please add mdx support

[diomed]

MDX allows you to use variables, JSX expressions and components within Markdown content in Astro.

More on it:
https://github.com/withastro/astro/tree/main/packages/integrations/mdx#why-mdx

[fchrapek]

Hi @diomed, Astro has really decent documentation. Just follow the steps here: https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/integrations-guide/mdx/ and you should be good to go.

EDIT: Ok, I didn't check your link. I'm linking the same stuff. Do you have trouble integrating the MDX?

[diomed]

unsure why it wouldnt come out of the box

[fchrapek]

@diomed Hmm, perhaps MDX might be an overkill if you want a simple blog with just text + images. Especially when Astro supports MD images optimization. Maybe that was the initial idea.

Let's wait for the @satnaing to respond.

To be clear, I'm with you when it comes to using MDX. Is some contexts, MD is too limited.

[diomed]

@fchrapek hey , are you on Discord?

[fchrapek]

@diomed nope

[satnaing]

Just like @fchrapek mentioned, I think it is a little bit overkill for average users who simply want to display content in their blog posts.
Initially, AstroPaper was intended to be a minimal blog template without extensive features, which is why I didn't include MDX support by default.
Moreover, I assume the template users can easily integrate MDX themselves if they wish.

However, there are two options to address this issue:

1. add a blog post (docs) for integrating AstroPaper with MDX
2. add MDX out of the box

What do you think?

[diomed]

you could replace old blog post for forestry cms with this one, since forestry doesnt exist anymore. unless it's just updatable for tina cms ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[paultman]

Agreed that it's nice to have astro-paper lean, yet extendable via integrations already built for astro.
Personally I prefer markdoc over MDX, however as we all have different tools, I'm happier setting it up myself, or using an .astro page over .md when needed.

[mdmrk]

I tried adding MDX following astro docs, but it only renders components in some builds processes. it looks like some kind of race condition to me.