index.js trick has problems with browserify about d3-dsv

[mbostock]

Browserify is pretty clever; see brfs, and try this:

cd dsv
npm install -g browserify
npm install brfs # not sure why this has to be local
browserify -t brfs index.js

But even simpler, it works out of the box as-is!

<script src="dsv.js"></script>
<script>

var csv = dsv(",");

console.log(csv.parse("foo\n1"));

</script>

Alternatively you could use SMASH to build a custom version of d3 with just the dsv parts, though this would be bigger since it includes the d3.xhr parts rather than just the parser:

smash src/start.js src/dsv/dsv.js src/end.js > d3.dsv.js

Everything is possible with your imagination!

[tmcw]

Cool: though a note of warning to those using the brfs trick. It doesn't apply to require()'d libraries unless you specifically submit -r dsv here. So, in my case

browserify -t brfs -r dsv -s csv2geojson index.js > csv2geojson.js

yes, but

browserify -t brfs -s csv2geojson index.js > csv2geojson.js

no

[tmcw]

And unfortunately that trick only works for one level: browserify/brfs#8