intellij-idea

Using IntelliJ IDEA 8 for IDEA 6 Projects

A customer of mine is using IDEA 6 for their project and I'd like to use IDEA 8. I know that IDEA 8 gives the option of upgrading the project or keeping it in the v6 format. If I use IDEA 8 but keep it in v6 format, will this give any grief to the the IDEA 6 users? ...

Is there a Perl plugin for IntelliJ?

What do people do when they want to write Perl in IntelliJ? I haven't seen any plugins that add language support. Does anyone have any experience writing language plugins for IntelliJ? Is it hard? Could I take an existing plugin and change it to make it support Perl? Any suggestions? ...

Git4Idea plugin not taking advantage of the git index

The Git4Idea plugin automatically adds changes to the index even with the improved git support in the new Intellij IDEA version 8.1. There's even a post on the Jetbrains forum about this issue without any replies. According to Embracing the Git Index Linus Torvalds once said "If you deny the Index, you really deny git itself." If you ...

What is the best IntelliJ IDEA plugin?

I like the Regex and SQL plugins. Which are your favorite ones? ...

passing test.includes into intellij idea test runner parameters

for example, in ant i would use something like fileset dir="src/tests" includes="${test.includes}" excludes="${test.excludes}"/> in the junit task. there is a Test Runner Parameters field in the Run Configurations in Intellij, but i cant seem to find how to pass that sort of information in. basic use case: i have abstract tests which...

How do I turn off the unlimited whitespace in IntelliJ editor?

How do I remove the ability to move the cursor after then end of line in IntelliJ? ...

Configuring IntelliJ IDEA to create main class for new projects

A friend is just starting to learn Java, using IntelliJ. He asks how can he set up some template so creating a new project will contain a default main class. Currently, when he creates a new project, it has no source files, and he has to add a Run/Debug application configuration manually, and then select the main class. ...

How can I update Grails to 1.1 with IntelliJ IDEA 8.0.1?

I'm running IntelliJ IDEA 8.0.1 and would like to upgrade my Grails installation to Grails 1.1 which was released today (March 10, 2009). When the upgrade is complete and I try to "run-app" my application I get the error message "Grails Are Not Configured". It seems to be a known problem - but is there any work-around or fix? I'd ...

Is it possible to compile flex 3 charts in intellij?

I'm aware that mx.charts is part of flex builder professional. I've downloaded the trial version of flex builder professional and added the datavisualization.swc to my intellij Flex_sdk classpath. The IDE is now aware of the classes, but when I come to compile I still get: "Type was not found" Is there a license or something I nee...

Intellij Cannot determine verions for JDK

Why do I get the error in intellij: Cannot determine version for JDK flex_sdk_3. Update JDK configuration. ...

[IDE] Intellij IDEA on Mac: Reformat Code does not work

Hi, I can't seem to get "Reformat Code" to work on my mac version of Intellij. I'm using a 30 day trial. Update & Clarification; It doesn't do anything, there is no reformatting done at all. Thanks ...

What is the _root_ package in Scala?

I'm using IntelliJ IDEA with the Scala plugin. If I reference HashMap in code, and then use Alt-Enter to add the import, the package gets imported as: _root_.scala.collection.immutable.HashMap What's the root part of this? It seems to work with and without it. ...

Achieving seam hot deployment with Intellij-idea

How can I achieve hot deployment with Intellij-IDEA and Seam 2? I've set up a separate module to deploy hot deployable class files to WEB-INF/dev/, but it still deploys as one big clump. ...

Disable spell checking on IntelliJ IDEA

Hi! I'm trying - since almost an hour - to disable spell checking in MacOS's IntelliJ IDEA version 8.1. I hate to say: it's a very stupid question: how do I get rid of it? :-) Does someone know that? Thanks a lot! ...

IntelliJ IDEA equivalent of Eclipse "Link with Editor"

In Eclipse you can check the "Link with Editor" option and whatever source file you are viewing in the current tab will be highlighted and have its package expanded in the Package Explorer view. Is there something equivalent to this in IntelliJ IDEA 8.1? I can't seem to find anything :-( ...

Importing Groovy classes in a GWT module in Intellij

Basically I can't even import Groovy classes in a regular GWT EntryPoint: import com.google.gwt.core.client.EntryPoint; // OK import groovy.lang.Binding; // NOT OK import groovy.util.GroovyScriptEngine; // NOT OK Intellij 8.0's inspector keeps telling me this: Class 'groovy.lang.Binding' is not present in JRE Emulation Library so it...

How to assign a keyboard shortcut to a run configuration in IntelliJ?

It seems you can assign a keyboard shortcut to almost everything else, but I can't see an option to do this for run/debug configurations? The "run configurations" are listed in the drop-down on the IntelliJ toolbar. I'd like to setup a run configuration that can perform two maven tasks sequentially (jetty:stop and then jetty:run if you ...

How do I search and replace structurally in Intellij

Hello! I am migrating my Junit tests from Junit v3 to Junit v4. I was hoping to use the search and replace structurally "srs" to add an @Test annotation before all methods starting with test.* using my favorite IDE Intellij. I just cant figura out how to do it... I can create a query that will find all methods without an annotation (t...

Google App Engine Java development on IntelliJ?

Annoyingly, Google App Engine has become another one of those projects where they only release plugins for Eclipse (like Spring Webflow) and I just much prefer IntelliJ. Can you run the local test environment successfully with IntelliJ? And debug/deploy a local or live application? If so, are there any features missing that are in the Ec...

Isn't there a Go To Last Edit Location shortcut in XCode??

I'm rather new to XCode and I still miss so many shortcuts and features available in IntelliJ IDEA. Perhaps the biggest pain point for me is the lack of a keyboard shortcut (or even a menu action) that allows you to move through your most recent change points (points in which you modified files). In case you're familiar with IntelliJ,...