Linux support about focus HOT 12 CLOSED

I just added a Linux binary to the latest release (0.1.3). Please try it out and let me know if it works for you.

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Makes sense. I will generate binaries then, we'll work out a way to get them to you to post on Github releases.

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I've just released a new Linux build for version 0.1.4 which should fix the global config error as well as add better scaling for HiDPI screens under X11 (scaling is still hardcoded at 1.0 for Wayland, it's something I'm working on right now).

The open projects directory issue is expected for now as I haven't gotten a chance to implement the underlying platform hook yet. I hope to have it fixed for the next release.

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I don't have a linux machine handy. @ileonte - do you think the linux version is usable enough to give it to people as a binary?

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btw, I got it to kinda work using wine, and a bash script.
But it would still be nice to have a Linux binary.

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Here are the usability issues that I'm aware of on the Linux version:

• under X11 there is no mouse wheel support (missing in the Input module, I will need to add that). Works fine under Wayland.
• under X11 numpad input still seems to be broken (the keys are always interpreted as if NumLock is off, still looking into whether that's a general X11 thing or is just a bug on my setup)
• on Wayland there are no client-side decorations. If you run the editor under a compositor that doesn't support server-side decorations (ie. pretty much everything except kwin as far as I know) there is no window titlebar and no borders to resize it.
• there is still no save "dialog" of any kind, so if you create a new file there's no way to save it (saving modifications to an existing file works just fine, this is strictly about new files created from the editor itself)

In terms of generating a binary - it could be done in theory, we would need an old enough version of some distribution (glibc) to link against. I don't know if something can be set up on Github to build it automatically or whether I should try and generate a binary manually. Let me know.

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@ileonte I don't think adding a Github pipeline for building is an option for now, not until Jai is public at least. Otherwise we'd probably have to commit object files and run shell scripts to link them against glibc, which is not really an option.
But maybe I'm wrong.

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@ileonte

I don't know if something can be set up on Github to build it automatically or whether I should try and generate a binary manually. Let me know.

You can do that using GitHub actions, though idk if it is possible to do while the compiler isn't public.

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Is MacOS version even farther than the linux one?

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Seams like it doesn't create the Global config, but it does create a example project config, so I just copied and renamed that one as a temporary solution.

Error message:

Could not open file "/home/mh/thirdparty/focus/global.focus-config": code 2, No such file or directory
Couldn't read the config file file '/home/mh/thirdparty/focus/global.focus-config'

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Also, open projects directory does nothing.

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Since the main request was about linux binaries and it's been done, I'm closing the issue. Please open issues for things you encounter individually so they can be tracked more easily. Appreciate your work @ileonte! 💪

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