The markdown reader uses a Grace plugin which has been derived from the standard dizmo plugin; it's named md-reader-dizmo
. In the project.cfg
configuration use instead of the usual dizmo
entry md-reader-dizmo
to make use of it. For example:
{
"name": "MarkdownReader",
"version": "1.29",
"type": "md-reader-dizmo", ..
}
Using this plugin allows you to put another field dizmo_private_store
into the project.cfg
configuration, like:
"dizmo_private_store": {
"my_var": "my_value"
}
Any (key, value) pair present in dizmo_private_store
will be available at run time by accessing the privateStorage
subtree, like:
assert (MarkdownReader.Dizmo.load ('my_var') == 'my_value')
You can use any JSON structure for the value and it will be parsed and presented correctly at run time.
The main use case where such a plugin extension is of value is when you would like to reuse the MarkdownReader dizmo code as a GIT Submodule in another dizmo's GIT repository.
Such a setup allows you to configure for example different urlMd
and urlCss
settings and display the content within a dedicated dizmo (like for example in Getting started, which is a tour through dizmoViewer).
The Python implementation of the plugin is very straightforward: The original DizmoPlugin
has been extended, and the after_build
hook has been overridden accordingly to produce MarkdownReader.Dizmo.save('my_var', 'my_value')
lines for each entry in dizmo_private_store
.