Question, would render to string be possible?

[Nubuck]

Hi, big fan of React Blessed here.

I've been wondering if it would be possible to render a sub-set of components to string or stdout without attaching the entire screen?

The reason I ask, is that I'd love to be able to use this with commander and inquirer based apps for rendering responses... for example:

console.log(ReactBlessed.renderToString(<FancyLogComponent {...someProps} />))

[Yomguithereal]

Hello @Nubuck. I don't remember whether react-dom/server enforces HTML or just render plain XML but you may want to try it, it could work :). If it doesn't then, I guess someone would need to create a XML renderer for React to cope with this kind of usecases.

[Nubuck]

@Yomguithereal shows my ignorance, I assumed it only rendered HTML when my attempts crashed. I'll dig deeper to find if there is a way around the validations. Thanks for replying!

[Yomguithereal]

If there is no way around the validations then we need to build a custom renderer and I'm thinking of creating one for outputting custom XML outputs.

[Nubuck]

That was my thinking as well. I want to build my dev environment the same way I build products... so I'm working on a way to make that happen.
I'd really like to see the completion of JSXN (jsx notation for json trees) it would make schema management really pleasant...