diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8045f43301dea7e2249ce93bde03b26057360f6a..8d70fcd94e5f55a3be2e167e3f42b677ece07bc9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ gradle-app.setting
 *.iml
 out
 gen
+.intellijPlatform
 
 ### Java template
 # Compiled class file
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f4381191d33767d6c5ddaa3602034634da1e1d5a..7e8f23397d84c3b013a80acf154f693ac8f52515 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ stages:
     - deploy
 
 test:
-    image: openjdk:17
+    image: eclipse-temurin:21-jammy
     stage: test
     script:
-        - ./gradlew --continue --console=plain --info runPluginVerifier
+        - ./gradlew --continue --console=plain --info verifyPlugin
 
 jar:
-    image: openjdk:17
+    image: eclipse-temurin:21-jammy
     stage: jar
     script:
         - ./gradlew --continue --console=plain --info buildPlugin
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 73026875e7d760828b11296682055f8055e6c82b..704d04d52cdae9e3822351786e03f9f36778c7e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+## [0.3.4] - 2024-08-07
+
+### Added
+- Support for IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2.
+
 ## [0.3.3] - 2023-12-29
 
 ### Added
@@ -56,7 +61,8 @@
 ### Removed
 - Support for IntelliJ IDEA 2020.2.4. Minimal version now is 2021.1.1.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/jastadd/jetbrains-plugin//compare/v0.3.3...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/jastadd/jetbrains-plugin//compare/v0.3.4...HEAD
+[0.3.4]: https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/jastadd/jetbrains-plugin//compare/v0.3.3...v0.3.4
 [0.3.3]: https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/jastadd/jetbrains-plugin//compare/v0.3.2...v0.3.3
 [0.3.2]: https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/jastadd/jetbrains-plugin//compare/v0.3.1...v0.3.2
 [0.3.1]: https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/jastadd/jetbrains-plugin//compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.1
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 9301448592e9921e1e93ada61fef8c6e525eaa8e..a5e0bea9ef09433f028d5ce9fa1f4f6275d3f80a 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.changelog.Changelog
 import org.jetbrains.changelog.markdownToHTML
 import org.jetbrains.grammarkit.tasks.GenerateLexerTask
 import org.jetbrains.grammarkit.tasks.GenerateParserTask
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 fun properties(key: String) = project.findProperty(key).toString()
 
@@ -12,18 +11,18 @@ plugins {
     id("idea")
     // Java support
     id("java")
-    // Kotlin support
-    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "1.9.0"
+    // Kotlin support - read more: https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "2.0.10"
     // gradle-intellij-plugin - read more: https://github.com/JetBrains/gradle-intellij-plugin
-    id("org.jetbrains.intellij") version "1.15.0"
+    id("org.jetbrains.intellij.platform") version "2.0.0"
     // gradle-changelog-plugin - read more: https://github.com/JetBrains/gradle-changelog-plugin
-    id("org.jetbrains.changelog") version "2.0.0"
+    id("org.jetbrains.changelog") version "2.2.1"
     // detekt linter - read more: https://detekt.github.io/detekt/gradle.html
-    id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt") version "1.23.0"
+    id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt") version "1.23.3"
     // ktlint linter - read more: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/ktlint-gradle
-    id("org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint") version "11.3.2"
+    id("org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint") version "12.1.1"
     // grammrkit - read more: https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.jetbrains.grammarkit
-    id("org.jetbrains.grammarkit") version "2022.3.1"
+    id("org.jetbrains.grammarkit") version "2022.3.2.2"
 }
 
 group = properties("pluginGroup")
@@ -32,11 +31,14 @@ version = properties("pluginVersion")
 // Configure project's dependencies
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    intellijPlatform {
+        defaultRepositories()
+    }
 }
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 idea {
@@ -45,17 +47,79 @@ idea {
     }
 }
 
