Desert projects are created with the tool COMD . This tool can be run explicitly using the command xstartcomd or xnewproject. However, Desert will generally check to make sure that you have a current project before you run any tool. If you do not, it will run COMD for you. Next Desert starts up the COMD tool along in create mode.
Local projects are private to the particular user whereas Global projects are shared among users.
COMD has also specified that the project consists of this directory and all its subdirectories. If additional directories need to be included, they can be added in the Use Paths portion of the window. If subdirectories need to be excluded, they can be specified in the Exclude Paths portion of the window. Finally, the system asks for project options. If any .java source files were found, the Java Language option would have been selected automatically.