Expose host console and exit via ipcRenderer.send

Another step towards abolishing `remote`.

Author: black-puppydog

assets/base.html

@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@
       var electron = require('electron')
       var localLog = console.log
       var localError = console.error
-      var remoteLog = electron.remote.getGlobal('console').log
-      var remoteError = electron.remote.getGlobal('console').error
+      var remoteLog = function (o) {
+        const payload = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(o, null, 2))
+        electron.ipcRenderer.invoke('consoleLog', `${payload}`)
+      }
+      var remoteError = function (o) {
+        const payload = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(o, null, 2))
+        electron.ipcRenderer.invoke('consoleError', `${payload}`)
+      }
 
       console.log = function (...args) {
         localLog.apply(console, args)
@@ -20,11 +26,12 @@
         remoteError(...args)
       }
 
-      process.exit = electron.remote.app.quit
+      process.exit = function(status) {electron.ipcRenderer.sendSync('exit')}
       // redirect errors to stderr
       window.addEventListener('error', function (e) {
         e.preventDefault()
-        console.error(e.error.stack || 'Uncaught ' + e.error)
+        console.log(e)
+        console.error(e.error?.stack || 'Uncaught ' + e.error)
       })
     </script>
   </body>

index.js

@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ electron.app.on('ready', () => {
     quitting = true
   })
 
+  electron.ipcMain.handle('consoleLog', (ev, o) => console.log(o))
+  electron.ipcMain.handle('consoleError', (ev, o) => console.error(o))
+  electron.ipcMain.on('exit', (ev, code) => process.exit(code))
+
   electron.ipcMain.on('open-background-devtools', function () {
     if (windows.background) {
       windows.background.webContents.openDevTools({ mode: 'detach' })

package.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "deep-equal": "^2.0.1",
     "depject": "^4.1.1",
     "depnest": "^1.3.0",
+    "electron-context-menu": "^2.5.0",
     "electron-default-menu": "~1.0.1",
     "electron-window-state": "^5.0.3",
     "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",