+// Dependencies are managed with Gradle version catalog - read more: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/platforms.html#sub:version-catalog
+dependencies {
+
+    // IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin Dependencies Extension - read more: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/tools-intellij-platform-gradle-plugin-dependencies-extension.html
+    intellijPlatform {
+        create(providers.gradleProperty("platformType"), providers.gradleProperty("platformVersion"))
+
+        // Plugin Dependencies. Uses `platformBundledPlugins` property from the gradle.properties file for bundled IntelliJ Platform plugins.
+        bundledPlugins(providers.gradleProperty("platformBundledPlugins").map { it.split(',') })
+
+        // Plugin Dependencies. Uses `platformPlugins` property from the gradle.properties file for plugin from JetBrains Marketplace.
+        plugins(providers.gradleProperty("platformPlugins").map { it.split(',') })
+
+        instrumentationTools()
+        pluginVerifier()
+    }
+}
+
 // Configure gradle-intellij-plugin plugin.
 // Read more: https://github.com/JetBrains/gradle-intellij-plugin
-intellij {
-    pluginName.set(properties("pluginName"))
-    version.set(properties("platformVersion"))
-    type.set(properties("platformType"))
-    downloadSources.set(properties("platformDownloadSources").toBoolean())
-    updateSinceUntilBuild.set(true)
-
-    // Plugin Dependencies. Uses `platformPlugins` property from the gradle.properties file.
-    plugins.set(properties("platformPlugins").split(',').map(String::trim).filter(String::isNotEmpty))
+intellijPlatform {
+    projectName = project.name
+
+    pluginConfiguration {
+        id = providers.gradleProperty("pluginId")
+        name = providers.gradleProperty("pluginName")
+        version = providers.gradleProperty("platformVersion")
+
+        // Extract the <!-- Plugin description --> section from README.md and provide for the plugin's manifest
+        description = providers.fileContents(layout.projectDirectory.file("README.md")).asText.map {
+            val start = "<!-- Plugin description -->"
+            val end = "<!-- Plugin description end -->"
+
+            with(it.lines()) {
+                if (!containsAll(listOf(start, end))) {
+                    throw GradleException("Plugin description section not found in README.md:\n$start ... $end")
+                }
+                subList(indexOf(start) + 1, indexOf(end)).joinToString("\n").let(::markdownToHTML)
+            }
+        }
+
+        val changelog = project.changelog // local variable for configuration cache compatibility
+        // Get the latest available change notes from the changelog file
+        changeNotes = providers.gradleProperty("pluginVersion").map { pluginVersion ->
+            with(changelog) {
+                renderItem(
+                    (getOrNull(pluginVersion) ?: getUnreleased())
+                        .withHeader(false)
+                        .withEmptySections(false),
+                    Changelog.OutputType.HTML,
+                )
+            }
+        }
+
+//        productDescriptor {
+//            // ...
+//        }
+        ideaVersion {
+            sinceBuild = providers.gradleProperty("pluginSinceBuild")
+            untilBuild = providers.gradleProperty("pluginUntilBuild")
+        }
+        vendor {
+            name = "Smarobix"
+            email = "johannes@smarobix.com"
+            url = "smarobix.com"
+        }
+    }
+
+    pluginVerification {
+        ides {
+            recommended()
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 sourceSets {
@@ -82,15 +146,14 @@ tasks {
 
     val generateGrammarLexer = task<GenerateLexerTask>("generateGrammarLexer") {
         sourceFile.set(file("src/main/grammar/Grammar.flex"))
-        targetDir.set("src/gen/java/org/jastadd/tooling/grammar/lexer/")
-        targetClass.set("GrammarLexer")
+        targetOutputDir.set(file("src/gen/java/org/jastadd/tooling/grammar/lexer/"))
         purgeOldFiles.set(true)
     }
 
