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Bug 145109

Summary: [65cat] Better user name setup
Product: platform Reporter: ulfzibis <ulfzibis>
Component: TemplatesAssignee: Martin Entlicher <mentlicher>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: blocker CC: azizur
Priority: P3 Keywords: UI
Version: 7.1   
Hardware: PC   
OS: All   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:

Description ulfzibis 2008-08-26 10:39:03 UTC 
[ JDK VERSION : 1.6.0_07 ]

On Windows, user name is initially set from name of Window's current
user name. (LINUX etc.: I don't know)

IMO user name should be editable from Options->General dialogue.
It should overwrite templates user name, and maybe other values I'm
not aware about lacking deeper knowledge.

Workaround:
1) select Tools->Templates.
2) Expand User Configuration Properties, select User.properties and
open in editor.
3) Add e.g. "user=Mr. Unknown"

Additionally there also should be some project level user name, which
overrides it. There should be a reasonable relation to
application.vendor in project.properties.

Comment from Lukas Hasik:
"Uggh, that's ugly. ... IMO, it should be reflected in UI in better
way. Maybe a button "Change User Properties" in the Templates manager
or a special field in Options that would allow you to setup the user
name."
Comment 1 Lukas Hasik 2008-08-26 13:17:35 UTC 
reassigning to UI experts to decide what to do here. Then it can be implemented...
Comment 2 azizur 2011-11-01 15:07:53 UTC 
Related to: Bug 122646
Comment 3 Antonin Nebuzelsky 2013-09-05 08:33:37 UTC 
Martin, this is related to the other issue about user name in templates....
Comment 4 Martin Entlicher 2013-09-05 15:53:29 UTC 
There's a "Settings" button now on the Template Manager, which opens the User.properties file. It's not a great usability improvement, but it's easier to find, at least.

It should be improved also by issue #221998 and issue #103851.