Problems with Eclipse buttons in Ubuntu 9.10

Just found this post which deals with the exact same problem that I have been fighting with…

After upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) some buttons no longer work in Eclipse 3.5. Clicking has no effect but keyboard shortcuts still work.

Create a script to start eclipse with the following export…

#!/bin/sh
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
/opt/eclipse-3.5/eclipse

… and remember to change the . . . → Read More: Problems with Eclipse buttons in Ubuntu 9.10

SCIM and Eclipse

Quick rant… if you, like me, use Ubuntu Hardy Heron or some other Linux distribution with SCIM enabled, and for some reason can’t use the ctrl+space auto-completion feature of Eclipse, check your SCIM key settings. In Hardy Heron SCIM gets input before other applications, like Eclipse, and ctrl+space is captured by SCIM and not send on . . . → Read More: SCIM and Eclipse