does intellij support variables in launch configurations?

Question

In eclipse I can include things like the following in the vm args or program args in a launch configuration:

-Dsome.system.property=${string.prompt:explanation:d         


        

Answer 1

In the 2016 version of IntelliJ at least, you can access environment variables using the brace-enclosed environment variable syntax:

${HOME}/path/to/file

is expanded properly, but the alternative syntax

$HOME/path/to/file

does not work.

Version Info:

IntelliJ IDEA 2016.2.2
Build #IC-162.1628.40, built on August 16, 2016
JRE: 1.8.0_76-release-b216 amd64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o