     // not fully working because of https://github.com/JetBrains/gradle-grammar-kit-plugin/issues/3
     val generateGrammarParser = task<GenerateParserTask>("generateGrammarParser") {
         sourceFile.set(file("src/main/grammar/Grammar.bnf"))
-        targetRoot.set("src/gen/java")
+        targetRootOutputDir.set(file("src/gen/java"))
         pathToParser.set("/org/jastadd/tooling/grammar/GrammarParser.java")
         pathToPsiRoot.set("/org/jastadd/tooling/grammar/psi")
         purgeOldFiles.set(true)
@@ -98,15 +161,14 @@ tasks {
 
     val generateAspectLexer = task<GenerateLexerTask>("generateAspectLexer") {
         sourceFile.set(file("src/main/grammar/Aspect.flex"))
-        targetDir.set("src/gen/java/org/jastadd/tooling/aspect/lexer/")
-        targetClass.set("AspectLexer")
+        targetOutputDir.set(file("src/gen/java/org/jastadd/tooling/aspect/lexer/"))
         purgeOldFiles.set(true)
     }
 
     // not fully working because of https://github.com/JetBrains/gradle-grammar-kit-plugin/issues/3
     val generateAspectParser = task<GenerateParserTask>("generateAspectParser") {
         sourceFile.set(file("src/main/grammar/Aspect.bnf"))
-        targetRoot.set("src/gen/java")
+        targetRootOutputDir.set(file("src/gen/java"))
         pathToParser.set("/org/jastadd/tooling/aspect/AspectParser.java")
         pathToPsiRoot.set("/org/jastadd/tooling/aspect/psi")
         purgeOldFiles.set(true)
@@ -119,55 +181,12 @@ tasks {
         dependsOn(generateAspectParser)
     }
 
-    // Set the compatibility versions to 1.8
     withType<JavaCompile> {
         sourceCompatibility = "17"
         targetCompatibility = "17"
     }
-    withType<KotlinCompile> {
-        kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "17"
-    }
 
     withType<Detekt> {
         jvmTarget = "17"
     }
-
-    patchPluginXml {
-        version.set(properties("pluginVersion"))
-        sinceBuild.set(properties("pluginSinceBuild"))
-        untilBuild.set(properties("pluginUntilBuild"))
-
-        // Extract the <!-- Plugin description --> section from README.md and provide for the plugin's manifest
-        pluginDescription.set(
-            File(projectDir, "README.md").readText().lines().run {
-                val start = "<!-- Plugin description -->"
-                val end = "<!-- Plugin description end -->"
-
-                if (!containsAll(listOf(start, end))) {
-                    throw GradleException("Plugin description section not found in README.md:\n$start ... $end")
-                }
-                subList(indexOf(start) + 1, indexOf(end))
-            }.joinToString("\n").run { markdownToHTML(this) }
-        )
-
-        // Get the latest available change notes from the changelog file
-        changeNotes.set(
-            provider {
-                changelog.renderItem(changelog.get(properties("pluginVersion")), Changelog.OutputType.HTML)
-            }
-        )
-    }
-
-    jar {
-        dependsOn("patchChangelog")
-    }
-
-    publishPlugin {
-        dependsOn("patchChangelog")
-        token.set(System.getenv("PUBLISH_TOKEN"))
-        // pluginVersion is based on the SemVer (https://semver.org) and supports pre-release labels, like 2.1.7-alpha.3
-        // Specify pre-release label to publish the plugin in a custom Release Channel automatically. Read more:
-        // https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/deployment.html#specifying-a-release-channel
-        channels.set(listOf(properties("pluginVersion").split('-').getOrElse(1) { "default" }.split('.').first()))
-    }
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f815e6a8033507a29ff1954f6534e39b66bb2076..93b26dd0bfd93226b68ce403700324be66108901 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,27 +2,34 @@
 # -> https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/intellij-artifacts.html
 
 pluginGroup = org.jastadd
-pluginName = JastAdd
-pluginVersion = 0.3.3
+pluginId = JastAdd
+pluginName = JastAdd Language Support
+pluginVersion = 0.3.4
 pluginRepositoryUrl = https://git-st.inf.tu-dresden.de/jastadd/jetbrains-plugin/
 
