Using Safari to view the Eclipse Help System (when Safari is not your system default browser)

I belong to the minority of people who love the Opera Browser. You've got to try it, it has got all sorts of nice features - e.g. you can easily create keyword-driven search shortcuts or browse the web using mouse gestures. But I digress...

Of course, I configured Opera to be the default browser on my Mac. Which is nice for surfing the web. However, I do not want the Eclipse Help system to appear in Opera - mostly because I tend to have way too many tabs open anyway. So, I'd like to open Eclipse Help in Safari. Here's what you need to do to achieve this:

1. In Eclipse, open the preference dialog
2. Select General -> Web Browser
3. Click New... to add a new external web browser
4. In the dialog box Edit External Web Browser, fill in the following details:
   
   

5. Click Ok, then Finish

Obviously, this only works on Mac OS.

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