Getting the newest version of standard libraries (e.g. "Plot")

[ratnanil]

Hi! I'd like to work with the newest version of the standard library Plot. If I include the following ojs chunk in my notebook, I get back the version 0.6.0. However, I need version 0.6.1. I do have the newest quarto version (1.2.280),

```{ojs}
Plot.version
```

Do I have to wait for quarto to update the standard library, or is there a way that I import a newer version of Plot locally?

[mcanouil]

1.2.280 is the latest stable version, not the latest.
Within a stable release, it's unlikely you'll get a library upgrade.
You can try the pre-release version, or embed observable yourself in your Quarto document using the include-* options.

[cscheid]

@ratnanil:

If I include the following ojs chunk in my notebook, I get back the version 0.6.0. However, I need version 0.6.1

We try to update the OJS standard libraries at every release. 0.6.1 was released 3 days ago. It's not practical for us to track them this closely given the rest of the things we want to do in quarto.

Do I have to wait for quarto to update the standard library, or is there a way that I import a newer version of Plot locally?

Try https://cdn.skypack.dev/@observablehq/plot

@mcanouil:

You can try the pre-release version, or embed observable yourself in your Quarto document using the include-* options.

Note that embedding observable is not really a practical choice in Quarto, because you'll need the full runtime, a custom parser, etc.

[ratnanil]

Try https://cdn.skypack.dev/@observablehq/plot

Like so?

import { Plot } from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/@observablehq/plot"

(this does not work)

[cscheid]

There could be two reasons. There might be an issue with name clashes:

import { Plot as NewPlot } from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/@observablehq/plot"

or you might need a default import:

import NewPlot from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/@observablehq/plot"

[ratnanil]

Neither works...

import { Plot as NewPlot } from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/@observablehq/plot"

This throws the following error: TypeError: error loading dynamically imported module

import NewPlot from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/@observablehq/plot"

This throws the following error: OJS Syntax Error (line 7, column 8)Unexpected token (see below)

[cscheid]

Sorry, I always forget that the standard syntax for imports doesn't work for observable. In addition, skypack is currently broken for d3 v7.7.0, which Plot uses. Use this instead:

```{ojs}
NewPlot = import("https://esm.sh/@observablehq/plot") 
NewPlot
```

[ratnanil]

Perfect, this works! I can even overwrite Plot, so the following line is fine. Plot.version now returns undefined for some reason, but I can confirm it's the newest version 0.6.1 because the functionality I needed is now available. Thanks so much!

Plot = import("https://esm.sh/@observablehq/plot") 

[cscheid]

Good to know. FWIW, the version field is put there by ObservableHQ's runtime, and that's why you don't see it in a plain JS import.

[mcanouil]

FYI, I made a PR to document this:

• docs: add a note to show how to upgrade ojs core library quarto-web#802