Tuning AppCode

In this part:

• Tuning AppCode
  • Changing AppCode properties
  • Managing idea.properties file
    • Example: Changing case of unicode literals
  • Specifying custom JDK, properties or vmoptions files across platforms
• Index of Menu Items

Changing AppCode properties

The file /Applications/AppCode.app/Contents/bin/appcode.vmoptions should be copied to ~/Library/Preferences/AppCodeXX/appcode.vmoptions

To create an empty idea.properties file or to copy *.vmoptions file, choose the Help | Edit Custom Properties or Help | Edit Custom VM Options on the main menu respectively. Refer to the menu items description for details.

Managing idea.properties file

The idea.properties file located in the bin directory of the AppCode installation folder should not be edited. Instead of editing the original idea.properties file, create an idea.properties file in the following location, open it for editing and add the required properties:

Example: Changing case of unicode literals

AppCode allows defining whether non-ascii characters should use literals like '\u00AB' or '\00ab'.

This behavior is controlled by the system property idea.native2ascii.lowercase. By default, upper case characters are used.

If it is desirable to use lower case characters, create the file idea.properties in the location specified above, open it for editing and add the following line:

Specifying custom JDK, properties or vmoptions files across platforms

A custom JDK, *.properties and *.vmoptions files are specified across platforms in a unified way.

All the launchers look at the following environment variables:

• $<IDE-NAME>_JDK (<IDE-NAME>_JDK_64)
• $<IDE-NAME>_PROPERTIES
• $<IDE-NAME>_VM_OPTIONS