Alex A. Naanou ec301c6fa4 reworked svg filters, some tweaking and refactoring...
Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>
2020-12-11 06:24:22 +03:00

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Modules and RequireJS
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Most of the system is loaded via browser context RequireJS loader, in
node/electron/nw context node-specific stuff is loaded with a second
node-enabled RequireJS instance or node require.
The ideal solution would be to use one require that sees both the browser
and node contexts, the problem is exactly in this, the browser requirejs
does not see either node or node modules while the node require loads code
that is not visible to devtools unless it is running at that exact moment.
Thus we are forced to use both mode requirejs loaders which may be
confusing at times.
Different loaders
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There are two RequireJS instances present in most contexts in nw.js
within the define(..) runner:
- require(..)
Pure browser RequireJS instance, used to load local
modules.
- requirejs(..)
Node-enabled RequireJS instance, used to load node
modules.
This is needed as the above require(..) overloads the
node native loader.
The future
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This seems a bit confusing, so at least the naming convention should be
revised.
Entry points
============
The current state of things is far from optimal -- we have "three"
"different" entry points:
- index.html - Browser
- e.js - electron
-> electron.html - electron-specific html
- ig.js - node
-> e.js - node can spawn an electron app
The goal is to simplify this by merging the electron/node entry points
and merging the html files into one.