#788: Add support for IDE_OPTIONS variable per IDE commandlet by Ali-Shariati-Najafabadi · Pull Request #2247 · devonfw/IDEasy

Ali-Shariati-Najafabadi · 2026-08-03T08:29:49Z

This PR fixes #788

Implemented changes:

Added support for «IDE»_OPTIONS (e.g. INTELLIJ_OPTIONS, ECLIPSE_OPTIONS, VSCODE_OPTIONS, ANDROID_STUDIO_OPTIONS, PYCHARM_OPTIONS) to pass additional command-line arguments when starting an IDE, analogue to the existing global IDE_OPTIONS
Implemented once in IdeToolCommandlet.runTool(List<String>) so it applies to all IDE commandlets (Eclipse, IntelliJ, Android Studio, PyCharm, VSCode/VSCodium) without per-tool duplication
Scoped to only the actual IDE-launch call, not internal calls like plugin installation or repository import
Registered the new variables in IdeVariables.java and documented them in variables.adoc

Testing instructions

Set e.g. INTELLIJ_OPTIONS=nosplash in conf/ide.properties
Run ide intellij and verify the extra argument is passed to the IDE binary
Automated coverage: mvn -Dtest=EclipseTest,IntellijTest,VscodeTest test in the cli module

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When running mvn clean test locally all tests pass and build is successful
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com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/IdeToolCommandlet.java	7	84.0%
com/devonfw/tools/ide/variable/IdeVariables.java	1	94.74%

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samuelkos17

Very nice and clean implementation! I've followed your testing instructions and everything worked perfectly and all tests passed. I've no recommendations for any changes so i'll move this to In Review 😄

…ions-flags # Conflicts: # CHANGELOG.adoc

hohwille

@Ali-Shariati-Najafabadi thanks for your PR. Nice implementation of the story including test coverage. Good job 👍
I only left some small remarks for rework.

hohwille · 2026-08-18T14:45:15Z

+  /** {@link VariableDefinition} for additional command-line arguments to start eclipse. */
+  VariableDefinitionString ECLIPSE_OPTIONS = new VariableDefinitionString("ECLIPSE_OPTIONS", null);
+
+  /** {@link VariableDefinition} for additional command-line arguments to start intellij. */
+  VariableDefinitionString INTELLIJ_OPTIONS = new VariableDefinitionString("INTELLIJ_OPTIONS", null);
+
+  /** {@link VariableDefinition} for additional command-line arguments to start android studio. */
+  VariableDefinitionString ANDROID_STUDIO_OPTIONS = new VariableDefinitionString("ANDROID_STUDIO_OPTIONS", null);
+
+  /** {@link VariableDefinition} for additional command-line arguments to start pycharm. */
+  VariableDefinitionString PYCHARM_OPTIONS = new VariableDefinitionString("PYCHARM_OPTIONS", null);
+
+  /** {@link VariableDefinition} for additional command-line arguments to start vscode. */
+  VariableDefinitionString VSCODE_OPTIONS = new VariableDefinitionString("VSCODE_OPTIONS", null);
+


We should only create variables when they are actually referenced.
There are also no variables ECLIPSE_VERSION or ECLIPSE_EDITION for example.
BTW: It seems I missed this in the review for these «TOOL»_VM_ARGS that also do not make any sense.
Please also note that when we add a new IDE it will work out of the box and therefore nobody will think of adding a NEW_IDE_OPTIONS and NEW_IDE_VM_ARGS variable here so only add variables that we actually need here. Also we have spyder as IDE that was not added as variable here (see #2293).

hohwille · 2026-08-18T14:50:32Z

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 M2_REPO=~/.m2/repository
+ECLIPSE_OPTIONS=nosplash


This is just a mocked test. However, tests should be realistic.
The correct option in eclipse is actually -nosplash so this test is IMHO confusing.
https://equinox.eclipseprojects.io/launcher/starting_eclipse_commandline.html#launcher-arguments

Fun fact: I tested the option with recent eclipse and with ide eclipse -nosplash it was showing the splash screen. However, when just running eclipse -nosplash it was working.
IMHO this reveals another problem with this feature: It seems the order of the arguments are relevant.
Seems IDEasy is somewhat buggy in this regard (already without this PR).

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Ali-Shariati-Najafabadi added 2 commits July 31, 2026 11:14

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Ali-Shariati-Najafabadi added enhancement New feature or request android-studio Android Studio IDE from Jet-Brains vscode Microsoft visual studio code eclipse related to Eclipse IDE intellij IntelliJ IDE from Jet-Brains pycharm python IDE integration labels Aug 3, 2026

hohwille moved this from 🏗 In progress to Team Review in IDEasy board Aug 3, 2026

hohwille assigned samuelkos17 Aug 3, 2026

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