From 5203db794dcff7a9b47c2447d1c0118b4267c88e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Alex A. Naanou" <alex.nanou@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 04:51:29 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] some tweaking, notes and docs...

Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>
---
 ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js     |  1 +
 ui (gen4)/features/virtual-blocks.js | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js
index fdce4a96..bc36ed04 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
@@ -2258,6 +2258,7 @@ var FileSystemWriterActions = actions.Actions({
 									logger && logger.emit('queued', to)
 
 									var res = include_virtual 
+										&& !img.do_not_export
 										&& !fse.existsSync(to)
 										&& outputFile(to, img.text || '')
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/virtual-blocks.js b/ui (gen4)/features/virtual-blocks.js
index b6e87cba..f6c4130a 100644
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/virtual-blocks.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/virtual-blocks.js	
@@ -19,12 +19,27 @@ var browse = require('lib/widget/browse')
 
 
 /*********************************************************************/
-
+//
+// Virtual Block Format (Image):
+// 	{
+// 		// block type...
+// 		type: 'virtual',
+//
+// 		// Block text (optional)...
+// 		text: <String>,
+//
+// 		// if true this block will not be exported...
+// 		do_not_export: <bool>,
+//
+// 		// optional image attributes...
+// 		// for more info see: imagegrid/images.js
+// 		...
+// 	}
+//
 // XXX should these be sortable and how???
 // 		...relative placement (i.e. "before <GID>")???
-// XXX should these be importable from fs???
-// 		i.e. exported as json to <title>.virt and imported back...
-// 		...might be a good idea to add custom import/export handlers...
+// XXX should the export mechanism be extensible???
+// 		...i.e. some way to identify the block and get it's ext and file content...
 // 
 var VirtualBlocksActions = actions.Actions({
 	// construction of new "virtual images"...