Feature request: Plugin hook for embedded files to handle new types

[dlip]

It would be great if plugins could add a hook to handle new embedded file types. Eg 'csv-to-table' could render a csv to a table.

[filename](mytable.csv ':include :type=csv-to-table')

[anikethsaha]

You meant something like webpack loaders functionality?

PS

we need an additional method which will basically run on before_each hook in order to resolve or process :type=csv-to-table')
this method will take the source as an argument and then it's up to the method to how to process it.

These can be configured like this

...
process_files : [
{'csv-to-table' : csvToHTMLTable(source)} // should need to return html 
]
...

This is just an rough idea I am thinking. Lets discuss this. And I am adding this for 5.x . So I cant assure you whether it will be done anytime soon.

[anikethsaha]

cc @docsifyjs/core @trusktr

[jthegedus]

This seems like it could get out of hand fast and increase the scope of this project significantly. As a test, what are some other expected or previously requested source types?

[anikethsaha]

This seems like it could get out of hand fast and increase the scope of this project significantly. As a test, what are some other expected or previously requested source types?

I was thinking like if we can move the logic of rendering to these. Like to render the sidebar, we can hve a _sidebar.md and that will be rendered using this..

Just a rough idea

[jthegedus]

Like to render the sidebar, we can hve a _sidebar.md and that will be rendered using this..

That sounds reasonable enough to me 😄

[anikethsaha]

Yeah, but we need PoC before to check that

[adriangb]

Any updates on this? I'd love to be able to store my tables as CSVs instead of ugly markdown tables.