Crash reporter doesn't need to be started in child processes, and in fact the functions are all deprecated. Instead start it from the main process, and the child processes will automatically be covered
Change of params to crashReporter.start() function
Added chokidar to watch for folder changes; added folder-watcher;
passing state to delayedInit on main; added default values for new
preferences; added “Auto add torrents” preference with its checkbox and
path selector; TODO: start/stop watching on preference change, start
watching on init, add dialog when trying to enable preference without a
torrents folder.
Fixes two portable app bugs, to make the app fully "silent", not just
"portable". This means that not only are all data files stored in the
"Portable Settings" folder, but the app should leave no trace on the
host system.
- Disable Electron's single instance mode so no lock file is created in
"%APPDATA%\Roaming\WebTorrent".
- Put Electron crash files, and other electron files into the "Portable
Settings\Temp" folder instead of "%APPDATA%\Temp".
Every require() that we do before the users sees UI reduces startup
time.
I used the following code (added to index.js) to log every require()
call in the main process:
```js
var Module = require('module')
var required = {}
Module.prototype.require = function (orig) {
return function (id) {
if (!required[id]) {
required[id] = true
console.log(`${id} (from ${this.filename})`)
}
return orig.apply(this, arguments)
}
}(Module.prototype.require)
```
From this I was able to learn that lots of modules were being required
that aren't actually used until later.
I also sent this related PR to eliminate another few require()s:
https://github.com/LinusU/node-application-config/pull/4
This increases startup time by 50ms.
We'll probably realize much bigger gains by following this same
procedure for the renderer process.
- Make State.save() always throttle calls -- since that's the common
case.
- Immediate saves are now the exception, with State.saveImmediate().
- The function is called State.save(), so the dispatch event should be
'stateSave'.
On my modern Macbook 12" I've run into "Saving state took too long.
Quitting.". We have users with spinning disk drives, so let's be a bit
more generous.
Before, the app made itself the default torrent file handler automatically, pissing off some of our users. Now, it's not by default, and you can change it in the prefs.
