Bugfix/linux build states lack of permissions upon opening a viewer window

front/editor/editor.js

@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ async function newFileDiv(file) {
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 function openFile(file, callback) {
-	console.log("Opening " + file);
 	if (OpenedFiles.FINDQUICKINDEX("fileLink", file) === -1) {
 		const fileFMT = OpenedFiles.FORMAT();
 		fileFMT.SET("fileLink", file);
@@ -129,7 +128,6 @@ function openFile(file, callback) {
 
 		fileFMT.SET("usesCRLF", usesCRLF);
 
-		console.log(fileData);
 		fileFMT.SET("data", fileData);
 		fileFMT.SET("savedFile", fileData);
 		OpenedFiles.PUSH(fileFMT);
@@ -607,8 +605,11 @@ async function refreshEditor() {
 
 			const option = document.createElement("option");
 			option.value = e.fileLink;
-			const splittedFileLink = e.fileLink.split("\\");
-			option.innerHTML = `${splittedFileLink[splittedFileLink.length - 2]}\\${splittedFileLink[splittedFileLink.length - 1]}`;
+			const splittedFileLink = path.normalize(e.fileLink).split(path.sep);
+			option.innerHTML = path.join(
+				splittedFileLink[splittedFileLink.length - 2],
+				splittedFileLink[splittedFileLink.length - 1]
+			);
 			document.getElementById("windowPicker").appendChild(option);
 		});
 
@@ -746,7 +747,7 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
 	});
 	files.forEach((element) => {
 		const option = document.createElement("option");
-		option.value = `${element.parentPath}\\${element.name}`;
+		option.value = path.join(element.parentPath, element.name);
 		option.innerHTML = element.name;
 
 		list.appendChild(option);
@@ -783,10 +784,10 @@ createBtn.addEventListener("click", async () => {
 			filedata = fs.readFileSync(args.preset, { encoding: "utf-8" });
 		}
 
-		fs.writeFileSync(`${args.dir}\\${args.name}`, filedata);
+		fs.writeFileSync(path.join(args.dir, args.name), filedata);
 
-		openFile(`${args.dir}\\${args.name}`, () => {
-			loadFileIntoEditor(`${args.dir}\\${args.name}`);
+		openFile(path.join(args.dir, args.name), () => {
+			loadFileIntoEditor(path.join(args.dir, args.name));
 		});
 		document.getElementById("filenameField").value = "";
 		dir = null;

front/editor/modules/fileStringFunctions.js

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
+const path = require("path");
+
 function getFileNameFromLink(file) {
-	return file.split("\\")[file.split("\\").length - 1];
+	const parts = path.normalize(file).split(path.sep);
+	return parts[parts.length - 1];
 }
 
 function getFileDirFromLink(file) {
+	const parts = path.normalize(file).split(path.sep);
 	let fileDir = "";
 
-	file.split("\\").forEach((element, index, array) => {
+	parts.forEach((element, index, array) => {
 		if (index !== array.length - 1) {
 			if (index == 0) {
 				fileDir = element;
 			} else {
-				fileDir = `${fileDir}\\${element}`;
+				fileDir = path.join(fileDir, element);
 			}
 		}
 	});

main.js

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ const createWindow = () => {
 		height: 600,
 		minWidth: 600,
 		minHeight: 400,
+		autoHideMenuBar: true, // Comment this line on development
 		webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true, contextIsolation: false }
-		//autoHideMenuBar: true // Commented out for debugging
 	});
 
 	mainWindow.on("closed", () => {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ ipcMain.handle("get-dir", async () => {
 	});
 
 	if (result.canceled == false && result.filePaths.length == 1) {
-		return { dir: result.filePaths, status: 0 };
+		return { dir: result.filePaths[0], status: 0 };
 	} else {
 		return { dir: null, status: -1 };
 	}

package.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	"description": "Live Editor for HTML, CSS and JS",
 	"main": "main.js",
 	"scripts": {
+		"postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js",
 		"start": "electron ."
 	},
 	"author": "Ethan Mahlstedt",

