That worked great, thanks! I used elm-github-install to install the bsouthga/elm-katex package directly from GitHub. I didn't have to rename my own local project. I only need to fork bsouthga's project if I want to update it to use a newer version of KaTeX.
I didn't want to install gems in my global system dir as root, so I installed rvm and the latest version of Ruby. Then I did gem install elm_install. Unlike elm-package where you can specify a package name and it will automatically update your elm-package.json, I had to manually add an entry each to dependencies and dependency-sources, then run elm-install. Then I was able to build my project with no problem, and everything worked. On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 11:23 PM, Peter Damoc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Lyle Kopnicky <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So I wonder if I can use elm-package to install a package from another >> directory, so hopefully the references will work out right? >> > > elm-package does not support that BUT, elm-github-install > <https://github.com/gdotdesign/elm-github-install> was designed for such > contexts. > Add the package manually to your dependencies and then use > elm-github-install to install it. > > >> when I build my project, because I'm using the default project URL, it >> gets referenced as _user$project$Native_KaTeX, which doesn't match. > > > You need a valid github project. Default values don't work. So, if you > fork the project and replace the user in that Native function name, you > should be able to compile it just fine. > > >> Another possibility is given by looking at https://github.com/eeue56/t >> ake-home/wiki/Writing-your-first-Elm-Native-module. Here the author >> shows some very different boilerplate, which doesn't seem to involve the >> project name in the variable names. I'd have to copy the elm-katex code >> into my own project and tweak it a bit, but that's OK for now as I'll only >> be building/running my project locally for the foreseeable future. Also I'd >> be able to update the version of KaTeX that's embedded in the file. >> > > The guide you referenced is for an old way to do Native. That API is > obsolete. > > > -- > There is NO FATE, we are the creators. > blog: http://damoc.ro/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/elm-discuss/eusppnDgN-A/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
