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I have a Markdown file in my project at `composeResources/files` .
How would I got about extracting the text in that file from a Composable?

Ah, I think I found what I want:

```var bytes by remember {
    mutableStateOf(ByteArray(0))
}
LaunchedEffect(Unit) {
    bytes = Res.readBytes("files/somefile.md")
}
Text(bytes.decodeToString())```
Edit: This works!

I'd say it is better to decode to a string inside the launched effect

Great call, I had the same thought a moment ago. I am making that optimization in my next work session.

Doesn't LaunchedEffect default to main dispatcher?

So maybe pull out to a suspending function that also uses <http://Dispatchers.IO|Dispatchers.IO>?

<@U6Q90DDHR> this code is running in the web using WASM. I'm no web developer but I did not think IO threads are even a thing there. Are they?

&gt; Almost all resources are read synchronously in the caller thread. The only exceptions are raw files and all of the resources on the JS platform that are read asynchronously.

<https://www.jetbrains.com/help/kotlin-multiplatform-dev/compose-images-resources.html>

Ahhh, ok. missed that. I assumed compose on android

<@UJ456JG2K> 
So does that mean I can use `<http://Dispatchers.IO|Dispatchers.IO>`?