'Messages' tool window. Unfortunately if there are no warnings and no errors during compilation - tool window will hide just after compilation (and respective issue is not fixed yet http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/IDEA-22172). But real projects usually have compilation warnings, so while compilation runs make sure that the button 'Hide warnings' is not pressed in the 'Messages' tool window, and in case of at least one warning the tool window will remain on the screen when compilation complete.
Unfortunately, it is not logged properly. There's some logging via System.out.println(), so you may launch IDEA via idea.bat file and look into its console.
'Messages' tool window.
Unfortunately if there are no warnings and no errors during compilation - tool window will hide just after compilation (and respective issue is not fixed yet http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/IDEA-22172).
But real projects usually have compilation warnings, so while compilation runs make sure that the button 'Hide warnings' is not pressed in the 'Messages' tool window, and in case of at least one warning the tool window will remain on the screen when compilation complete.
Isn't there any log category that I can put in DEBUG,
so that the compiler output shows up in the idea.log file?
thx
Koen
Unfortunately, it is not logged properly.
There's some logging via System.out.println(), so you may launch IDEA via idea.bat file and look into its console.