Here’s how I got Ubuntu Unity to show application launchers for >IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm
In $HOME/.local/share/applications, add an IDEA.desktop file with these contents:
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=13
Name=IntelliJ IDEA
GenericName=Text Editor
Exec=/home/YourHomeDirectory/idea-IC-135.480/bin/idea.sh
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/YourHomeDirectory/idea-IC-135.480/bin/idea.png
Type=Application
Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow
Icon[en_US]=/home/YourHomeDirectory/idea-IC-135.480/bin/idea.png
And a PyCharm.desktop file:
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Version=3 Name=PyCharm Exec=/home/YourHomeDirectory/pycharm-3.0.1/bin/pycharm.sh Terminal=false Icon=/home/YourHomeDirectory/pycharm-3.0.1/bin/pycharm.png Type=Application Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow Icon[en_US]=/home/YourHomeDirectory/pycharm-3.0.1/bin/pycharm.png
I use the default keyboard shortcuts, and on Linux, CTRL-ALT left arrow doesn’t work with PyCharm or IDEA (jumps back to where I was before I followed a symbol with CTRL-B). I’ve found that CTRL-WINDOWS-ALT left arrow does work. Same thing for many other shortcuts that use CTRL-ALT.