 # See https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/build-number-ranges.html
 # for insight into build numbers and IntelliJ Platform versions.
 pluginSinceBuild = 223
-pluginUntilBuild = 233.*
-
-## Plugin Verifier integration -> https://github.com/JetBrains/gradle-intellij-plugin#plugin-verifier-dsl
-## See https://jb.gg/intellij-platform-builds-list for available build versions.
-#pluginVerifierIdeVersions = 2022.2.4, 2022.3.1, 2023.1.2
+pluginUntilBuild = 242.*
 
 platformType = IC
-platformVersion = 2023.3.2
-platformDownloadSources = true
+platformVersion = 2024.2
 
 # Plugin Dependencies -> https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/plugin-dependencies.html
-# Example: platformPlugins = com.intellij.java, com.jetbrains.php:203.4449.22
-platformPlugins = com.intellij.java
+# Example: platformPlugins = com.jetbrains.php:203.4449.22, org.intellij.scala:2023.3.27@EAP
+platformPlugins =
+# Example: platformBundledPlugins = com.intellij.java
+platformBundledPlugins = com.intellij.java
+
+# Gradle Releases -> https://github.com/gradle/gradle/releases
+gradleVersion = 8.9
 
 # Opt-out flag for bundling Kotlin standard library.
 # See https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/kotlin.html#kotlin-standard-library for details.
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency = false
+
+# Enable Gradle Configuration Cache -> https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/configuration_cache.html
+org.gradle.configuration-cache = true
+
+# Enable Gradle Build Cache -> https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/build_cache.html
+org.gradle.caching = true
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 490fda8577df6c95960ba7077c43220e5bb2c0d9..943f0cbfa754578e88a3dae77fce6e3dea56edbf 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 070cb702f09eda497286745407381bcc5dfe94fc..c5a661c9613b09d6b70aced3de59db4a940fb97c 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-all.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 2fe81a7d95e4f9ad2c9b2a046707d36ceb3980b3..65dcd68d65c82f2a5338fded4af852f9caf93b93 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,78 +17,113 @@
 #
 
 ##############################################################################
-##
-##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
-##
+#
+#   Gradle start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
+#
+#   Important for running:
+#
+#   (1) You need a POSIX-compliant shell to run this script. If your /bin/sh is
+#       noncompliant, but you have some other compliant shell such as ksh or
+#       bash, then to run this script, type that shell name before the whole
+#       command line, like:
+#
+#           ksh Gradle
+#
+#       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
+#       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
+#         * functions;
+#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
+#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
+#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
+#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
+#
+#   Important for patching:
+#
+#   (2) This script targets any POSIX shell, so it avoids extensions provided
+#       by Bash, Ksh, etc; in particular arrays are avoided.
+#
+#       The "traditional" practice of packing multiple parameters into a
+#       space-separated string is a well documented source of bugs and security
+#       problems, so this is (mostly) avoided, by progressively accumulating
+#       options in "$@", and eventually passing that to Java.
+#
+#       Where the inherited environment variables (DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS,
+#       and GRADLE_OPTS) rely on word-splitting, this is performed explicitly;
+#       see the in-line comments for details.
+#
+#       There are tweaks for specific operating systems such as AIX, CygWin,
+#       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
+#
+#   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       within the Gradle project.
+#
+#       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
+#
 ##############################################################################
 
 # Attempt to set APP_HOME
+
 # Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
+app_path=$0
+
+# Need this for daisy-chained symlinks.
+while
+    APP_HOME=${app_path%"${app_path##*/}"}  # leaves a trailing /; empty if no leading path
+    [ -h "$app_path" ]
+do
+    ls=$( ls -ld "$app_path" )
+    link=${ls#*' -> '}
+    case $link in             #(
+      /*)   app_path=$link ;; #(
+      *)    app_path=$APP_HOME$link ;;
+    esac
 done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
 
