Can custom_open_commands / custom_open_command01 support relative path?

[bytim]

For example, my folder structure is like this：
C:\Tools\AppCall\Everything\Everything.exe
C:\Tools\AppCall\TextPdf\EverEdit\EverEdit.exe

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I set the custom_open_commands / custom_open_command01 like this:(but it can not be executed.....)
$exec("..\TextPdf\EverEdit\EverEdit.exe" %*)

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So I have to add a system environment variable %Extools% pointing to "C:\Tools\AppCall", and use this in custom_open_commands:

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$exec("%Extools%\TextPdf\EverEdit\EverEdit.exe" %*)

I hope custom_open_command can support relative path, so that when on another PC, my portable Everything can call "EverEdit.exe" without setting a environment variable.
Or, is there an internal variable ($exepath,‌e.g.) representing the path where everything exe is in？then we can use:

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$exec("$exepath\..\TextPdf\EverEdit\EverEdit.exe" %*)

[void]

The next alpha update will treat files relative to the exe location.

I will also add a $exepath: variable.

Thank you for the suggestions.

[therube]

In the picture, Edit Table, that is from dopus?

No.
That is from custom_open_commands (which does have the Edit dialog (where custom_open_command##= does not).


I'll note that if the wanted .exe is within %PATH%, you needn't even include a path.
The .exe name itself is sufficient.

So if PATH=C:\BIN; & you have a program, C:\BIN\CHK.exe,
you can

$exec(CHK.exe %*)

kind of thing (or

$exec(C"\BIN\CHK.exe %*)

).

[therube]

The next alpha update will treat files relative to the exe location.

Say that again? Files or $exec'd programs? And relative to Everything.exe?

And how will that work?
If a full path is given, a full path is used.
And if a relative path is given, a relative path is used?

[void]

The first parameter to $exec() is converted to an absolute path relative to your Everything.exe location if it starts with .\ or ..\

If a full path is given, the full path is used.

[void]

Everything 1.5.0.1397a will now use paths relative to your Everything.exe when calling $exec()