Adding UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 to eclipse.desktop-file did not work, why?

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Since the menus in eclipse (kepler) didn't show in Ubuntu 13.10 I followed the tips given in Eclipse menus don't show up after upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10.

After doing this:

Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 eclipse

...The menus were working fine when I started eclipse from the applications list in ubuntu, but not from the terminal. Writing export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 in the terminal before starting eclipse worked fine, but I had to do this each time I opened a new terminal window.

Then I changed my eclipse.desktop file to include this:

Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 && eclipse

...And the problem was solved. So I was wondering why the first option didn't work. Or was it not supposed to work when starting from the terminal?

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eclipseubuntu-13.10

2 Answers

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eclipse.desktop fix didn't work for me, then I added the following line to .profile file in my home folder and restarted my computer. 

export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0

It worked for me... Hope this helps.

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For Scribus I have at scribus.desktop launcher:

env QT_ACCESSIBILITY=0; scribus %f

So, I think that for eclipse.desktop it should be:

env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0; eclipse