[Pkg-javascript-devel] JavaScript in-browser program, packaged in Debian

[Jérémy Lal]

2017-09-04 3:08 GMT+02:00 Ben Finney <bignose at debian.org>:

> Jérémy Lal <kapouer at melix.org> writes:
>
> > 2017-09-03 7:24 GMT+02:00 Ben Finney <bignose at debian.org>:
> >
> > > Yes, I am looking for a general way to turn an HTML-page app into a
> > > stand-alone desktop app. That does mean no location bar, no tabs, no
> > > history navigation, etc.; just rendering the one HTML page with its
> > > JavaScript and other resources.
> >
> > i'd rely on epiphany-browser for that kind of job. […]
> >
> > Anyway, to get started, you can open epiphany-browser (a.k.a. "Web"),
> > go to local file url, and from sandwich menu choose "install site as
> > application". You'll find the .desktop file in
> > ~/.local/share/applications. epiphany also has probably a command-line
> > switch to enable XHR from file:// url.
>
> That is very close to what I want, thank you.
>
> Now I need a way to go from the bundle of files that Epiphany creates,
> to something I can turn into a Debian package for general installation.
>

Put everything into /usr/share/<theappname>
and install /usr/share/applications/theappname.desktop
That should do most of it.

Jérémy
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