IntelliJ for jdk dev - question about idea.sh

[Thomas Stüfe]

Hi Maurizio,

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 12:18 PM, Maurizio Cimadamore
<maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com> wrote:
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> On 20/06/18 14:04, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am checking out IntelliJ as an alternative for jdk development.
>>
>> A possibly stupid question, does the /bin/idea.sh project-build script
>> assume that we run configure from within the source directory?
>
> Right now yes, it does assume that.
>>
>>
>> In my workflow I always place the output directories outside the
>> source tree, and I would to keep it that way. I would even prefer the
>> .idea folder to live outside the source tree as well. Is that
>> possible?
>
> It is a very reasonable request. I think we are talking about three
> variables:
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> * path to JDK root (this is needed to find the sources)
>
> * path to .idea output
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> * path to build output (needed for spec.gmk and also for generated sources)
>

Yes. But I think I could even live with the .idea folder living inside
the source root and just adding it to .hgignore - if cutting down
configuration variants helps to reduce the complexity.

But allowing for separate output folders would be very helpful, since
this setup is deeply ingrained in me. It is also quite common with me
and my coworkers.

Thank you!

...Thomas

> Maurizio

>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Thomas
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