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scripting for preprocessing, also embedded scripts for live ebooks #1245

Open hgkamath opened 8 months ago

hgkamath commented 8 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. na, this just an inquiry, to check if possible, or even if this a direction that vivliostyle has considered.

Describe the solution you'd like Investigating possibility of a) programmatically through hooks, if by acting on the input-src-file, gather additional static content on local system (or by url), pre-process content for inclusion before the usual markup driven typesetting b) embedding code(JavaScript) and data (json) into a epub/pdf to create say a live ebooks with interactive canvas (such as data visualization, running simulations with parameters, etc).

Being a javascript project, it is to be expected that if there is a scripting language it is JavaScript/wasm.

Describe alternatives you've considered na, this isn't something traditional typesetters can do.

Additional context na

If possible, please do include a write-up/documentation somewhere as to how something like this can be done.

Feel free to close the issue if not relevant.

MurakamiShinyu commented 8 months ago

There have been feature requests such as:

and we implemented this feature in:

However, this implementation has limitations and may not be useful for your purpose. See issue:

Also embedded scripts for live ebooks are not possible for now.

We welcome your contribution!