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chore: edit workspace editors docs to clarify certain points (#777)
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![Launch a workspace](../assets/workspaces/code-web-app.png)
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> Code Web is Coder's open-source project
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> [code-server](https://coder.com/docs/code-server/latest).
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## JetBrains Gateway with SSH
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If your image
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JetBrains, to render a JetBrains IDE in a browser.
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If your image
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[includes a JetBrains IDE](../admin/workspace-management/installing-jetbrains.md),
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you can launch it from the dashboard. Coder launches JetBrains IDEs in their own
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windows; be sure to set your browser to allow popup windows so that you can use
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your IDE.
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[includes a JetBrains IDE](../admin/workspace-management/installing-jetbrains.md)
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(such as IntelliJ, PyCharm, and PhpStorm), you can launch it from the dashboard.
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![IntelliJ logos](../assets/workspaces/intellij-app.png)
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![PyCharm logos](../assets/workspaces/pycharm-app.png)
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Coder launches JetBrains IDEs in their own windows; be sure to set your browser
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to allow popup windows so that you can use your IDE.
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> Follow these steps to
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> [start a trial or activate your paid JetBrains license](../guides/troubleshooting/activate-jetbrains-licensing.md).
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> You must have a
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> [JetBrains IDE installed](../admin/workspace-management/installing-jetbrains.md)
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> in your [image](../images/index.md) to start a Code With Me session from your
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> Coder workspace.
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> Coder workspace. Only the workspace where the source code is being worked on
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> needs JetBrains; other collaborators do _not_ need a JetBrains IDE.
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### Getting started
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1. Under **Browser Applications**, launch the JetBrains IDE (e.g., IntelliJ
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![Launch IDE](../assets/workspaces/intellij-app.png)
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![Launch IDE](../assets/workspaces/pycharm-app.png)
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1. Click the **Code With Me** icon at the top of your IDE.
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1. Set the permissions for new guests to **Full access** and uncheck the
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**Automatically start voice call** feature. Click **Enable Access**.
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![Set permissions](../assets/workspaces/code-with-me-4.png)
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1. Once you've enabled access, JetBrains copies the link you must share with
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participants to your clipboard. Send this link to those with whom you'd like
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1. On the instructions page to which you were directed, copy the code snippet
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![Run join command in terminal](../assets/workspaces/code-with-me-6.png)
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![Run join command](../assets/workspaces/code-with-me-4.png)
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1. Confirm and accept the User Agreement.
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> All RStudio data is stored in the home directory associated with the user
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> you sign in as
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> you sign in as, since this ensures that your data is saved if Coder shuts
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> down or rebuilds your environment.

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