Merge pull request #140 from ReScienceLab/windows-app-polish

Windows app: no white menu strip, a publisher, and a release that starts the installer

Author: Jing-yilin

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -478,4 +478,8 @@ jobs:
           bun install --frozen-lockfile
           bun run build
           bunx electron-builder --win nsis --x64 --publish never
+          # The installer is what people run, and nothing else starts it before they do.
+          MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 dist/out/*.exe /S
+          "$LOCALAPPDATA/Programs/super-prototyping-desktop/Super Prototyping.exe" --port 5199 "$(mktemp -d)" &
+          curl --retry 60 --retry-connrefused --retry-delay 1 -fsS http://127.0.0.1:5199/ | grep -q 'id="root"'
           gh release upload "super-prototyping--v$VERSION" dist/out/*.exe

desktop/main.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ async function main() {
     height: 900,
     title: "Super Prototyping",
     backgroundColor: "#000000",
+    // Windows draws the menu as a white strip across a black app. Alt still shows it.
+    autoHideMenuBar: true,
     webPreferences: { preload: path.join(app.getAppPath(), "dist/preload.cjs") },
   });
   let project = argDir;

desktop/package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "name": "super-prototyping-desktop",
   "private": true,
   "version": "1.5.2",
-  "description": "The super-prototyping canvas as a macOS app",
+  "description": "The super-prototyping canvas as a desktop app",
+  "author": "ReScience Lab",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/main.mjs",
   "scripts": {