Cannot debug JabRef on Windows in IntelliJ IDEA

[InAnYan]

JabRef version

5.13 (latest release)

Operating system

Windows

Details on version and operating system

Windows 11

Checked with the latest development build (copy version output from About dialog)

• I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
• I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Debug JabRef in IntelliJ IDEA

Appendix

The exact error the IDE gave me is:

CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

[koppor]

Which version of the IDE?

I think, I had the error with 2024.1.1, but I did not see it with 2024.2 EAP.

[koppor]

The solutions at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69376895/createprocess-error-206-the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long did not solve the issues with 2024.1.1

[koppor]

Links:

• https://blog-jetbrains-com.translate.goog/idea/2017/10/intellij-idea-2017-3-eap-configurable-command-line-shortener-and-more/?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=de&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=sc
• https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/run-debug-configuration-java-application.html#more_options

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Plugin:

• META: https://plugins.gradle.org/search?term=createprocess+error%3D206
• https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/ua.eshepelyuk.ManifestClasspath - seems to be unmaintained (link points to gatling which is something completely different)
• https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.redock.classpathtofile
  • Does not work with recent gradle versions: Does not work with recent gradle versions redocksoft/classpath-to-file-gradle-plugin#2
• https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.virgo47.ClasspathJar
  • https://github.com/virgo47/gradle-classpath-jar-plugin
• https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.github.ManifestClasspath
  • https://github.com/viswaramamoorthy/gradle-util-plugins

[koppor]

• @InAnYan Please answer the questions at Cannot debug JabRef on Windows in IntelliJ IDEA #5 (comment) to proceed.
• Comment on https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-351142 with your concrete system (that you use version X of JetBrains IDE, a gradle project and try to debug). Please also share the IDE logs (as said in a comment)

[InAnYan]

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1
Windows 11

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2 EAP does not work too.

Pinged on YouTrack

[koppor]

Pinged on YouTrack

Thank you. Please share IDE logs (I wrote that above in the last sentence; therefore I kept that item open)

[koppor]

I tried to fix redocksoft/classpath-to-file-gradle-plugin#2.

Please try to

... "publish" the updated plugin:

1. git clone https://github.com/koppor/classpath-to-file-gradle-plugin.git
2. cd classpath-to-file-gradle-plugin
3. git checkout update
4. gradlew publishToMavenLocal

... make the plugin available to gradle:

1. Open IntelliJ JabRef project

2. Patch settings.gradle - add that in the beginning

   + pluginManagement {
   +     repositories {
   +         mavenLocal()
   +         gradlePluginPortal()
   +     }
   + }

3. Patch build.gradle; add to plugins

    id 'com.redock.classpathtofile' version '0.1.0'

[koppor]

@InAnYan Double check: Where is JabRef checked out? Is it c:\git-repositories\JabRef or do you use another folder?

[InAnYan]

@koppor I'm so sorry. The error is gone 😆

[koppor]

@koppor I'm so sorry. The error is gone 😆

Like here 😅

Anything you remember? Updating? Checking out again? Updating dependencies? Maybe it could be that using the EAP version and merging in main could have lead to regenerating the configuration in a "good" way.

[InAnYan]

I remember I update to 2024.1.2, but the problem was still there. EAP had the problem too.

Discovered this accidentally, while thinking about reopening the issue on YouTrack and testing your plugin