Well, after I extract Discord's app.asar, I found that the file build_info.json and discord.png is only used once. So instead of hacking these files into system electron's directory, perhaps it's better to just hack Discord's app.asar itself to point these files to Discord's directory.
This hack is easy, just run asar e app.asar app to extract app.asar, then modify app_bootstrap/buildInfo.js and app_bootstrap/autoStart/linux.js and change the path of these two files.
Here's my new PKGBUILD that applies this hack:
# Maintained by johnnyapol (arch@johnnyapol.me)
# Based off the discord community repo PKGBUILD by Filipe Laíns (FFY00) <lains@archlinux.org>
pkgname=discord_arch_electron
_pkgname=discord
pkgver=0.0.12
pkgrel=3
pkgdesc="Discord (popular voice + video app) using the system provided electron for increased security and performance"
arch=('x86_64')
provides=('discord')
conflicts=('discord')
url='https://discordapp.com'
license=('custom')
depends=('electron')
makedepends=('asar')
optdepends=('libpulse: Pulseaudio support'
'xdg-utils: Open files')
source=("https://dl.discordapp.net/apps/linux/$pkgver/$_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
'LICENSE.html::https://discordapp.com/terms'
'OSS-LICENSES.html::https://discordapp.com/licenses')
sha512sums=('c5009e022cac0b76d39cc125a98b9dd3d7a5827dd7d733c5578237b99b746aeccc1cd253aafa99e2a237bd82ef71ee42011f864059aa5ee62812488dbd82f511'
SKIP
SKIP)
prepare() {
cd Discord
sed -i "s|Exec=.*|Exec=/usr/bin/$_pkgname|" $_pkgname.desktop
echo 'Path=/usr/bin' >> $_pkgname.desktop
}
package() {
# Install the app
install -d "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/$_pkgname
# HACKS FOR SYSTEM ELECTRON
asar e Discord/resources/app.asar Discord/resources/app
sed -i "s|process.resourcesPath|'/usr/lib/$_pkgname'|" Discord/resources/app/app_bootstrap/buildInfo.js
sed -i "s|exeDir,|'/usr/share/pixmaps',|" Discord/resources/app/app_bootstrap/autoStart/linux.js
# Copy Relevanat data
cp -r Discord/resources/* "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/$_pkgname/
rm "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/$_pkgname/app.asar
# Create starter script for discord
echo "#!/bin/sh" >> "$srcdir"/$_pkgname
echo "exec electron /usr/lib/$_pkgname/app \$@" >> "$srcdir"/$_pkgname
install -d "$pkgdir"/usr/{bin,share/{pixmaps,applications}}
install -Dm 755 $_pkgname "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/$_pkgname
cp Discord/discord.png "$pkgdir"/usr/share/pixmaps/$_pkgname.png
cp Discord/discord.desktop "$pkgdir"/usr/share/applications/$_pkgname.desktop
# Licenses
install -Dm 644 LICENSE.html "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE.html
install -Dm 644 OSS-LICENSES.html "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/OSS-LICENSES.html
}
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Zoddo commented on 2022-09-15 17:54 (UTC) (edited on 2023-03-31 17:24 (UTC) by Zoddo)
Starting with 0.0.26-1 (2023-03-31):
Starting with 0.0.20-1 (2022-09-15):
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/discord-flags.conf: this works likeelectron-flags.conf, you can set in this file the command line flags you want to pass to electron when running Discord (there are some useful flags in the wiki, especially if you are experiencing lag in the Discord UI).FAQ
Discord requires an update, but this package isn't yet updated
Check the wiki.
The Discord UI is lagging
Try to add the flags recommended in the wiki in
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/discord-flags.conf.Krisp not working
This is an issue that will likely never be fixed for this package. The Krisp module checks if Discord binaries are signed by Discord, which is not the case with this package.
See this comment and this GitHub issue for more details and possibles workarounds.