How to change the value of ${user} variable used in Eclipse templates
eclipse
Solution
It seems that your best bet is to redefine the java `user.name` variable either at your command line, or using the `eclipse.ini` file in your eclipse install root directory.
This seems to work fine for me:
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Duser.name=Davide Inglima
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
Update:
http://morlhon.net/blog/2005/09/07/eclipse-username/ is a dead link...
Here's a new one: https://web.archive.org/web/20111225025454/http://morlhon.net:80/blog/2005/09/07/eclipse-username/
Problem
Instead of hardcoding the default @author template I would like Eclipse to use user's real name taken from account information (in Linux - but Windows solution is also welcome). Entering it somewhere into Eclipse configuration would be acceptable, too, alas I can't find the right place.