JetBrain's "Code with Me" plugin doesn't share the REPL

[nbaumanGR]

The Code with Me plugin allows two or more JetBrains users to collaborate in realtime by rendering the host's IDE in a remote session and capturing and rendering UI events from any connected IDE user to the host.

The REPL pane in cursive for some reason is not sharable through this plugin, while every other panel, editor or menu in the IDE is shared properly. My guess is there's something non-compliant about the REPL panel that prevents this excellent plugin from working correctly in a Code with Me session.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install the Code with Me plugin into your IntelliJ IDE that has Cursive installed instructions
2. Invite a user to your current project using the Code with Me link so that you are the host
3. Start a REPL session. The other person who joins will be able to see everything except this REPL.

[shrimp3r]

When starting the Code with Me client, the Cursive plugin doesn't load, complaining that it can't find "com.intellij.modules.java"

[cursive-ide]

I've asked JetBrains about this, and they've created an issue to track it. It seems to be something I'm not able to implement myself, but I'm unsure about this at the moment.

[awkay]

Colin, we talked on Slack some time ago about just implementing a "Send Form to Terminal" command, which would allow us to at least be able to do REPL integration via the Terminal (which is shareable in Code with Me, and also Code Together). It isn't as feature rich, but in the vast majority of my work just being able to send code is good enough, esp for pairing....

I work remotely with numerous people, and this is probably the biggest missing thing in my workflow.

Also, Code Together is a much better experience, and the Terminal integration is probably the better option for it (it allows other people to use their own IDE, with their own current settings and shortcuts).