How to set eclipse console locale/language

Question

When developing web application with Eclipse (Helios) the tomcat output is being sent to the console. Ok, but the messages are being translated to my OS language.

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Answer 1

Try adding -Duser.language=en in the bottom of your eclipse.ini which is found in your eclipse installation directory (keep a backup copy of the eclipse.ini before any changes).

Answer 2

Have you tried setting the following -D parameters in the launch configuration?

-Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US -Duser.variant=EN

Answer 3

Go to Window > Preferences > Java > Installed JREs > select preferred JRE > Edit and then add the following to Default VM arguments:

-Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US