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

edit the file /etc/eclipse.ini, so as to contain entry as;

-Duser.name=myname

Restart the "eclipse" and now, on creation of any new file, with wizard (c/c++/java), it will use "myname" in place of ${user}.