This is a complaint that has been there since the early versions, and never got a response. Maybe the UNIX-awareness is not very strong
Stefan Freyr Stefansson wrote: > I have some additional issues that I would like to point out that are > lacking or not the way they should be in IDEA Ariadna (I've previously > commented about the fact that library definition are not kept per project > but on each instance of IDEA). > > User data: > Setting IDEA up on linux is not really ideal. The setup requires that > the user running IDEA has write permission to the installation directory. > This is for things such as caches, the licence file and the log file. > Prefferably, all files that are written in runtime should be stored per > user, in his home directory (this makes sense for caches since different > users on one computer would likely be working on different projects, the > licence file of course would make much more sence to store in the user > directory also. The only questionable thing is the log file but no matter > where it is it should not be forcing the installation directory to be > writable for everybody. Personally I think it would be just fine to have > the log file in the users home directory as well). > > Kind regards > Stefan Freyr. > > p.s. kudos again on an excellent IDE (apart from some minor bugs that I'm > trying to get you to squash for me ;o)!!! > > _______________________________________________ Eap-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-bugs
