serve only html backend
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- Rust
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Description
Question
While serving, when markdown contents on disk got modified, mdbook invokes all backends. It could be slow and unnecessary with some setup.
Is it possible to specify which backends to trigger with mdbook serve?
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Research direction
Start at the mdbook serve command and trace how markdown changes lead to backend invocation. Determine how backend selection could be specified and where that option is processed. Done means serving can trigger only the requested backends, while existing behavior remains unchanged; add or update tests for the selection behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- backend, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100