Easily Open Existing Non-Eclipse Project in Eclipse?

Question

Alright, this has caused me enough grief. The answer may be dead simple, but I need some help.

I figured it would be simple to open an existing project in Eclipse, but I'm having quite a time actually making this work. I don't want to change where it's located. I don't want to pull a bunch of strings to get Eclipse to point to it. I just want to take the project directory from where it is now and open it in Eclipse.

Is there any way to do this?

Answer 1

Not sure that I entirely follow, but here's my general routine for creating projects in Eclipse.

1. I go to File > New > Project and pick out what sort of project I want, and hit Next.

2. I enter the name I want to use for the project, and the path where I want to store it. I never store stuff in my workspace folder.

3. For projects with existing code, I just put the path to the existing folder, and Eclipse just imports the code.

Hoping that answers your question, but if not let me know.