html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1069#issuecomment-719672967,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1069,719672967,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxOTY3Mjk2Nw==,9599,2020-10-30T16:58:01Z,2020-10-30T16:58:01Z,OWNER,"OK, new hook specification is:
```python
@hookspec(firstresult=True)
def load_template(template, request, datasette):
    ""Load the specified template, returning the template code as a string""
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",733303548,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1069#issuecomment-719670714,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1069,719670714,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxOTY3MDcxNA==,9599,2020-10-30T16:53:56Z,2020-10-30T16:53:56Z,OWNER,"I'm having second thoughts about the design of the plugin hook.

Consider the following:
```python
            plugin_template_source = pm.hook.load_template(
                template=template_name,
                database=context.get(""database""),
                table=context.get(""table""),
                columns=context.get(""columns""),
                view_name=self.name,
                request=request,
                datasette=self.ds,
            )
```
It's a bit gross that `database`, `table` and `columns` are pulled out of the context like that. This doesn't make sense for pages that are rendered by plugins, for example.

So maybe for the first release of this plugin hook I should cut it down to just seeing `template`, `request` and `datasette`. I can add the table/view/etc stuff back in later if it turns out to be necessary.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",733303548,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1069#issuecomment-719666912,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1069,719666912,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxOTY2NjkxMg==,9599,2020-10-30T16:47:44Z,2020-10-30T16:47:44Z,OWNER,"Bringing over a comment from #1042:

> I'd like to do this all in the `datasette.render_template()` method to ensure it's available to plugins as well, not just core code that uses the `BaseView` class.
> 
> This code is the problem:
> 
> https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/d3e9b0aecb6f8e9b2befd9c654ccb7ce852db3e7/datasette/views/base.py#L114-L133
> 
> I think I'll fix this by moving the `select_templates` mechanism into `datasette.render_templates()`.

","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",733303548,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1069#issuecomment-719664530,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1069,719664530,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxOTY2NDUzMA==,9599,2020-10-30T16:43:40Z,2020-10-30T16:43:40Z,OWNER,I should include an example in the documentation that shows loading templates from a database table.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",733303548,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1069#issuecomment-719640430,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1069,719640430,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxOTY0MDQzMA==,9599,2020-10-30T16:01:13Z,2020-10-30T16:01:13Z,OWNER,Next steps: build a demonstration plugin against this.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",733303548,