well, to be fair (and keep the pressure on IntelliJ), I have to correct myself. Eclipse does take care of UNIX conventions/requirements. There is a command line parameter which points to the workspace directory, or you can start it from the workspace directory. The workspace directory is where Eclipse puts all user specific stuff, and the only place where write access is required.
christian sell wrote: > I just installed Eclipse on my Linux machine and found that it also doesnt > respect the UNIX tradition, requiring write access to the installation > directory for every user. I was very amazed (eclipse has since been removed > from my disk, because I couldt stand the motif GUI). > > After poking around with several IDEs I also discovered that IDEA is still > an unmatched beauty. Even though 635 has again brought about some > undiscernable icons (dock/undock/hide tool window. They were perfect > before..). > > "Stefan Freyr Stefansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > agn4kj$f5g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:agn4kj$f5g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >>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
