Using various Eclipse ini files

Question

I am using a software client based on Eclipse (Ganymede) and its all working fine. However, one small thing would make my world perfect...

In the Eclipse home folder, there is an ini-file. Is there a way to have various ini-files and choose (for example by arguments or environment variables) a specific ini file and create a shortcut for it?

Many thanks,

Answer 1

You can make as many shortcut you want with the:

• the eclipse.exe executable
• the option --launcher.ini /your/eclipse.ini

See Eclipse Help page on Runtime Options:

--launcher.ini <location> (Executable)

The location of the product .ini file to use.
If not specified the executable will look for a file beside the launcher with the same name and the extension .ini.
(ie eclipse.exe looks for eclipse.ini, product.exe looks for product.ini)

So you can have more than one "eclipse.ini" file: each one will be referenced as an argument within the --launcher.ini option.