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Vector/Web
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==========
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Vector is a Matrix web client built using the Matrix React SDK (https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk).
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## Currently the master branch of Vector is very stale. Please use the develop branch.
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Getting started
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===============
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1. Install or update `node.js` so that your `npm` is at least at version `2.0.0`
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1. Clone the repo: `git clone https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web.git`
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1. Switch to the vector directory: `cd vector-web`
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1. Install the prerequisites: `npm install`
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1. Start the development builder and a testing server: `npm start`
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1. Wait a few seconds for the initial build to finish (the command won't
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terminate: it's running a web server for you).
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1. Open http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in your browser to see your newly built Vector.
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With `npm start`, any changes you make to the source files will cause a rebuild so
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your changes will show up when you refresh. This development server also disables
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caching, so do NOT use it in production.
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Configuring
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===========
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Configure the app by modifying the `config.json` file:
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1. `default_hs_url` is the default home server url.
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1. `default_is_url` is the default identity server url (this is the server used
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for verifying third party identifiers like email addresses). If this is blank,
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registering with an email address or adding an email address to your account
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will not work.
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You will need to re-run `npm run build` after editing `config.json`.
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Deployment
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==========
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For production use, run `npm run build` to build all the necessary files
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into the `vector` directory. You can then mount the vector directory on
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your webserver to actually serve up the app, which is entirely static content.
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Development
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===========
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For simple tweaks, you can work on any of the source files within Vector with the
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setup above, and your changes will cause an instant rebuild.
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However, all serious development on Vector happens on the `develop` branch. This typically
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depends on the `develop` snapshot versions of `matrix-react-sdk` and `matrix-js-sdk`
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too, which can't be installed automatically due to https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/3055.
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To get the right dependencies, check out the `develop` branches of these libraries and
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then use `ln -s` to tell Vector about them:
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[Be aware that there may be problems with this process under npm version 3.]
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First clone and build `matrix-js-sdk`:
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1. `git clone git@github.com:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk.git`
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1. `pushd matrix-js-sdk`
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1. `git checkout develop`
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1. `npm install`
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1. `npm install source-map-loader` # because webpack is made of fail (https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/1472)
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1. `popd`
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Then similarly with `matrix-react-sdk`:
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1. `git clone git@github.com:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk.git`
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1. `pushd matrix-react-sdk`
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1. `git checkout develop`
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1. `npm install`
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1. `rm -r node_modules/matrix-js-sdk; ln -s ../../matrix-js-sdk node_modules/`
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1. `popd`
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Finally, build and start vector itself:
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1. `git clone git@github.com:vector-im/vector-web.git`
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1. `cd vector-web`
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1. `git checkout develop`
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1. `npm install`
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1. `rm -r node_modules/matrix-js-sdk; ln -s ../../matrix-js-sdk node_modules/`
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1. `rm -r node_modules/matrix-react-sdk; ln -s ../../matrix-react-sdk node_modules/`
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1. `npm start`
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1. Wait a few seconds for the initial build to finish; you should see something like:
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```
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Hash: b0af76309dd56d7275c8
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Version: webpack 1.12.14
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Time: 14533ms
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Asset Size Chunks Chunk Names
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bundle.js 4.2 MB 0 [emitted] main
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bundle.css 91.5 kB 0 [emitted] main
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bundle.js.map 5.29 MB 0 [emitted] main
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bundle.css.map 116 kB 0 [emitted] main
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+ 1013 hidden modules
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```
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Remember, the command will not terminate since it runs the web server
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and rebuilds source files when they change.
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1. Open http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in your browser to see your newly built Vector.
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When you make changes to `matrix-js-sdk` or `matrix-react-sdk`, you will need
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to run `npm run build` in the relevant directory. You can do this automatically
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by instead running `npm start` in each directory, to start a development
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builder which will watch for changes to the files and rebuild automatically.
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If you add or remove any components from the Vector skin, you will need to rebuild
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the skin's index by running, `npm run reskindex`.
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Enabling encryption
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===================
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End-to-end encryption in Vector and Matrix is not yet considered ready for
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day-to-day use; it is experimental and should be considered only as a
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proof-of-concept. See https://matrix.org/jira/browse/SPEC-162 for an overview
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of the current progress.
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To build a version of vector with support for end-to-end encryption, install
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the olm module with `npm i https://matrix.org/packages/npm/olm/olm-0.1.0.tgz`
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before running `npm start`. The olm library will be detected and used if
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available.
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To enable encryption for a room, type
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```
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/encrypt on
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```
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in the message bar in that room. Vector will then generate a set of keys, and
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encrypt all outgoing messages in that room. (Note that other people in that
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room will send messages in the clear unless they also `/encrypt on`.)
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Note that historical encrypted messages cannot currently be decoded - history
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is therefore lost when the page is reloaded.
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There is currently no visual indication of whether encryption is enabled for a
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room, or whether a particular message was encrypted.
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