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scripts/start-electron.js

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+// Waits for Vite dev server, then launches Electron with ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE
+// removed from environment (any value of that variable causes Electron to run
+// as plain Node.js instead of a GUI app).
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const http = require('http');
+const electronPath = require('electron');
+
+const VITE_URL = 'http://localhost:5173';
+const POLL_INTERVAL = 500;
+const MAX_WAIT_MS = 60000;
+
+function waitForVite(url, timeout) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const deadline = Date.now() + timeout;
+    const check = () => {
+      http.get(url, (res) => {
+        res.resume();
+        resolve();
+      }).on('error', () => {
+        if (Date.now() >= deadline) return reject(new Error('Timed out waiting for ' + url));
+        setTimeout(check, POLL_INTERVAL);
+      });
+    };
+    check();
+  });
+}
+
+console.log('Waiting for Vite at', VITE_URL, '...');
+waitForVite(VITE_URL, MAX_WAIT_MS).then(() => {
+  console.log('Vite ready — starting Electron');
+  const env = { ...process.env };
+  delete env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE;
+  const child = spawn(electronPath, ['.'], { stdio: 'inherit', env });
+  child.on('close', code => process.exit(code ?? 0));
+}).catch(err => {
+  console.error(err.message);
+  process.exit(1);
+});