Not following symbolic links for F3 resolution

[Kenneth L. <ke...@lo...>]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Kenneth Loafman <ke...@lo...>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I hit F3 to bring up a function edit, PyDev claims it cannot find the
> source if the function has a symbolic link in the path.  Everything else
> works perfectly as it should, yet F3 claims the resource does not exist.
>
> I can get it to work by using a File >> New >> Folder and making a
> pseudo-link through that, but that has its own problems since it does not
> create a symbolic link in the file system.  So, to get manual tests to
> work, I have to create the symbolic link as well.  The problem with doing
> so is that when I try to debug, PyDev complains that I have two copies of
> the function in the workspace and for every F5, F6, or F8 I hit, I have to
> chose the non-linked one, a real PITA.
>
> Looks like I just reported two bugs here.  Should I file them, or is there
> a workaround I should try first?
>

Just a followup, the problem appears to be only if the initial directory is
a symbolic link, like so,