MDSvex Global Components

mdsvex.config.js

import remarkAbbr from 'remark-abbr'
import rehypeSlug from 'rehype-slug'
import rehypeAutolinkHeadings from 'rehype-autolink-headings'
import md from 'mdsvex'

export const extensions = ['.svelte.md', '.md', '.svx']

export const mdsvex = md.mdsvex({
  extensions,
  smartypants: {
    dashes: 'oldschool'
  },
  remarkPlugins: [remarkAbbr],
  rehypePlugins: [
    rehypeSlug,
    [
      rehypeAutolinkHeadings,
      {
        behavior: 'wrap'
      }
    ]
  ]
})

mdsvexGlobalComponents.js

import { join, basename, extname } from 'path'

export const defaults = {
  extensions: ['.svelte.md', '.md', '.svx'],
  dir: `$lib`,
  list: []
}

/**
 * Injects global imports in all your mdsvex files
 * Specify:
 * - the root dir (defaults to `src/lib`)
 * - the array list of components (with extension), like `['Component.svelte']`
 * - the valid extensions list as an array (defaults to `['.svelte.md', '.md', '.svx']`)
 *
 * If you want the component name to be different from the file name, you can specify an array
 * of arrays: `['Component.svelte', ['Another', 'AnotherComp.svelte'], 'ThirdComp.svelte']`
 *
 * @param {Object} options options described above
 * @returns a preprocessor suitable to plug into the `preprocess` key of the svelte config
 */
export const mdsvexGlobalComponents = (options = {}) => {
  const { extensions, dir, list } = { ...defaults, ...options }
  const extensionsRegex = new RegExp('(' + extensions.join('|').replace(/\./g, '\\.') + ')$', 'i')

  if (!list || !list.length || !Array.isArray(list)) {
    throw new Error(`"list" option must be an array and contain at least one element`)
  }

  const imports = list
    .map((entry) => {
      let name = ''
      if (Array.isArray(entry)) {
        name = entry[0]
        entry = entry[1]
      }
      const ext = extname(entry)
      const path = join(dir, entry)
      name = name || basename(entry, ext)
      return `\nimport ${name} from "${path}"`
    })
    .join('\n')

  const preprocessor = {
    script(thing) {
      const { content, filename, attributes, markup } = thing
      if (!filename.match(extensionsRegex)) {
        return { code: content }
      }
      const hasModuleContext = /^<script context="module">/.test(markup)
      const isModulePass = attributes?.context === 'module'
      const isValidPass = (hasModuleContext && isModulePass) || !hasModuleContext
      if (!isValidPass) {
        return { code: content }
      }
      return { code: `${imports}\n${content}` }
    }
  }
  return preprocessor
}

svelte.config.js

import preprocess from 'svelte-preprocess'
import { mdsvex, extensions } from './svelte-kit/mdsvex.config.js'
import { mdsvexGlobalComponents } from './svelte-kit/mdsvexGlobalComponents.js'

const globalComponents = mdsvexGlobalComponents({
  dir: `$lib/components`,
  list: ['Note.svelte', 'Youtube.svelte', ['Ref', 'RefLink.svelte']],
  extensions
})

/** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').Config} */
const config = {
  extensions: ['.svelte', ...extensions],
  preprocess: [preprocess(), globalComponents, mdsvex],
  kit: {
    target: '#svelte',
  }
}

export default config

Oh sorry, I was not very focused 😅

In retrospect your question was evident. To answer it: no, I don't know of anything better, but this should work. If it doesn't, share your repo and I'll probably be able to help!

This is overcomplicated. It’s much simpler to hard-code everything and just make it a prelude:

const mdPrelude = `
import Note from "$lib/components/Note.svelte";
import Youtube from "$lib/components/Youtube.svelte";
import Ref from "$lib/components/RefLink.svelte";
`;

const mdPreludePreprocessor = {
	script({ content, filename, attributes, markup }) {
		if (filename.endsWith(".md")) {
			const hasModuleContext = /^<script context="module">/.test(markup);
			if ((hasModuleContext && attributes?.context === "module") || !hasModuleContext) {
				return { code: mdPrelude + content };
			}
		}
		return { code: content };
	},
};

See how much easier that is to read? Now it’s obviously simple enough to just drop in your config file.

Note that I have dropped multiple file extension support, compared with the base implementation—but it’s easy to reinstate if you like.

That's a great idea! You're absolutely right that it's much easier to do it that way, kind of like using a simple tool when you don't need anything fancy.

But sometimes people need to build their lists automatically for different reasons; No one in this thread didn't think of having a hard coded string, but people want to generate it for a variety of reasons. People might want the computer to make the list because:

• They have really long lists and don't want to make mistakes typing everything
• They want to use the same code in different projects, or different sets of components (like using the same recipe in different kitchens!)
• They want to change, verify, run tests, or fix the list before using it
• They're working with lots of friends on a big project and everyone needs the same list
• ... and so on

A knife is much simpler than a mixer, but they serve different purposes. It's always good to share different ways to solve problems. Thanks for your helpful suggestion!