Monthly Archives: December 2010

Set the ${user} variable in Eclipse

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Terry Gardner

To set the ${user} variable in Eclipse, either: add the following line to the eclipse.ini file: -Duser.name=[the_desired_user_name] for example: -Duser.name=mic.check@ows.com place the same code in your JAVA_OPTS environment variable if Eclipse is started from the command line put the same … Continue reading →

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Custom fields in Mac OS X Address Book

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Terry Gardner

The Mac OS X Address Book application has the capability of adding custom fields to user address cards. This is done by selecting Preferences (command,) Template (added Skype in this example):

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