creating a file in the +New page with an absolute path doesn't work -- maybe this is really a request for better ways to open existing files

[williamstein]

Suppose you want to open /usr/local/sage/src/sage/schemes/elliptic_curves/constructor.py

If in the terminal you type open /usr/local/sage/src/sage/schemes/elliptic_curves/constructor.py it works.

If you click +New then paste in the above path, it makes a new file at pwd/usr/local/sage/src/sage/schemes/elliptic_curves/constructor.py

Maybe this isn't the right thing to do....?

I'm not sure.

Any thoughts? Maybe the real problem is that I'm trying to use +New to open an existing file, and we need better support for opening files.