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
-APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
-MAX_FD="maximum"
+MAX_FD=maximum
 
 warn () {
     echo "$*"
-}
+} >&2
 
 die () {
     echo
     echo "$*"
     echo
     exit 1
-}
+} >&2
 
 # OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
 cygwin=false
 msys=false
 darwin=false
 nonstop=false
-case "`uname`" in
-  CYGWIN* )
-    cygwin=true
-    ;;
-  Darwin* )
-    darwin=true
-    ;;
-  MINGW* )
-    msys=true
-    ;;
-  NONSTOP* )
-    nonstop=true
-    ;;
+case "$( uname )" in                #(
+  CYGWIN* )         cygwin=true  ;; #(
+  Darwin* )         darwin=true  ;; #(
+  MSYS* | MINGW* )  msys=true    ;; #(
+  NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
 if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
     if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
         # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java
     else
-        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
     fi
     if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
         die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
@@ -97,7 +132,7 @@ Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
-    JAVACMD="java"
+    JAVACMD=java
     which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
@@ -105,79 +140,105 @@ location of your Java installation."
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
-    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
-        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
-            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-        fi
-        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
-        fi
-    else
-        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
-    fi
+if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
+    case $MAX_FD in #(
+      max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
+            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
+    esac
+    case $MAX_FD in  #(
+      '' | soft) :;; #(
+      *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
+    esac
 fi
 
-# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
-if $darwin; then
-    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
-fi
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, stacking in reverse order:
+#   * args from the command line
+#   * the main class name
+#   * -classpath
+#   * -D...appname settings
+#   * --module-path (only if needed)
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and GRADLE_OPTS environment variables.
 
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
-    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
-    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
-    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
-
-    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
-    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
-    SEP=""
-    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
-        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
-        SEP="|"
-    done
-    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
-    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
-    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
-        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
-    fi
+if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
+    APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
+    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
+
+    JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
+
     # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
-    i=0
-    for arg in "$@" ; do
-        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
-        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
-
-        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
-            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
-        else
-            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+    for arg do
+        if
+            case $arg in                                #(
+              -*)   false ;;                            # don't mess with options #(
+              /?*)  t=${arg#/} t=/${t%%/*}              # looks like a POSIX filepath
+                    [ -e "$t" ] ;;                      #(
+              *)    false ;;
+            esac
+        then
+            arg=$( cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg" )
         fi
-        i=`expr $i + 1`
+        # Roll the args list around exactly as many times as the number of
+        # args, so each arg winds up back in the position where it started, but
+        # possibly modified.
+        #
+        # NB: a `for` loop captures its iteration list before it begins, so
+        # changing the positional parameters here affects neither the number of
+        # iterations, nor the values presented in `arg`.
+        shift                   # remove old arg
+        set -- "$@" "$arg"      # push replacement arg
     done
-    case $i in
-        0) set -- ;;
-        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
-        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
-        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
-        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
-        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
-        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
-        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
-        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
-        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
-    esac
 fi
 
-# Escape application args
-save () {
-    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
-    echo " "
-}
-APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
+# Collect all arguments for the java command;
+#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
+#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
+#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
+#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+set -- \
+        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
+        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        "$@"
+
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
+# Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
+#
+# With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
+#
+# In Bash we could simply go:
+#
+#   readarray ARGS < <( xargs -n1 <<<"$var" ) &&
+#   set -- "${ARGS[@]}" "$@"
+#
+# but POSIX shell has neither arrays nor command substitution, so instead we
+# post-process each arg (as a line of input to sed) to backslash-escape any
+# character that might be a shell metacharacter, then use eval to reverse
+# that process (while maintaining the separation between arguments), and wrap
+# the whole thing up as a single "set" statement.
+#
+# This will of course break if any of these variables contains a newline or
+# an unmatched quote.
+#
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+eval "set -- $(
+        printf '%s\n' "$DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS" |
+        xargs -n1 |
+        sed ' s~[^-[:alnum:]+,./:=@_]~\\&~g; ' |
+        tr '\n' ' '
+    )" '"$@"'
 
 exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 9109989e3cbf666b0a3c8f48fd92bd03bb53b968..6689b85beecde676054c39c2408085f41e6be6dc 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ goto fail
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
 set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
@@ -64,38 +65,26 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 
 goto fail
 
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
 set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal