Kappapp frozen? EDIT: windows electron broken

[hmedina]

Since source is failing on my system (#641 ), I download the latest available Kappapp version, from September 2020. On Windows, double-clicking the executable opens the Electron window, but core functionality is broken or hidden:

a) Can't open or import a kappa file
b) Can't type into the text box
c) If the layout is the same as KaSim-in-browser, the bottom of the app does not show the Run, or Pause criteria box
d) New project does not produce any visible change in the app

(same behavior when going full screen)

[feret]

Hi Hector,

I am not sure I can help.
-> I have access to no Windows machine
-> Travis can no longer be used to test multi-OS settings (it is not free anymore and I find the monthly fee very high).
-> I know almost nothin about the UI and the app deployment.

Yet, on the website I see versions of the app for May 2021.
(https://tools.kappalanguage.org/nightly-builds/)

Do I look in the good place ?

Cheers.
Jérôme.

[hmedina]

Hi Jérôme,

I was using the latest release build, at
https://github.com/Kappa-Dev/KappaTools/releases

Testing the May 2021 version has the same behavior as the September 2020 version on my machine.

Since you fixed #641 , I got the from-source compilation working, so I do not need the app; do not worry about my use-case.

Going forward, it may be desirable to adopt a different IDE approach; BNGL is using a Visual Studio Code extension, and that program is free & available cross-platform. Hacking functionality for it is also not too cumbersome, with ad-hoc end-user workflows being straightforward.

Side note:
For the nightly link, the SSL certificate expired several months ago: "The certificate for tools.kappalanguage.org expired on 8/19/2021"

[feret]

@hmedina Do you still have the issue ?
@pirbo has corrected a garbage collection issue with new versions of the ocsygen library.
It it likely to have solved your issue. Let me know.

[hmedina]

KappApp behavior has not changed. Nightly link has valid SSL certificate.

Side note: I suggest renaming the Windows build to something that says "Windows", rather than just "KappaBin.zip"

[antoinepouille]

I suspect that it is what I fixed recently in 9169bdb

Windows electron was broken because of a bad file:/// url parsing. I tested it since and the whole app was working correctly.

I'm closing this, but let me know if you can test it from a recent nightly build https://tools.kappalanguage.org/nightly-builds/

[hmedina]

I tested today's nightly build, and it seems to be fully working. Ran a toy model, viewed a snapshot in patchwork & ball-and-link modes, and the behavior was as expected.

[antoinepouille]

@hmedina

Perfect! thanks for testing :-)