Theia 1.53.0

[jfaltermeier]

What it does

• update to latest Theia (#378 on windows)
• update electron
• add @theia/collaboration #383
• update Jenkinsfile global environment
• create (optional) desktop file for linux desktop integration (#378 on linux)
  • I think for testing you might have to refresh with update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications/ after the desktop file was created
• add protocol for mac (#378 on mac)

closes #378 closes #383

Contributed on behalf of STMicroelectronics

How to test

• test that IDE is still working as expected
• test collaboration feature and that info text is available on welcome page
• test theia:// protocol handling (see https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/13306 for instructions)
  • on Linux test that opting out of desktop file creation works as well
  • the file that stores user decisions is located at ~/.theia-ide/globalStorage/theia-ide-launcher/desktopfile.json
  • current behavior:
    • we only maintain one set of Theia IDE desktop files. If there are two TheiaIDE AppImages in different locations only one can be set. (Users may create them themselves if required)
    • we store if an AppImage path should not have a desktop file -> the user will not be asked again
    • this is stored in the declined array in above file
    • if an AppImage path is not declined we check whether it is the current default
    • if yes -> no op since already set
    • if no -> ask user if desktop files should be created/updated

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[jfaltermeier]

For testing the theia scheme on ubuntu I slightly adjusted the generated desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=TheiaIDE
Exec=/home/johannes/.local/share/applications/theia-ide-launcher.sh %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/home/johannes/.local/share/applications/theia-ide-electron-app.png
StartupWMClass=TheiaIDE
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/theia;
Comment=Eclipse Theia IDE product
Categories=Development;

The referenced launcher script looks like this (basically adding logging of the passed arguments):

#!/bin/bash

# Log the arguments to a file
echo "App launched with: $@" >> /tmp/xxx-theia_launch.log

# Launch the AppImage with the provided arguments
/home/johannes/Git/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/TheiaIDE.AppImage "$@"

Now I can see that the AppImage gets the theia scheme URL passed:

App launched with: 
App launched with: theia://tylerleonhardt.open-external/open-external

Nothing happens though (besides that a new frontend is started), but I guess this is then an issue with plain Theia and not with the IDE and the metadata in the desktopfile

[jfaltermeier]

On Windows and Mac the theia:// protocol gets handled as expected.

[jfaltermeier]

For testing the theia scheme on ubuntu I slightly adjusted the generated desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=TheiaIDE
Exec=/home/johannes/.local/share/applications/theia-ide-launcher.sh %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/home/johannes/.local/share/applications/theia-ide-electron-app.png
StartupWMClass=TheiaIDE
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/theia;
Comment=Eclipse Theia IDE product
Categories=Development;

The referenced launcher script looks like this (basically adding logging of the passed arguments):

#!/bin/bash

# Log the arguments to a file
echo "App launched with: $@" >> /tmp/xxx-theia_launch.log

# Launch the AppImage with the provided arguments
/home/johannes/Git/theia-blueprint/applications/electron/dist/TheiaIDE.AppImage "$@"

Now I can see that the AppImage gets the theia scheme URL passed:

App launched with: 
App launched with: theia://tylerleonhardt.open-external/open-external

Nothing happens though (besides that a new frontend is started), but I guess this is then an issue with plain Theia and not with the IDE and the metadata in the desktopfile

I can see that VSCode uses two desktop files, one passing --open-url that is also hidden in the launcher. I'll try this

Edit: That seems to do the trick, I'll adapt accordingly