Enable JavaScript templates

JavaScript templates is a per-device gate that lets JavaScript run inside your templates. It is disabled by default.

In ZotLit 2.1 the language lived in the file name: zotlit-note.eta.md was an Eta template and zotlit-note.liquid.md was a Liquid one. A 2.2 template document declares its language in its own manifest instead, with the key language: eta.

A managed frontmatter entry declares its language with its value member: expr (Liquid), value (JSON-e), or js (JavaScript). See Profile document for the manifest keys and the three entry members.

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• Eta template documents. A profile document, a citation text, or a partial whose manifest sets language: eta.
• js frontmatter entries. A managed frontmatter entry whose value member is js.

The expr and value members stay active whether the gate is on or off. While the gate is off, an Eta document is never compiled and a js entry never evaluates.

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The gate takes effect immediately. ZotLit recompiles the template folder in place. No plugin reload is needed.

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In the same JavaScript templates group, click Turn off. The gate disables immediately with no confirmation modal. Every template document that declares language: eta becomes inert, and every managed frontmatter entry declared with js stops evaluating until you turn the gate back on.

Per-device scopeCopy Anchor Link

The setting is stored locally on the device, outside the synced plugin data. Enabling it on one device does not enable it on another. Each device where you want Eta documents and js entries to run requires its own opt-in.

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