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How does the security model of nwjs affect the build of this client?\nCurrently we are passing `{ nodejs: true }` as an option to the client build,\nwhich enables us to access the `nw` variables from the browser. It doesn't\nseem to add access to things like `process` or `fs`, but more audit would be\ngood.\n\n2. Can we isolate the code that relies on `nodejs: true` in a better way?\nnwjs documentation is a little spotty on this. It's really only needed for\nthis [external link fix](https://github.com/dbalatero/signal-native/blob/master/src/fix_external_links.js).\n\n3. I should probably just contribute the keyboard shortcuts back to the\nSignal Desktop repo.\n\n## Develop new features\n\nTo start developing, you can run `brunch watch` in the background to \nauto-build the project as you develop.\n\nTo start a dev copy of the Signal app, just run `npm run dev`.\n\nOnce the app is open, you can right-click on the app and select Reload app to\nrefresh your changes. `brunch watch` will take care of rebuilding the source\nas you save files.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdbalatero%2Fsignal-native","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fdbalatero%2Fsignal-native","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdbalatero%2Fsignal-native/lists"}