Support environmental variables in GoTo for Windows
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Description
Feature request: Support environmental variables directly in GoTo for Windows. Can get the values with Python by importing getenv from os library and use it like getenv("appdata").
Typically used environmental directory variables:
%appdata% (default: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming)
%localappdata% (default: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local)
%userprofile% (default: C:\Users\<username>)
%windir% (default: C:\Windows)
%systemroot% (default: C:\Windows)
%systemdrive% (default: C:\)
%public% (default: C:\Users\Public)
%temp% / %tmp% (default: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp)
%programfiles% (default: C:\Program Files)
Feel free to close the issue if it's an unwanted feature (because it's Windows specific), in which case I can do it as a plugin instead, but I think a lot of Windows power users would appreciate it
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Research direction
Start by locating the Windows-specific GoTo path handling and review how Python environment variables can be read with os.getenv. Done means GoTo expands the listed Windows environment variables to their corresponding directories, with behavior verified on Windows.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100