How to change the value of ${user} variable used in Eclipse templates

Question

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 welc

Answer 1

dovescrywolf gave tip as a comment on article linked by Davide Inglima

It was was very useful for me on MacOS.

• Close Eclipse if it's opened.

• Open Termnal (bash console) and do below things:

  $ pwd /Users/You/YourEclipseInstalationDirectory  
  $ cd Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/  
  $ echo "-Duser.name=Your Name" >> eclipse.ini  
  $ cat eclipse.ini
  

• Close Terminal and start/open Eclipse again.