From f7e46681e1f80047fb6ad962be6412814af8f929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cfry <cfry@media.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:51:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] no longer loading dde_init.js

---
 dde4/dde/build/bundle.mjs       | 13 ++++++++++---
 dde4/dde/doc/release_notes.html |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dde4/dde/build/bundle.mjs b/dde4/dde/build/bundle.mjs
index 0952e41..ae50ed7 100644
--- a/dde4/dde/build/bundle.mjs
+++ b/dde4/dde/build/bundle.mjs
@@ -666984,7 +666984,7 @@ window_modify_id.onclick=function(){Editor.insert(
                }
            }
        });
-      DDE_DB.init(on_ready_after_db_init); 
+      DDE_DB.init(on_ready_after_db_init);
          //persistent_initialize() //now performed by DDE_DB.init
          //called before loading dde_init.js by design.
          //Metrics.init() //now performed by DDE_DB.init
@@ -667048,8 +667048,15 @@ window_modify_id.onclick=function(){Editor.insert(
 
          //will error using gitub.io platform, so for now don't call it.
         // if (!globalThis.dde_running_in_cloud()) {
-            await DDE_DB.dde_init_dot_js_initialize();//must occcur after persistent_initialize
-       //  }
+
+        //dde_init_dot_js_initialize can't work because it has to load a file without
+       //user explicit permission which browser won't allow.
+       //The workaround is that user manually loads the file every time they
+       //launch dde4.
+       // todo But I can shove code into IndexDB from the user and that is loaded when DDE4 is launched.
+           // await DDE_DB.dde_init_dot_js_initialize()//must occur after persistent_initialize
+       //
+
          //use await because dde_init_dot_js_initialize has to await for getting the
          //dde_init.js file which *might* contain a def for dexter0.
          //if so, then Dexter.dexter0 will be defined and there won't be a redef of it below
diff --git a/dde4/dde/doc/release_notes.html b/dde4/dde/doc/release_notes.html
index 76b080e..c57a2a9 100644
--- a/dde4/dde/doc/release_notes.html
+++ b/dde4/dde/doc/release_notes.html
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
             It is no longer getting data from the dde_init.js file on Dexter.</li>
         <li>Doc addition: <b>Ref Man/GPT Interface/Prompt Engineering/Difference Between Text</b>
             shows how to easily see the differences between text segments using DDE4's GPT Interface.</li>
+        <li><b>dde_apps/dde_init.js</b> is no longer being loaded when DDE4 launches.
+            This is because of the security restriction in browsers. Workaround for now:
+            manually load your dde_init.js file after you launch DDE4 using <b>File menu/load</b>.</li>
     </ul>
 </details>