added more logging in the main process + fixed Application menubar me…

…nu name

src/background.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ import { isDevelopment } from './lib/electron/environment';
 import eLog from 'electron-log';
 
 eLog.transports.console.level = false;
-eLog.transports.file.level = false;
+eLog.transports.file.level = 'info';
+
+eLog.catchErrors({
+  showDialog: false,
+  onError: (e) => {
+    eLog.error(`${e.name}: ${e.message}`);
+  },
+});
 
 // Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
 // be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.

src/lib/electron/ipc.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import electron, { Menu, MenuItemConstructorOptions } from 'electron';
 import { MenuBarItem, MenuBarSections, MainEvents, RendererEvents } from '../ipc-interface';
 import { defaultIpcMain } from '../ipc';
+import { keys } from '../std';
 
 export type ElectronMenuItem = {
   type: 'callback';
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ const menuLookup: MenuLookup = {
 const untypedMenu: { [K: string]: { [S: string]: ElectronMenuItem[]; } } = menuLookup;
 
 const renderMenu = () => {
-  const template = Object.keys(menuLookup).map((menuLabel): MenuItemConstructorOptions => {
+  const template = keys(menuLookup).map((menuLabel): MenuItemConstructorOptions => {
     const submenu: MenuItemConstructorOptions[] = [];
     Object.keys(untypedMenu[menuLabel]).forEach((section, i) => {
       if (i !== 0) {
@@ -157,7 +158,11 @@ const renderMenu = () => {
     });
 
     return {
-      label: menuLabel,
+      // On MacOS, this is done automatically. For consistency across operating systems we do this explicitly
+      // MacOS explicitly shows the application name as the first menu
+      // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41551110/unable-to-override-app-name-on-mac-os-electron-menu
+      // provides a bit more info although it is not really related to this
+      label: menuLabel === 'Application' ? electron.app.getName() : menuLabel,
       submenu,
     };
   });

src/lib/log.ts

@@ -126,12 +126,22 @@ export const log = (message: LogMessage) => {
     eLog!.transports.console.level = false;
     eLog!.transports.file.level = 'warn';
     eLog!.transports.file.format = '[{y}-{m}-{d} {h}:{i}:{s}.{ms}] {text}';
+    eLog!.catchErrors({
+      showDialog: false,
+      onError: (e) => {
+        log({
+          level: 'error',
+          message: e.message,
+          name: 'Unhandled',
+          setLevel: 'info',
+          args: [],
+        });
+      },
+    });
   }
 
   eLog![message.level](messageString, ...message.args);
 
   // tslint:disable-next-line:no-console
   console.log(`%c${messageString}`, styleString, ...message.args);
 };
-
-

src/middleware.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const middleware = () => {
   });
 
   const extensions = require.context(
-    './/extra',
+    './extra',
     // Whether or not to look in subfolders
     true,
     /^.+\.ts/,