Project and IDE Settings
Overview
There are two types of settings that define your preferred environment:
- Project Settings, that apply to a specific project. They are marked with in the Settings/Preferences dialog.
- IDE Settings, that are common for all projects and refer to the project-independent aspects.
Project Settings
Project settings are stored with each specific project as a set of xml
files under the .idea
folder. If you specify the default project settings, these settings will be automatically used for each newly created project.
The settings that pertain to a project, are marked with the icon in the Settings/Preferences dialog.
IDE Settings
IDE settings are stored in the dedicated directories under RubyMine home directory. The RubyMine directory name is composed of the product name and version.
For example:
- Windows
-
<User home>\.RubyMineXX\config
that contains user-specific settings.<User home>\.RubyMineXX\system
that stores RubyMine data caches.
<User home>
in WindowsXP isC:\Documents and Settings\<User name>\
; in Windows Vista it isC:\Users\<User name>\
- Linux
-
/.RubyMineXX/config
that contains user-specific settings.~/.RubyMineXX/system
that stores RubyMine data caches.
- macOS
-
~/Library/Application Support/RubyMineXX
contains the catalog with plugins.~/Library/Preferences/RubyMineXX
contains the rest of the configuration settings.~/Library/Caches/RubyMineXX
contains data caches, logs, local history, etc. These files can be quite significant in size.~/Library/Logs/RubyMineXX
contains logs.
Locations of directories
The config
directory has several subfolders that contain xml files with your personal settings. You can easily share your preferred keymaps, color schemes, etc. by copying these files into the corresponding folders on another RubyMine installation. Prior to copying, make sure that RubyMine is not running, because it can erase the newly transferred files before shutting down.
The following is the list of some of the subfolders under the config
folder, and the settings contained therein.
Folder name | User Settings |
---|---|
codestyles | Contains code style schemes. |
colors | Contains editor colors and fonts customization schemes. |
filetypes | Contains user-defined file types. |
inspection | Contains code inspection profiles. |
keymaps | Contains RubyMine keyboard shortcuts customizations. |
options | Contains various options, for example, feature usage statistics and macros. |
templates | Contains user-defined live templates. |
tools | Contains configuration files for the user-defined external tools. |
shelf | Contains shelved changes. |
Locations of the config
, system
, and plugins
directories can be modified in idea.properties
file. For more information, see Tuning RubyMine.