pushing console messages to the front-end

src/index.js

@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ ipcMain.handle('checkUpdates', async () => {
 ipcMain.on('build', buildGame);
 ipcMain.on('launch', launchGame);
 
-app.on('status', (status) => {
-  mainWindow.webContents.send('status', status);
+// handle config status updates
+app.on('status', (value) => {
+  mainWindow.webContents.send('status', value);
+});
+
+// handle console messages
+app.on('console', (value) => {
+  mainWindow.webContents.send('console', value);
 });

src/js/preload.js

@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electronAPI", {
       ipcRenderer.on(channel, (event, ...args) => func(...args));
     }
   },
-  handleStatus: (callback) => ipcRenderer.on('status', callback)
+  handleStatus: (callback) => ipcRenderer.on('status', callback),
+  handleConsole: (callback) => ipcRenderer.on('console', callback)
 });

src/js/render.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const background = document.querySelector('#background');
 // const logo = document.querySelector('#logo');
 const configButton = document.querySelector("#config");
 
-const { send, receive, handleStatus } = window.electronAPI;
+const { send, receive, handleStatus, handleConsole } = window.electronAPI;
 
 function openNav() {
     container.style.marginLeft = "100px";
@@ -71,4 +71,8 @@ function launch() {
 
 handleStatus((event, value) => {
     console.log(value);
+});
+
+handleConsole((event, value) => {
+    console.log(value);
 });

src/js/utils/iso.js

@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ function runDecompiler(callback) {
         updateStatus('Decompiling the ISO File');
         let decomp = exec(decompScript, { shell: true, cwd: path.join(jakprojectPath, '/scripts/batch/') });
 
-        decomp.stdout.on('data', data => console.log(data));
+        decomp.stdout.on('data', data => {
+            console.log(data);
+            app.emit('console', data);
+        });
 
         // i see people online saying to use decomp.on('exit'), but thats triggering this listener immediately upon running
         decomp.on('close', (code => {

src/js/utils/launch.js

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function buildGame(callback) {
         let build = execFile(compilerScript, ['-v', '-auto-user'], { timeout: 30000 });
         build.stdout.on('data', data => {
             console.log(data.toString().trim());
+            app.emit('console', data);
             if (data.includes('[100%]')) {
                 updateStatus('Compiled game successfully!');
                 callback(null, 'Compiled game successfully!');
@@ -66,7 +67,10 @@ function launchGame() {
 
     if (launchScript) {
         let launcher = execFile(launchScript, ['-boot', '-fakeiso', '-debug', '-v'], { shell: true });
-        launcher.stdout.on('data', data => console.log(data));
+        launcher.stdout.on('data', data => {
+            console.log(data);
+            app.emit('console', data);
+        });
         return;
     }
 }