Replacing ownership in an IntelliJ IML file

Question

I recently switched to IntelliJ 10. My .IML file has several properties, such as $ MODULE_DIR $, that customize the build environment. They are intended for verification, so that each user can configure their own local settings.

But every time I check, IDEA replaces these some of these properties with the actual environment value, for example, replacing every occurrence of $ MODULE_DIR $ in the iml file with my configured value "C: / Modules". This is not like other properties, as well as other developers on the team using the same project. Am I missing some settings?

TIA.

Answer 1

You should probably read Path Variables in Idea Help.

I know that $ MODULE_DIR $, $ PROJECT_DIR $, ard $ APPLICATION_HOME_DIR $ are used by the idea to determine where to find the Module / Project / Idea material (banks, etc.). Therefore, I assume that using these exact variable names will not solve your problem.