[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: environment variables for eclipse.ini

[David Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lars Fischer wrote:
> I would like to use windows environment variables values as parameters 
> in the eclipse.ini. E.g. JAVA_HOME with the path to the JDK for "-vm 
> %JAVA_HOME%\bin\javaw.exe"
>
> I tried the above, but it does not work. Is there an other way how I can 
> solve this?

I don't believe so, since I couldn't find it documented anywhere, and 
tried a few tests myself.

But just in case you are asking "how do I get the VM at JAVA_HOME used, 
then that part should be automatically found by the launcher.