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Follow up of https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw-desktop/pull/100/files#diff-ead40efaec80d2cb4b9022e44f8b395aR76

Maybe for version 2, instead of loading directly from https://excalidraw.com we should serve them locally if exist.

• Generate zip file and upload somewhere
• Load app from local files if exist
• In the background, check regularly for newer versions of the zip file
• On start if there is a newer version downloaded and not installed, install it
• Notify user if there is a new version to reload from the latest zip file

Instead of including every particular script into the builder config, we should bundle them into a single main.js.

I guess @vjeux will have to create an Apple Developers account eventually to be able to do that.

Once we implemented #43, we could show the local version of Excalidraw the application menu

Feature request

To show start page when excalidraw desktop app opens.

• Allows to open recent files quickly
• Decide whether to start a new sketch or to open existing from file

Sample Wireframe:

@lipis @pinussilvestrus Would like to hear your opinion on this.

• Latest: https://excalidraw.com/version.json
• Local: excalidraw.asar/version.json or dist/client/version.json

When pressing CMD+Q on a mac device, it's not able to close the application.

yarn start:dev or something

Hi,

Linux users don't have an easy way to install the app on a distribution (either .deb, .rpm, .AppImage, snap or flatpak). I propose for Excalidraw to focus on Flatpak because it's a decentralized package manager which focuses on Desktop App, integrates well with Electron and works well cross-distribution (one package can be distributed to most linux users).

Here is the process to build a flatpak https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/electron.html and this is the mainstream repository https://github.com/flathub/flathub/wiki/App-Submission .

I've never built any flatpak package but it seems to be quite fast. I can help, I'm not an expert with Electron packaging and especially not with its best practices but let me know if you're interested with the proposal.

Thank you for building this awesome tool !

excalidraw/excalidraw#858

• macOS: https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw-logo/blob/master/excalidraw.icns
• Windows: https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw-logo/blob/master/excalidraw.ico
• Linux: ?

For example we need a special case when exporting scenes via shareable URL

Cf. #171
Cf. #164

We should probably do that for all platforms..

• Check if there is a new version #26
• Download the latest from: https://excalidraw.com/excalidraw.asar
• Prompt user with the suggestion to reload for the latest release
• Replace (or whatever is needed) the latest version

Currently after loading a file and then saving, Excalidraw will default to placing the file in ~/Downloads with an auto-generated name. Instead, it should update the loaded file in place preserving whether or not the scene is embedded, the background is included, and watermark is applied.

When Excalidraw is assigned to open these files.

When you load a .excalidraw file, and then make some changes, and then save again, it should save to the same file, rather than save as a new file and force you to rename it.

It would be awesome if you could distinguish between .excalidraw files in your download folder by having a thumbnail (and large preview by pressing space on a Mac). I assume it is possible to add these, since .sketch files have something similar?

I would love to dive into this and make a PR for this. No idea if I'm qualified to do it, but there is just one way to find out 😄

First collecting feedback / approval, before I'm spending time on this.

Would be great if excalidraw could be released as a homebrew cask.

Can we filter by Electron in Analytics?

https://www.electron.build/

Overview

• https://excalidraw.com/#json=5176497841111040,3fsAWaZz8kfgPh2SzloeHA

Initial open

• Contains a local copy of Excalidraw app
• Loads it and works offline

Open the app

• Loads local version of Exaclidraw app
• Periodically checks in the background for newer versions: version.json
• If newer version is different than the local one then download latest asar packaged from the above URL
• Unpack the contents
• Ask user to reload the app to get the latest features

On Excalidraw.com side

• Version can be generated on the build and stored as timestamp: 2020-02-28-21-50-45 in version.json (the actual format is up to debate)

• Serve the version: https://excalidraw.com/version.json

  {
    "app": "excalidraw-2020-02-28-21-50-45.asar",
    "version": "2020-02-28-21-50-45"
  }

• Serve downloadable app: https://excalidraw.com/excalidraw-2020-02-28-21-50-45.asar

Drop Desktop

Hey guys!

I'd love to contribute.

Can #23 be considered a roadmap that can be followed?

Currently, only test-linux and test-macos workflows are available. Need to fix and add a workflow to run mocha tests on Windows, as discussed in
#46 (comment)

• Dependencies
• Build scripts
• Possible keys
• Icon files
• Credentials to publish the app