Live Template

Export

• File – Export Settings
• make sure that the Live templates（schemes） check box is selected
• choose path to save jar file
• OK

Import

• File – Import Settings
• Specify the path to the JAR file with the exported live template configuration.
• select the Live templates（schemes） check box and click OK.
• After restarting IntelliJ IDEA, you will see the imported live templates

Customization

• make new directory to save Exported setting.jar

  such as: temConf

  mkdir temConf 
  

• decompress jar file

  jar -xvf setting.jar
  

• delete setting.jar file

  rm setting.jar
  

• put your own template file (*.xml) in the subdirectory ‘templates’ of current Directory

  note that: your .xml file format must same as other xml files in this directory

• change directory to ‘temConf’ which you created at 1st step

  cd config/
  

• compress all files in this directory to .jar

  jar -cvf new_setting.jar *
  

• Import new_setting.jar as Section 2 Import

• Restart IntelliJ IDEA

Reference