A way to type paths using Environment Variables in the open menu
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Description
In the open menu, I should can use something like %WINDIR% in Windows or $HOME in Linux.
This is a natural behavior when using Windows Explorer, so I expect this works on the open menu. Currently, it creates file named %WINDIR% while I expect it should be expanded to C:\Windows.
For more info on the list of windows paths: https://superuser.com/a/1655270
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Research direction
Start with the open-menu path handling and inspect how the entered text is converted into a file path. Check the existing behavior on Windows and Linux for environment-variable syntax. Done means supported variables expand to their paths instead of being treated as literal filenames, with coverage for the examples in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100