Cloud-9: How to open a file in the c9-editor from c9-terminal

Question

Is there a way to open a file not from the workspace tree view but from the c9-terminal tab?

Background: c9 doesn´t allow me to set the workspace path to / for a use

Answer 1

You can do the next:

cd ~
ln -s / root

Then you can see the root link in the workspace. You can navigate through it and open any file (If you do not see the ~ folder in your favorites section, mark the 'Show Home in Favorites' option)

If you prefer, (once you've installed c9) you can open files from the terminal with:

c9 open ~/root/...

NOTE: You can open files but not save them if they require superuser permissions.