I agree on that it's funny how much discussion always arises from things like this. Although I proposed IDEA_JAVA_HOME, I really don't care about this detail since I edit the batch file manually as well for each release. Not for JDK but for other reasons. So I wouldn't mind setting the JDK path as well. :-)
Michael On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 22:52:17 +0100, "Kevin Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I must admit I find this comical. For the last nine months (plus) I've >had JAVA_HOME set to point at JDK 1.4, ever since I've been using IDEA >I've had to manually edit my idea.bat on each release. > >Now that IDEA has caught up with the version of Java I use I still have >to go and manually edit my idea.bat because the 'rest' of the world >wants to use JDK 1.3 > >Personally I think IDEA should check for JAVA_HOME, this is the >standard. It should check for the version *IT* cares about, not the one >we think it should care about, i.e. build 633+ should be 1.4, 633- >should be 1.3 > >JDK 1.4 users didn't complain when we had to change it to look for JDK >1.3. >Personally I don't think JDK 1.3 users should complain now. > >Just go and edit the damn file :-) > >Kevin Jones >Developmentor >www.develop.com > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of >> Kevin Henrikson >> Sent: 03 July 2002 22:19 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: [Eap-bugs] Re: JAVA_HOME in 633 >> >> >> +1 On changing it to IDEA_JAVA_HOME especially when it >> requires certain >> +versions >> of Java while many of us still have to develop in 1.3. >> >> I also think we should still have the default feature where >> if you don't have IDEA_JAVA_HOME set it will default to the >> "standard" install dir of the required JDK. This will keep >> us from getting all kinds of reports from new users who have >> JAVA_HOME set to a JRE or an incompatible version of Java. >> >> -kevin >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael >> > Descher >> > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 2:06 PM >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject: [Eap-bugs] Re: JAVA_HOME in 633 >> > >> > >> > I think this has been done due to some people having >> JAVA_HOME mapped >> > to another JDK requesting it. I have JAVA_HOME pointing to JDK1.3.1 >> > myself as well since this is what our development >> environment in the >> > project is. I think the best way to solve these problems >> for everyone >> > is to simply use another variable like IDEA_JAVA_HOME in the start >> > script, so everyone can have JAVA_HOME set to whatever and >> > IDEA_JAVA_HOME to JDK1.4.0_01. >> > >> > Michael >> > >> > On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 13:26:00 -0700, "Adam Goldband" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > >+1 >> > >I went through the same pain this morning, as I have my at >> > >D:\j2sdk1.4.0_01 >> > > >> > >adam >> > > >> > >"Kevin Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> > >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> > >> Why have you changed the way that JAVA_HOME is processed in >> > >> idea.bat? I have JAVA_HOME set as an environment >> variable, IDEA has >> > >> always picked this up, but the check has gone missing from >> > >> idea.bat, instead you are hard coding >> > >> >> > >> SET JAVA_HOME=c:\j2sdk1.4.0_01 >> > >> >> > >> You should either test for the existence of JAVA_HOME >> and use it, >> > >> or not use JAVA_HOME at all. Simply blatting JAVA_HOME with what >> > >> you think is the correct value seems a little odd, >> > >> >> > >> Kevin Jones >> > >> Developmentor >> > >> www.develop.com >> > >> >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Eap-bugs mailing list >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-bugs >> > >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Eap-bugs mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/ea> p-bugs >> _______________________________________________ Eap-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-bugs
