Is it possible to evaluate coffeescript inside cells? like you can use coffeescript/require from js files?
We don’t currently support transpilers, but you could evaluate JavaScript dynamically (using eval or the Function constructor).
Could you show us how?
Probably would be a hundred times better if we packaged it with template literals like
coffee`(x) -> x * x`
but here is the coffeescript compiler running in observable https://observablehq.com/@tomlarkworthy/coffeescript-demo
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Tks!
Adding to your contribution: https://observablehq.com/@fernandortdias/coffeescript-proof-of-concept
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You could also remove the parentheses from your implementation doing this
cs = (str, ...args) => compiler.eval(str[0])
and this would work
square = cs`(x) -> x * x`
the arguments could also be used, but don’t have an example now in coffeescript context. you can read more about it here
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_literals#tagged_templates
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Putting CoffeeScript into named Markdown cells makes this a little more straightforward than the proofs of concept I’ve seen so far: CoffeeScript Markdown in Observable.
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