Deal with a packaging problem in v0.3.3:

• gristlabs/grist-core#1749
• #80

Bring the Desktop app up to date with grist-core 1.7.1
https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-core/releases/tag/v1.7.1
https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-core/releases/tag/v1.7.0

A small update for problems on Mac x86 and latest Windows.

Catching up with Grist Core version 1.4.2 after a lull of too long without an update (sorry!)

The only Desktop-specific change is to use GRIST_SQLITE_MODE=sync by default, lowering the odds of data corruption in the event of freezes or crashes. In principle, this has a performance cost, but for Desktop I would expect it to be rarely noticeable for typical usage. If you prefer, you can get old behavior back by setting GRIST_SQLITE_MODE= (blank), or you can get an alternative mode GRIST_SQLITE_MODE=wal which has attractive performance and guarantees but which converts every .grist file into multiple files - awkward if you interact with them directly outside of the application.

What's Changed

• Files can now be opened from anywhere on the filesystem.
• Non-Grist files can be imported into a new document using "File -> Open", such as .csv, .tsv, .dsv and .xlsx.
• Opening a file using "File -> Open" will focus an existing window if the document is already open, or create a new window if it isn't.
• All of the changes in the latest release of Grist Core are now in Grist Desktop.
• Miscellaneous fixes.

Breaking changes

• macOS 14 (Sonoma) is now the minimum supported version of macOS. Older macOS versions will continue to be supported for now. The x64 build was broken. It has now been updated and should be working again.

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Grist Electron has been rebranded as Grist Desktop! Note that the package name has changed, so you might need to manually uninstall the old version after installing this one.

New

• Added a Windows portable build (#27).
• The Windows 32-bit build is back, now built on 64-bit runners.

Bug Fixes

• External links now open in the default browser instead of the Electron Chromium (#37).
• Fixed symlinks on Windows (symlink permission required) (#4).

Misc

• Updated grist-core to v1.1.15.
• Updated Electron to v30.0.6 (#24 #17).
• Updated some package metadata.

Bump grist-core to 1.1.14

Windows x86 build is dropped because of frequent OOM errors when building.

Catching up with latest grist-core.

The Mac M1 build was broken, this is an attempt at a fix - take two :-)

The Mac M1 build was broken, this is an attempt at a fix.