Default value for all commands

[TheRealGramdalf]

This is something I ran into while implementing my scripts (see #108). Correct me if I'm wrong, but custom variables can only have a default variable on a per-command basis. There (currently) isn't a way to set a default value for every single command.

My rationale for this is keeping a variable for my vault's local bin folder that contains my executables. I can use this in commands similar to how I would use {{folder_path:relative}}, so that if for whatever reason I rename my bin folder (or any of it's parent folders), I don't have to manually go through every command and update the path.

I did add the folder to $PATH, but it only works for commands (such as grep), not for files (such as grep file.md).

[Taitava]

Hi, I'll post just quickly here. Yea, you are correct about the current behavior. Setting a default value for custom variables is currently only possible on a per shell command basis.

Background: This was just a way for me to limit the scope of development when I first programmed the custom variables feature together with Prompts. These two features required a lot of development on the variable parsing process, so I decided to limit this default value functionality a bit in order to define at least some limits for the amount of work back then. I was thinking about this kind of global default value support, too, but in addition to the work amount, I also wanted to take some time to think and gather experience to see if a global default value support is really needed. And yes, it is!

I can clearly see that this would be a handy feature to have and there is nothing blocking this kind of development. It would be good time for this as now the custom variables have been around for a good amount of time so I know which way to develop them further. 👍

Thank you for your suggestion! 🙂 I'll read and wanswer your other post later some other day. Generally my week days are quite busy, sometimes weekends too.

[Taitava]

Under construction

I'm trying to get this implemented for 0.18.0. Follow the process here: #298

[Taitava]

0.18.0 is released now

@TheRealGramdalf this can now be tested. Any feedback is welcome! 🙂