A tiny launcher tool that is able to launch eclipse workspaces. Contributions/Enhancements very welcome.
The tool reads ~/.ecwsrc by default, which contains the configuration of the workspace. This can be changed by passing the "ecws.config" system property to the application.
The configuration file is in standard java properties format.
screen: defines the screen number the dialog should appear on (0-N)columns: how many workspaces should be displayed in a rowclean: should the "clean" checkbox be ticked by defaultshowAccelKeyNo: show accelerator key numbers on buttons if setfastToolTip: show tooltip immediately on buttons mouse over event<NAME>_workspace: path to the workspace for button<NAME><NAME>_eclipse: path to eclipse executable to use for launching workspace<NAME><NAME>_icon: path to icon to use for workspace button<NAME>
(see also sample.ecwsrc)
I personally bound a key to launch this tool. Either select one of the configured Eclipse Workspaces to launch, or press ESC to exit.
In the main window, number keys (1-9) can be used to quickly access (the first 9) workspaces. Buttons are numbered starting from top left.
Import into Eclipse. Period :) To run from Eclipse, right-click Launcher.java and select Run As > Java Application. To export a JAR file suitable for key binding etc. right click the project and select Export > Java > Runnable JAR File > Select the "Launcher" launch configuration (you must have launched from the IDE once for it to appear), select a destination and click Finish.