Editor Variables

An editor variable is a shorthand notation for context-dependent information, like a file or folder path, a timestamp or a date. It is used in the definition of a command (for example the input URL of a transformation, the output file path of a transformation, the command line of an external tool) to make a command or a parameter generic and reusable with other input files. When the same command is applied to different files, the notation is expanded at the execution of the command so that the same command has different effects depending on the actual file.

The following editor variables can be used in Oxygen XML Editor plugin commands of external engines or other external tools, in transformation scenarios, validation scenarios and Author operations: