Using elements

This chapter is meant to provide insight on how end users of custom elements created with Elembic can use them to their full potential, including customization and features.

Prepare

One important procedure to remember is to use e.prepare if the element demands it. Most elements might only need support for custom references, which can be enabled with the following show rule at the top of the end user's document:

#show: e.prepare()

// Great! Now custom references from all elements will work

However, some elements have their own custom document-wide preparation functions. If this is the case for one or more elements you'll need to use (read their documentation to know), you can include them as arguments to prepare:

#show: e.prepare(elem1, elem2)

// Great! Those elements have run their 'prepare' functions (if needed - depends on the element).