Netbeans 7.3 - how do I prefill '@author' field?

Question

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to set the @author comment doc code to display my own info in Netbeans.

I want this done for all of my files (js, php, etc).

I have gone to the tools->templates and then click the 'settings' button and uncommented the 'user' variable, entering my own. ie: "user=foo bar ". without the double quotes, of course.

I would like to type "/**" + ENTER and have it insert the comment code such as:

/**
 *
 * @author foo bar <foo@bar.com>
 **/

I've searched the threads and seems that should do it?

This is for Netbeans 7.3 on OSX 10.8.3.

Answer 1

The user name (as set in your OS) should be set per default.
Please check if the template(s) ( tools -> Templates (-> Open in Editor) ) of your file(s) contain such a line:

/**
 *
 * @author ${user}
 */

(Taken from Java Class Template)

or

/* 
 * [...]
 * Author: %<%USER%>%
 * [...]
 */

(Taken from C++ Header Template)

However, you won't get email etc. using this env. variable.

But you can put your full author name (incl. Email) into the template.