Headless operation

Marc Polizzi wrote:

Is there any way to start IDEA without the UI (idealy to run a target of an ANT script)?

Yes, that's possible. See the details here:
http://www.intellij.net/forums/thread.jsp?forum=18&thread=131242&message=4871317&q=4170706c69636174696f6e53746172746572#3533237

HTH,
Sascha

Is it possible to post the contents of the linked posting here, that URL appears to be inaccessible.