@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ suffixes are `.linux`, `.windows` and `.macosx`.
8383
8484The following automatically generated properties can be used globally in all configuration files:
8585
86- - ` {runtime.platform.path} ` : the absolute path of the [ board platform] ( #platform-terminology ) folder (i.e. the folder
87- containing boards.txt)
86+ - ` {runtime.platform.path} ` : is the absolute path of the [ board platform] ( #platform-terminology ) folder (i.e. the folder
87+ containing boards.txt) unless ` {runtime.use_core_platform_path_for_runtime_platform_path} ` is set to ` true ` in this
88+ case, the value is the absolute path of the referenced core platform.
8889- ` {runtime.hardware.path} ` : the absolute path of the hardware folder (i.e. the folder containing the
8990 [ board platform] ( #platform-terminology ) folder)
9091- ` {runtime.ide.path} ` : the absolute path of the Arduino IDE or Arduino CLI folder
@@ -113,8 +114,11 @@ The following automatically generated properties can be used globally in all con
113114- ` {extra.time.zone} ` : local timezone offset without the DST component
114115- ` {extra.time.dst} ` : local daylight savings time offset
115116
116- Compatibility note: Versions before Arduino IDE 1.6.0 only used one digit per version number component in
117- ` {runtime.ide.version} ` (so 1.5.9 was ` 159 ` , not ` 10509 ` ).
117+ Compatibility notes:
118+ 119+ - Versions before Arduino IDE 1.6.0 only used one digit per version number component in ` {runtime.ide.version} ` (so
120+ 1.5.9 was ` 159 ` , not ` 10509 ` ).
121+ - ` {runtime.use_core_platform_path_for_runtime_platform_path} ` support is available from Arduino CLI >=1.0.4.
118122
119123## platform.txt
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@@ -534,6 +538,9 @@ This explains the presence of **{build.mcu}** or **{build.board}** in the platfo
534538overwritten respectively by ** {uno.build.mcu}** and ** {uno.build.board}** when the Uno board is selected! Moreover the
535539following properties are automatically generated:
536540
541+ - ` {build.board.platform.path} ` : The path to the selected board's platform.
542+ - ` {build.core.platform.path} ` : The path to the core's platform. It may differ from the board's platform path because
543+ the latter may reference a core from another platform.
537544- ` {build.core.path} ` : The path to the selected board's core folder (inside the [ core platform] ( #platform-terminology ) ,
538545 for example hardware/arduino/avr/core/arduino)
539546- ` {build.system.path} ` : The path to the [ core platform] ( #platform-terminology ) 's system folder if available (for
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