Hidden Memory Monitor in Eclipse 3.1
Eclipse 3.1 has a built-in Memory Monitor (aka Heap Status) Plugin, which is a part of org.eclipse.ui.workbench_3.1.0.jar.
The only one problem with it - this monitor is shown only if Eclipse was started in debug mode... But debug mode is slow... The solution - you can replace the default WorkbenchWindow class with the patched one and then you have a nice Monitor and do not need to start Eclipse in debug mode ;)
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Installation
Shutdown Eclipse, replace the WorkbenchWindow.class in the org.eclipse.ui.workbench_3.1.0.jar and restart Eclipse. Voilà tout.
This patch works also with the 3.1.1 release of Eclipse, please note that the jar file name was changed to org.eclipse.ui.workbench_3.1.1.jar.
Usage
Simply use it.
Feedback
I'm not the author of this plugin, therefore please send comments to:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=80196
The link to the earlier version of the built-in plugin:
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/platform-ui-home/dev.html