[#IDEADEV-4481] idea.properties is not accurate on OS X

IDEA: Development

idea.properties is not accurate on OS X

Created: 27 Jan 06 22:52 Updated: 06 Nov 08 23:34

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We use scripts to configure IDEA for new users. It would be nice to not require special code for OSX.

idea.properties should say:

# path to IDEA config folder. Make sure you're using forward slashes
idea.config.path=${user.home}/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea50

# path to IDEA system folder. Make sure you're using forward slashes
idea.system.path=${user.home}/Library/Caches/IntelliJIdea50

# path to user installed plugins folder. Make sure you're using forward slashes
idea.plugins.path=${user.home}/Library/Application Support/IntelliJIdea50

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Maxim Shafirov - 05 Feb 06 21:50

These option come from Info.plist on MacOS unfortunately.
We'll consider creating our own JVM launcher so idea.properties and idea.vmoptions will work on Macs also.

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Keith Lea - 05 Feb 06 22:39

I suggest for now either removing idea.properties or updating it like I requested in the report, so other tools (like our scripts) can at least read them.