Unity: how to add shortcuts + shortcut bar is cluttered

[Colin Law]

On 13 June 2011 22:20, Amedee Van Gasse <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
> ...
> So I can't just populate the Launcher by editing some config file?

See
http://askubuntu.com/questions/13758/how-can-i-edit-create-new-launcher-items-in-unity-by-hand
It is a bit tedious at the moment but no doubt tools will appear in
the fullness of time.

> ...
> I also haven't found a way to change the icons. For example I start
> Eclipse with a 3 line shell script that I have in my ~/bin folder, to add
> some Java parameters. The result is that Eclipse gets a very boring,
> generic icon.

I have not tried it myself but presumably you can setup the icon in
the desktop file described in the link above.

Colin