Nested environment variables - solved

[lamming]

I wanted to define a KiCad environment variable ( ${KICAD_LIB_ROOT} ) as the root of a bunch of directories, and then define other EV’s that reference relative to it
[N.B. I tried both “{” and “(” brackets, but maybe not every combo. ]

example:
KICAD_LIB_ROOT C:\Program Files\KiCad\share\kicad
KICAD_SYMBOL_DIR $(KICAD_LIB_ROOT)\kicad-symbols

The nesting seems not to work when I go to Eeschema. Is this an “expectation over-achievement” on my part, or worse, an RTFM shortfall?

[eelik]

Let’s just say it doesn’t work and isn’t meant to work. Theoretically it should be possible but would lead to difficult logic (for example recursive or circular dependencies).

[lamming]

Thanks for the swift response. Good to know!