Rust code block like feature for all languages

[SunPodder]

Why don't we still get this? I understand that all languages might not have a playground like rust. But in that case we may use our own backend. (Maybe specify that in book.toml?)

I was patching my book.js to add my own backend, but I found myself reinventing the wheel. Like, in python playground playground_text function returns empty string everytime. Also the output text gets written into the source code block instead of a new one.

But that works if I use rust instead. Also we get a different run button than rust in python playground. Why that? I don't know if you guys hard-coded that for rust only. If so, please make them dynamic so atleast we can do easy patches until any official solution becomes available.

[ehuss]

Sorry, I don't fully understand what this issue is asking. If it is about supporting other languages for remote code execution, then that is tracked in #350.

[SunPodder]

Yes, What I was actually looking for is remote code execution. But the UI also differs when using rust vs other languages. Like I get another run button (top left corner, always visible) when using python code block rather than what I get in rust (top right, visible on hover) code block. The UI should be the same for all languages, shouldn't it?

Also as I mentioned, I changed the book.js fetch url to my own api. But the playground_text() function in the javascript file returns "" in python code block, which isn't the case in rust code block (with the same javascript file)

[ehuss]

I can't say why the run button is different. However, since other languages aren't supported, I'm not too surprised there are issues. I'm going to close as a duplicate of #350, as this seems to be essentially the same issue. If and when that is fixed, I'm sure getting the UI working would be part of that.