add: async template rendering

build.js

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ esbuild
     // Entry should be the same as addon/chrome/content/overlay.xul
     outfile: path.join(buildDir, "addon/chrome/content/scripts/index.js"),
     // minify: true,
+    target: ['firefox60']
   })
   .catch(() => process.exit(1));
 

src/events.ts

@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ class AddonEvents extends AddonBase {
       */
       const newLines = [];
 
-      const renderredTemplate = this._Addon.template.renderTemplate(
+      const renderredTemplate = await this._Addon.template.renderTemplateAsync(
         message.content.params.templateName
       );
 
@@ -1094,6 +1094,8 @@ class AddonEvents extends AddonBase {
         toCopyImage.push(noteItem);
       };
 
+      const editor = await this._Addon.knowledge.getWorkspaceEditorInstance();
+
       for (const topItem of items) {
         /*
             Available variables:
@@ -1104,11 +1106,12 @@ class AddonEvents extends AddonBase {
           .getNotes()
           .map((e) => Zotero.Items.get(e));
 
-        const renderredTemplate = this._Addon.template.renderTemplate(
-          message.content.params.templateName,
-          "topItem, itemNotes, copyNoteImage",
-          [topItem, itemNotes, copyNoteImage]
-        );
+        const renderredTemplate =
+          await this._Addon.template.renderTemplateAsync(
+            message.content.params.templateName,
+            "topItem, itemNotes, copyNoteImage, editor",
+            [topItem, itemNotes, copyNoteImage, editor]
+          );
 
         if (renderredTemplate) {
           newLines.push(renderredTemplate);
@@ -1170,11 +1173,12 @@ class AddonEvents extends AddonBase {
           linkText ? linkText : linkURL
         }</a></p>`;
 
-        const renderredTemplate = this._Addon.template.renderTemplate(
-          message.content.params.templateName,
-          "noteItem, topItem, link",
-          [noteItem, topItem, link]
-        );
+        const renderredTemplate =
+          await this._Addon.template.renderTemplateAsync(
+            message.content.params.templateName,
+            "noteItem, topItem, link",
+            [noteItem, topItem, link]
+          );
 
         if (renderredTemplate) {
           newLines.push(renderredTemplate);
@@ -1346,7 +1350,7 @@ class AddonEvents extends AddonBase {
         annotations[0].attachmentItemID
       ).parentID;
 
-      const renderredTemplate = this._Addon.template.renderTemplate(
+      const renderredTemplate = await this._Addon.template.renderTemplateAsync(
         "[QuickNote]",
         "annotationItem, topItem",
         [annotationItem, annotationItem.parentItem.parentItem]

src/knowledge.ts

@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ class Knowledge extends AddonBase {
             );
             const subNoteLines = convertResult.lines;
 
-            const templateText = this._Addon.template.renderTemplate(
+            const templateText = await this._Addon.template.renderTemplateAsync(
               "[QuickImport]",
               "subNoteLines, subNoteItem, noteItem",
               [subNoteLines, subNote, currentNote]

src/template.ts

@@ -296,6 +296,37 @@ class AddonTemplate extends AddonBase {
     return _newLine;
   }
 
+  async renderTemplateAsync(
+    key: string,
+    argString: string = "",
+    argList: any[] = [],
+    useDefault: boolean = true
+  ) {
+    Zotero.debug(`renderTemplateAsync: ${key}`);
+    let templateText = this.getTemplateText(key);
+    if (useDefault && !templateText) {
+      templateText = this._defaultTemplates.find((t) => t.name === key).text;
+      if (!templateText) {
+        return "";
+      }
+    }
+
+    let _newLine: string = "";
+    try {
+      const AsyncFunction = Object.getPrototypeOf(
+        async function () {}
+      ).constructor;
+      const _ = new AsyncFunction(argString, "return `" + templateText + "`");
+      console.log(_);
+      _newLine = await _(...argList);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // alert(`Template ${key} Error: ${e}`);
+      console.log(e);
+      return "";
+    }
+    return _newLine;
+  }
+
   getTemplateKeys(): NoteTemplate[] {
     let templateKeys: string = Zotero.Prefs.get(
       "Knowledge4Zotero.templateKeys"

src/views.ts

@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ class AddonViews extends AddonBase {
           false
         );
         const subNoteLines = convertResult.lines;
-        const templateText = this._Addon.template.renderTemplate(
+        const templateText = await this._Addon.template.renderTemplateAsync(
           "[QuickImport]",
           "subNoteLines, subNoteItem, noteItem",
           [subNoteLines, note, this._Addon.knowledge.getWorkspaceNote()]