[FEATURE REQUEST] : Implementation For Auto export

[AE-SAY-WAY]

It would be great to embed exported images of .tldraw files in notes, and have those images automatically update when the source .tldraw file is edited.

There's a community tool called @kitschpatrol/tldraw-cli that can export .tldraw files to SVG/PNG. It could be integrated to auto-export drawings when they're saved

The plugin could integrate tldraw-cli's programmatic API to automatically export SVGs when a .tldraw file is saved, storing them alongside the original file.

I know some users work around this by manually exporting, but having automatic export would make .tldraw files much more practical as 'source of truth'.

Bascially this would allow user to embed an .svg yet still retain the ability to update the image file, by its original .tldraw file

[AE-SAY-WAY]

There can be multiple ways to connect the .tldraw file with its export counterpart.

we potentially add an export-path property? or we can allow user to state the directory of exports? etc...

Many options to connect the image with its .tldraw source

[AE-SAY-WAY]

There could be a potential official implementation for this, so maybe hold out on using the third party tool:

tldraw/tldraw#7539

[jon-dez]

Interesting. I have an idea that could perhaps be relevant to a plugin specific feature: It is possible to embed data inside a .png file, as well as an .svg file. Maybe if a file exists like my-picture.tldraw.png or my-picture.tldraw.svg then the plugin will try to find the relevant tldraw data embedded inside the picture and use it inside the editor. Then whenever the tldraw data is updated, the image is re-rendered to the same file.

[AE-SAY-WAY]

If this is possible, that would be nuts...

[AE-SAY-WAY]

@jon-dez Can this be next feature 🙏