Apache Ant property shortcuts

ant-property-shortcuts.xml

<property name="\n" value="${line.separator}" />
<property name="/"  value="${file.separator}" />
<property name=":"  value="${path.separator}" />

<!-- tab char -->
<script language="javascript">project.setUserProperty("\\t", "\t");</script>

<!-- for surrounding command line options -->
<condition property="'" value="&quot;" else="'">
  <os family="windows" />
</condition>

<!-- stores the path in env.PATH, no matter what OS it is -->
<property environment="env" />
<property name="env.PATH" value="${env.Path}" />