Installation
Download
Fisrt step - download WebStorm: https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/ and extract the .tar.gz to someplace you have write access to.
Install Java:
# pkg install openjdk8
Fix file watcher
> git clone https://github.com/idea4bsd/fsnotifier > cd fsnotifier > make
Put the path to the fsnotifer binary into bin/idea.properties file (append this line):
idea.filewatcher.executable.path=/path/to/fsnotifier/fsnotifier
Fix builtin terminal
> git clone https://github.com/traff/pty4j > cd /path/to/WebStorm/lib/libpty > ln -s /path/to/pty4j/os/freebsd
Fix slow render
Edit bin/webstorm64.vmoptions (for 64bit systems) or bin/webstorm.vmoptions (for 32bit), append this line:
-Dsun.java2d.xrender=false
You can also tweak -Xmx option here to set memory size of WebStorm.
Note: On upgrade WebStorm will reset this file to defaults and you will have to re-edit it.
Run WebStorm
> ./bin/webstorm.sh
Click Tool → Create Desktop Entry to create launch icon for KDE or whatever you have.
Enjoy.
