https://github.com/alanfranz/jb_ide_launcher

Unofficial Linux launcher for Jetbrains IDEs
https://github.com/alanfranz/jb_ide_launcher

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Unofficial Linux launcher for Jetbrains IDEs

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/alanfranz/jb_ide_launcher
• Owner: alanfranz
• License: other
• Created: 2011-12-02T10:43:11.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2011-12-14T08:21:08.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-18T02:12:02.147Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 242 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.markdown
  • License: LICENSE

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# Linux launcher for Jetbrains IDEs, with dock support.

** THIS IS UNOFFICIAL SOFTWARE! I'm not connected to Jetbrains in any way **

## IMPORTANT

As of IDEA 11 and PyCharm 2, this is largely irrelevant because a builtin Tools -> Create desktop entry menu exists, and does almost anything this launcher did.

I just reccomend sticking to the symlink tip i describe below, and change IDEA's created desktop file with symlinked path, to prevent being forced to install a new

desktop file at every update.

Cheers!

## Description

Allows the IDE to correctly work with Docky/AWN; each IDE will have its own icon and won't be exchanged for a different Swing app.

Otherwise you'll probably get a lot of different apps grouped under the very same icon in docks.

Head to [Jetbrains Homepage](http://www.jetbrains.com) to get your favourite IDE.

## Supported IDEs

IDEA 10/11

PyCharm 1.x

RubyMine 3.x

## Basic usage

I suggest you skip to Reccomended usage section later

~~~ {}

launcher.sh [WM_CLASS_NAME] [script_to_launch, i.e. idea.sh or pycharm.sh] 

~~~

### Examples

~~~ {}

launcher.sh IDEA /opt/idea/bin/idea.sh 

launcher.sh RubyMine rubymine.sh

~~~

## Reccomended usage

Install your desktop entry!

### untar IDE archive

e.g.

~~~ {}

cd

mkdir dev

cd dev

tar xvf ~/Downloads/idea-IC-123.tar.gz

~~~

### symlink IDE directory

Create a symlink for ide type; this will prevent you from needing to upgrade the launcher at every update, just update the symlink to point to the latest untarred directory.

~~~ {}

ln -s idea-IC-123 idea

~~~

### remove stale entries

Remove any icon related to the IDE from your dock and/or from your applications menu, if any.

### clone git repo

~~~ {}

cd ~/dev

git clone git://github.com/alanfranz/jb_ide_launcher.git

cd jb_ide_launcher

~~~

### create desktop file

use the install_for script to install a pre-cooked desktop application file. You can pick any IDE type for which a .desktop file exists in the jb_ide_launcher repo, e.g.

~~~ {}

./install_for IDEA_IC ~/dev/idea

~~~

Will install for IDEA, community edition.

### enjoy

you should now get a menu entry in your programming or development menu; drag such entry into your dock, and you're done! Now launching from such icon will let you choose between icons right in your dock.