Is it possible to embed external applications in Intelli-J panel?
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As a former Eclipse user, it was possible for me to open arbitrary applications (e.g. Word, Excel, WinZip) within my workspace.
If I recall correctly, this was using OLE (Object Linking and Emedding) objects.
Currently, I am developing Elixir applications and would like to embed the console (the one opened with "iex --werl") into my IntelliJ Idea workspace.
Is there any way to do this?
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It is not possible with IntelliJ IDEA. Consider using External Tools.
Andrey Dernov,
Thanks for the response.
I'm not sure if that is what I am looking for.
This seems to be just something we can use to "view the output produced by the tool".
However, I actually want to be able to interact with the erlang application.
The problem I currently face isn't launching the tool, but rather juggling windows, whereas normally the window for iex (if launched with the --werl option) will be buried, or at least mean I need to juggle which applications are appearing on my screens and where. (If I launch without --werl, it could live in my terminal, but it is less convienent to interact with since various keyboard shortcuts are not supported on windows.)