Excellent! And if Leo were to export, say, LEODIR, which would be the *leo*
directory, then there would not be a need for {leoDir} since one could
write something like
@file $LEODIR/themes/vr3/rst-dark.css
I like it.
On Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 5:53:36 PM UTC-4 Edward K. Ream wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 1:50 PM Thomas Passin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 1. I don't see any need to use the expression "{{~}}". Just using "~"
>> works now.
>>
>
> Thomas, you have just opened my eyes. Python should do all the work!
>
> - os.path.expandvars
> <https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html#os.path.expandvars>
> substitutes environment variables!
> - os.path.expanduser
> <https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html#os.path.expanduser>
> handles per-platform resolution of `~`.
> See the links above for details.
>
> As before, any path can be relative to the outline. Just "finalize" the
> resulting path using:
>
> os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(c.fileName()), path))
>
> *Summary*
>
> c.expand_path_expression should let os.path do all the work. No more
> security woes.
>
> There is no need for path expressions! Bye-bye {{ and }}. No more
> Leo-only conventions.
>
> c.expand_path_expression will collapse.
>
> Edward
>
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