Launch mac eclipse with environment variables set

Question

My company provides an eclipse based development environment which needs some environment variables setting up for the underlying toolchain so multiple versions can be insta

Answer 1

This worked perfectly in OS X Yosemite:

1. Open /Applications/Automator.
2. When the drop-down appears asking you what kind of document you want to create, choose "Application."
3. In the second-from-the-left list, double-click "Run Shell Script."

4. In the right side delete the "cat" that gets put there automatically, and replace it with this:

   source ~/.bash_profile && /Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse
   

Now go to File->Save, and save the application to your Applications directory. I named it "Eclipse" with a capital 'E' so as not to conflict with the "eclipse" directory I already had. For good measure, you can even give it the Eclipse icon by selecting the real eclipse app, pressing command-i, selecting the icon, pressing command-c, then selecting the automator "Eclipse" app, pressing command-i, selecting the icon, and pressing command-v.

Now you can open the app, or even drag it to your dock. Note that if you start it, the "real" eclipse will still show up in your dock as a separate icon, but you can't have everything. :)