{"id":501,"date":"2010-11-29T16:56:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukemiller.org\/?p=501"},"modified":"2011-02-12T12:04:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T17:04:46","slug":"altering-eclipse-user-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/2010\/11\/altering-eclipse-user-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Altering Eclipse user name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using StatET’s code generation templates is handy, but the standard Eclipse variable for ${user} just inserts the currently logged-in user’s account name. If you want a different name to appear when ${user} is called, one method is to alter the eclipse.ini file.<\/p>\n

Specifically, add the line
\n-Duser.name = Your full name<\/code>
\nat the end of the .ini file.<\/p>\n

For instance, my eclipse.ini file looks like this:
\n-startup
\nplugins\/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.201.R35x_v20090715.jar
\n--launcher.library
\nplugins\/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.0.200.v20090519
\n-product
\norg.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
\n--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
\n256M
\n-showsplash
\norg.eclipse.platform
\n--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
\n256m
\n-vmargs
\n-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
\n-Xms40m
\n-Xmx512m
\n-Duser.name=Luke Miller<\/code><\/p>\n

When I open a new R-script file in Eclipse now, StatET automatically inserts that user name.<\/p>\n

You can further alter the generated code in the Eclipse Preferences window. Go to Window>Preferences and you’ll get the following window.<\/p>\n

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The StatET code generation options are accessed under the StatET item on the left menu tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Open the StatET section of the left menu tree, click on Code Generation. In the upper right window, open the R Code menu tree, and click on the New R Script File item. In the preview window, you’re shown an example of the automatically generated code that will be inserted at the head of every new R script file your create in Eclipse. You can edit this by hitting the Edit button.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Modifying the code generation settings. New variables can be inserted and deleted at will. Eclipse will show you the available code snippets if you enter a $ in the window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the Edit Template window, I’ve made a few changes. I inserted a line that says
\n# Filename: ${file_name}<\/code>
\nThat will print out “Filename:” and follow it with the name of each newly created R script file I make.
\nI also modified the 3rd line as follows:
\n# Author: ${user} ${date}<\/code>
\nThat will print out “Author:” followed by the user name I specified in the eclipse.ini file, followed by the current date.<\/p>\n

To save the changes, hit OK, and then hit Apply in the Preferences Window.<\/p>\n

If I create a new R script, which I’ve called “junk.R” here, I get the following automatically generated code in the window:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The result of the automatic code generation. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using StatET’s code generation templates is handy, but the standard Eclipse variable for ${user} just inserts the currently logged-in user’s account name. If you want a different name to appear when ${user} is called, one method is to alter the eclipse.ini file. Specifically, add the line -Duser.name = Your full name at the end of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[14,7,58,15],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-r-project","tag-eclipse","tag-r","tag-r-project","tag-statet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukemiller.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}