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Documentation: expand the 'Variables' page

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Expand the 'Variables' page so that it links to the two-way variables
page from within the body of text. Having the link in only the side-bar
was too easy to miss.
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@ -40,7 +40,25 @@ on the platform. The variables system allows you to configure this.
The platform can be `windows`, `linux`, or `darwin` for macOS. Other platforms
are also allowed, if you happen to use them in your farm.
## Audience
## Two-way Variables for Mixed-platform Farms
Variables are not just used to point to specific things, like `blender` above.
They can also tell Flamenco that the path `/media/shared/flamenco` on Linux is
the same as `S:\flamenco` on Windows, or `/Volumes/shared/flamenco` on macOS.
This is documented further in [Two-way Variables for Multi-Platform Support][two-way].
## Custom Job Types
This documentation section focuses on pre-existing variables, `blender` and
`blenderArgs`. There is nothing special about these. Apart from being part of
Flamenco's default configuration, that is. When you go the more advanced route
of creating your own [custom job types][jobtypes] you're free to create your own
set of variables to suit your needs.
[jobtypes]: {{< ref "usage/job-types" >}}
[two-way]: {{< ref "usage/variables/multi-platform" >}}
## Advanced: Audience
The audience of a value is who that value is for: `workers`, `users`, or `all`
if there is no difference in value for workers and users.
@ -54,13 +72,3 @@ might be different from where users go to pick them up.
- `users`: values are used when submitting jobs from Blender and showing them in
the web interface.
- `workers`: values that are used when sending tasks to workers.
## Custom Job Types
This documentation section focuses on pre-existing variables, `blender` and
`blenderArgs`. There is nothing special about these. Apart from being part of
Flamenco's default configuration, that is. When you go the more advanced route
of creating your own [custom job types][jobtypes] you're free to create your own
set of variables to suit your needs.
[jobtypes]: {{< ref "usage/job-types" >}}