I've been working on this in the last few days, and published 1.0.0 <https://github.com/gdotdesign/elm-github-install/releases/tag/v1.0.0> of *elm-github-install* which handles using a fork (or any other git repository for a package) and using a local directory. If anyone tries this out some feedback would be nice.
Cheers :) On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 7:48:13 AM UTC+1, Lyle Kopnicky wrote: > > What's the best way of referencing third-party packages in another > directory on the same machine? I'm talking about a package that isn't > available in the community package directory, but is available on GitHub. I > realize YMMV with such packages. Specifically, in this case, > https://github.com/bsouthga/elm-katex. > > I tried creating a symlink in my project to it, and adding its source > directory to my elm-package.json, along with the native-modules: true flag. > > The problem is that var _bsouthga$elm_katex$Native_KaTeX is hard-coded in > the native JS file. But 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. It seems the author was copying > https://github.com/evancz/elm-markdown/blob/master/src/Native/Markdown.js, > which uses the same convention. However, since that file is a community > package, when it's installed by the package manager, it will actually get > referenced correctly. > > So I wonder if I can use elm-package to install a package from another > directory, so hopefully the references will work out right? > > Another possibility is given by looking at > https://github.com/eeue56/take-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. > > Any other thoughts? > > Thanks, > Lyle > -- 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.
