async plugin should support paths/map configs

[millermedeiros]

was asked here: http://blog.millermedeiros.com/requirejs-2-0-delayed-module-evaluation-and-google-maps/#comment-89531

[andyscott12]

awesome plugin - would love to see support for something like

paths: {
async: '/libs/require.async'      
gmaps: 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&sensor=false'
},
shim: {
   gmaps: ['async']
}

or something which allows like

define([
"jquery",
"backbone",
"async!gmaps"
])

etc

[millermedeiros]

@andyscott12 you can create an alias:

// convert Google Maps into an AMD module
define('gmaps', ['async!http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?v=3&sensor=false'],
function(){
    // return the gmaps namespace for brevity
    return window.google.maps;
});

see this post for more info: http://blog.millermedeiros.com/requirejs-2-0-delayed-module-evaluation-and-google-maps/ -

[JulienCabanes]

Love your plugins. I also need to put paths alias for async modules. I'm working on a localized website with Bing Maps which need the locale in the URL. I thought the best way was a config.js for each locale:

// config-fr.js
requirejs.config({
  paths: {
    'bingmaps': '//ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=7.0&mkt=fr-fr'
  }
});

// my-module.js
define(['async!bingmaps!onscriptload'], function() {...})

Notice fr-fr at the end of the URL which I need to config.
Any thought how I could workaround this case ?
Thanks