How do I set ${user} in Eclipse to get the correct @author tag?
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Solution
I'm not sure if there's a way in Eclipse itself. But from what I can find, `${user}` uses the value of the `user.name` environment variable; therefore, you can pass `-Duser.name=My Name` in eclipse.ini to override it.
Or, if you prefer, you can modify the shortcut to point to:
C:/java/eclipse/eclipse.exe -vmargs -Duser.name="cleverUserNameToUseInSourceCode"
as shown in this blog entry.
Problem
Possible Duplicate: How to change the value of ${user} variable used in Eclipse templates I am using Eclipse and every time code is created, @author is set to the value of ${user}. Unfortunately,${user} seems to contain my windows login id. Is there a way to override this through Eclipse? I couldn't find the option.