Support and publish Windows release

[nhooyr]

• Should be able to build on Windows
• See linked issues, make sure they work
• Publish Windows releases as part of CI

[danny-laa]

@nhooyr Any updates? Does 3.0 release support Windows?

[nhooyr]

There are no self contained windows releases yet.

We haven't tested but the npm package might work on windows. yarn global add code-server

[max-hk]

There are no self contained windows releases yet.

We haven't tested but the npm package might work on windows. yarn global add code-server

I was able to install the npm package in windows, but I encounter a few bugs,

1. src/browser/media/manifest.json not found

2. All vscode-remote-resource path returns 404 not found, but this bug can easily be solved by removing leading slash in the path agument, eg.

   http://127.0.0.1:8080/vscode-remote-resource?path=/c:/Users/Max/AppData/Local/Yarn/Data/global/node_modules/@coder/code-server/lib/vscode/extensions/markdown-basics/language-configuration.json
   ➡ 404 not found

   http://127.0.0.1:8080/vscode-remote-resource?path=c:/Users/Max/AppData/Local/Yarn/Data/global/node_modules/@coder/code-server/lib/vscode/extensions/markdown-basics/language-configuration.json
   ➡ Correct path

3. Syntax highlighting, extensions and themes not working (because of 2)

4. Automatic update not working because https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/3.2.0/code-server-3.2.0-win32-x86_64.tar.gz does not exist

Furthermore, running the post install scripts requires Visual Studio and "VC++ 2015.3 v140 toolset for desktop (x86,x64)" to be installed, but since running code-server does not require electron to be built, I think it may be unnecessary.

[nhooyr]

@MaxLOh Awesome thanks for looking into it!

[nhooyr]

The package is now just code-server on npm. We were able to get ownership from the previous owner.

src/browser/media/manifest.json not found

Fixed.

All vscode-remote-resource path returns 404 not found, but this bug can easily be solved by removing leading slash in the path agument, eg.

@code-asher

Automatic update not working because https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/3.2.0/code-server-3.2.0-win32-x86_64.tar.gz does not exist

We'll be removing automatic updates soon. See #1532 .

Furthermore, running the post install scripts requires Visual Studio and "VC++ 2015.3 v140 toolset for desktop (x86,x64)" to be installed, but since running code-server does not require electron to be built, I think it may be unnecessary.

Will mention this in docs, it is required as vscode uses native modules that have to be built.

[nhooyr]

Asher has fixed the paths, will publish a new release soon.

[nhooyr]

We're going to need to test/rewrite any shell scripts that will have to run on Windows.

[nhooyr]

Marking this for v3.4.0, couldn't test/get CI going in time for v3.3.0