Eclipse Shortcut for Ubuntu Unity

a shortcut to run Eclipse on Ubuntu Unity and to register Eclipse with the left Launcher

Installation

In your terminal,

cd ~/.local/share/applications
wget https://gist.github.com/raw/2922285/eclipse.desktop
chmod u+x eclipse.desktop
vim eclipse.desktop
# edit eclipse.desktop to replace "<ECLIPSE_DIR>" with your eclipse directory

Register Eclipse with Unity Launcher

1. In your terminal, xdg-open ~/.local/share/applications to open the directory with the file browser
2. Drag and drop the eclipse.desktop on Unity Launcher

Raw

 eclipse.desktop

	# Eclipse Shortcut
	# https://gist.github.com/2922285
	[Desktop Entry]
	Type=Application
	Name=Eclipse
	Comment=Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
	Icon=<ECLIPSE_DIR>/icon.xpm
	Exec=<ECLIPSE_DIR>/eclipse
	Terminal=false
	Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
	StartupWMClass=Eclipse

Reference:

https://gist.github.com/kui/2922285

Steps to add the Java Decompiler in Eclipse :

http://jd.benow.ca/

Release

• jd-eclipse-site-1.0.0-RC2.zip
  Size : 579 KB

Source code

•  
  github.com/java-decompiler/jd-eclipse
   

Installation

1. Download and unzip the JD-Eclipse Update Site,
2. Launch Eclipse,
3. Click on "Help > Install New Software...",
4. Click on button "Add..." to add an new repository,
5. Enter "JD-Eclipse Update Site" and select the local site directory,
6. Check "Java Decompiler Eclipse Plug-in",
7. Next, next, next... and restart Eclipse.

To Add the Class patterns follow the following steps.

To Make it work in Eclipse Poton- 

I had to do some additional steps.

Eclipse -> Windows -> Preferences ->General -> Editors -> File Association

1. Select "*.class" and mark "Class File Editor" as default
2. Select "*.class without source" -> Add -> "Class File Editor" -> Make it as default
3. Add "*.jar" in FileTypes and -->Add -> "Class File Editor" -> Make it as default
4. Add "*.war" in FileTypes and -->Add -> "Class File Editor" -> Make it as default
5. Restart eclipse