scripts/linux/launch.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cd ..
+cd ..
+npm start

scripts/linux/postinstall/fix-sandbox.js

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// scripts/linux/fix-sandbox.js
+const { execSync } = require("child_process");
+const path = require("path");
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+module.exports = function () {
+	if (process.platform === "linux") {
+		// Correct path to node_modules/electron/dist/chrome-sandbox
+		const sandboxPath = path.resolve(
+			__dirname,
+			"../../../node_modules/electron/dist/chrome-sandbox"
+		);
+
+		console.log(
+			"Fixing sandbox permissions... (sudo password may be required)"
+		);
+
+		if (fs.existsSync(sandboxPath)) {
+			try {
+				execSync(`sudo chown root ${sandboxPath}`);
+				execSync(`sudo chmod 4755 ${sandboxPath}`);
+				console.log("✔ Sandbox permissions fixed.");
+			} catch (err) {
+				console.warn("⚠ Failed to fix sandbox permissions:", err.message);
+			}
+		} else {
+			console.warn("⚠ Sandbox file not found at:", sandboxPath);
+		}
+	}
+};

scripts/postinstall.js

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+const os = require("os");
+
+const { execSync } = require("child_process");
+
+const platform = os.platform();
+const arch = os.arch();
+
+switch (platform) {
+	case "darwin":
+		// macOS specific code
+		switch (arch) {
+			case "x64": {
+				const scripts = fs.readdirSync(
+					path.join(__dirname, "darwin-x64", "postinstall")
+				);
+				scripts.forEach((script) => {
+					if (script.endsWith(".js")) {
+						require(
+							path.join(__dirname, "darwin-x64", "postinstall", script)
+						)();
+					}
+				});
+				break;
+			}
+			case "arm64": {
+				const scripts = fs.readdirSync(
+					path.join(__dirname, "darwin-arm64", "postinstall")
+				);
+				scripts.forEach((script) => {
+					if (script.endsWith(".js")) {
+						require(
+							path.join(__dirname, "darwin-arm64", "postinstall", script)
+						)();
+					}
+				});
+				break;
+			}
+			default:
+				console.log("Are you still using PowerPC?");
+		}
+		break;
+	case "linux": {
+		const scripts = fs.readdirSync(
+			path.join(__dirname, "linux", "postinstall")
+		);
+		scripts.forEach((script) => {
+			if (script.endsWith(".js")) {
+				require(path.join(__dirname, "linux", "postinstall", script))();
+			} else if (script.endsWith(".sh")) {
+				execSync(
+					`chmod +x ${path.join(__dirname, "linux", "postinstall", script)}`
+				);
+				execSync(`${path.join(__dirname, "linux", "postinstall", script)}`);
+			}
+		});
+		break;
+	}
+	case "win32": {
+		const scripts = fs.readdirSync(
+			path.join(__dirname, "win32", "postinstall")
+		);
+		scripts.forEach((script) => {
+			if (script.endsWith(".js")) {
+				require(path.join(__dirname, "win32", "postinstall", script))();
+			} else if (script.endsWith(".bat")) {
+				execSync(`${path.join(__dirname, "win32", "postinstall", script)}`);
+			}
+		});
+		break;
+	}
+	default:
+		console.error(`Unsupported platform: ${platform}`);
+}

build.bat → scripts/win32/build.bat

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 @echo off
+cd ..
+cd ..
 npx electron-builder

scripts/win32/install.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+@echo off
+cd ..
+cd ..
+npm i

launch.bat → scripts/win32/launch.bat

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 @echo off
+cd ..
+cd ..
 npm start

lineCount.bat → scripts/win32/lineCount.bat

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 @echo off
+cd ..
+cd ..
 cloc modules front filePresets main.js

lint.bat → scripts/win32/lint.bat

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 @echo off
+cd ..
+cd ..
 npx eslint .

pretty.bat → scripts/win32/pretty.bat

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 @echo off
+cd ..
+cd ..
 npx prettier . --write