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fsavje / math-with-slack

Rendered math (MathJax) with Slack's desktop client
MIT License
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Does not work with Slack from Microsoft Store #39

Closed OndrejMarsalek closed 5 years ago

OndrejMarsalek commented 5 years ago

I had Slack installed through Microsoft store and the script was not able to find it. I tried looking for the file ssb-interop.js to find the directory but got nothing. I don't know where and how the Win 10 app gets installed.

After uninstalling Slack and reinstalling it "by hand", everything works as expected.

fsavje commented 5 years ago

Thank you for the bug report. However, this has been addressed before. Microsoft Store does not give write permission to their apps even for administrators. math-with-slack will not try to override such restrictions.

See the discussion in the readme for more information:

Package and software managers

The script needs write permissions in the Slack directory in order to inject the MathJax code. Some package and software managers write protect their directories, and math-with-slack cannot be installed if Slack is installed through such a manager. This is the case for both the Windows Store and Snap versions of Slack. You should use the version downloaded from Slack's website if you want to use math-with-slack. The script should, however, work with most package managers if you manage to grant the script write permission.

OndrejMarsalek commented 5 years ago

Thank you for pointing that out, I missed it in the readme, sorry about that.

fsavje commented 5 years ago

No worries at all. Better safe than sorry when it comes to bug :)