Linux support about gulp-app

[sindresorhus]

This is blocked by sindresorhus/current-path#1 and might not be feasible.

There might be other ways to do this though, yet not as elegant. Maybe the user could drag and drop the folder they want on the tray icon.

Suggestions welcome :)

[geekgonecrazy]

being able to set the folder that the gulp file is in makes the most sense. It auto detecting doesn't seem to work all that well even on mac. I found my self wanting to set the folder and just be done with it.

[sindresorhus]

It auto detecting doesn't seem to work all that well even on mac. I found my self wanting to set the folder and just be done with it.

Would you mind expanding on how it doesn't work well for you on OS X? :)

[geekgonecrazy]

Started it up, opened my project folder. Project folder had gulpfile. I checked the tray it said not found. Checked again in like 10 minutes and it had finally found it. At that point my build task was also listed 10 times. Only one build task in the file ;-)

[sindresorhus]

That's really weird and shouldn't happen. Would you mind opening a new ticket about it with the version you used (there were some weird problems with the first version) and any logging from devtools and screenshot? That would be awesome :)

[stephenlacy]

Some notes from a Linux user here:
Getting the current path is almost unfeasible, considering there are several popular file managers used: nemo, nautilus, Dolphin, unity 8, etc.
Plus they do not have a base state for detecting the current folder.
I would suggest having a "open folder" dialogue / drag-drop to get the path for linux.

[sindresorhus]

@stevelacy Thanks for the input. Yes, that's probably what I'm going with.

[geekgonecrazy]

I second that. Seems like it would be the best method.

[samvasko]

I would be interested in doing Linux version but on Linux it would probably be smarter to use package manager version of node, for updates and so on and GTK for menus. So I am not sure if it is the best way to exist as a one project.

[stephenlacy]

@Bliker Why would we use the "package manager" version?
Node-Webkit has full support for menus. Creating a GTK UI is messy, and not required with NW.
Currently the app will run on linux with the path modified: https://github.com/sindresorhus/current-path/issues/ to a general project folder.

[samvasko]

Why would we use the "package manager" version?

Because that's what you do on Linux. I would not like each package to bring its own libraries like on windows.

[stephenlacy]

If we are talking about the same item (node) this app is not altering it or installing a new version. It uses the Node-Webkit version the user wants.
What do you mean by "libraries"?

Because that's what you do on Linux

Dependencies... lol

[sindresorhus]

Please stop discussing this. I'm of course using node-webkit and the node that comes with it. Feel free to create a native app yourself if that suits you better ;)

[stephenlacy]

Thanks 👍

[sindresorhus]

Closing as this app is now deprecated.