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External tools: support environment variables in the Command input field
It's usually recommended to use the following environment variables to locate tools:
%ProgramFiles%
%ProgramFiles(x86)%
Customer support service by UserEcho
Do you mean environment variable support in the Command input field?
Yes that's what I meant.
This way I could specify (and copy&paste) the settings for the diff tools:
%ProgramFiles%/Araxis/bin/compare.exe
Which I found more convenient than clicking and searching for it.
However it's a convenience feature... not a high prio thing.
Having substitution of environment variables like %APPDATA%, %PROGRAMFILE%, ... (the exampls are for Windows, but this would be a benefit on all supported platforms) would make external tools more portable/shareable.
A program could be installed to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs, which requires to hard code the path, including the current user name, in the external tool configuration. This limits the shareability.