Appimagekit: What is the problem with QQ now?

[jingle0927]

I am Kevin from deepin, What is the problem with QQ now?

Can you provide wrong information or screenshots?

[probonopd]

QQ is a 32-bit Windows executable. This is difficult because:

• [x] I need to figure out how to bundle WINE in an AppImage
• [x] I need to figure out how to bundle 32-bit binaries for use on 64-bit machines in an AppImage
• [x] I need to figure out how to make WINE use a read-only $WINEPREFIX contained in an AppImage without copying everything to $HOME first
• [x] I need to make it free of crashes
• [x] I need to test it
• [x] I need keep the mountpoint even though the launched WINE exits after logging in
• [x] I need to find a way to make the first launch faster
• [x] I need to find a way to reduce udiskd activity
• [ ] I need to fix Unable to update the static FcBlanks
• [ ] I need to fix Cannot run due to existing symlinks in /tmp (FIXME)
• [ ] I need to minimize it to reduce the AppImage size
• [ ] I need to install Chinese fonts into the WINEPREFIX and set the registry to use them
• [ ] I need to get rid of /tmp/ld-linux.sh https://github.com/Hackerl/Wine_Appimage/issues/11#issuecomment-445545841
• [ ] I need to document everything

[jingle0927]

I've forwarded the question to the developer.

[probonopd]

AppImage is running now. But it still needs to be optimized.

[TheAssassin]

@probonopd by the way, what does "Gamux" stand for?

[probonopd]

Chinese instant messenger meets German distribution:

[jingle0927]

@probonopd What's the same problem with the screenshot under the deepin?

[jingle0927]

1. Open the registry , the command WINEPREFIX=$bottle wine regedit
2. Import the registry file according to the content of the screenshot.

QQ_fonts.reg.zip

[shouhuanxiaoji]

@TheAssassin "Gamux" = Game + Linux, a community about Linux games. they hope spread linux and opensource in china through offerting more games. and they have explored more than 4 years for offering same experiences in different distributions. the AppImage is very well in line with their goals. so they embrace AppImage.
AppImage for Gamux = appImage for chinese linux user.

[jingle0927]

deepin@deepin:~/Desktop$ ./QQ-20171129-x86_64.AppImage wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\wineboot.exe" Wine cannot find the ncurses library (libncurses.so.5). Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0x0600 Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0x0601 Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0x0602 Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0x0603 Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0x06dd Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0x070f Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0x2028 Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0x2029 Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0xfff9 Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0xfffa Unable to update the static FcBlanks: 0xfffb

[probonopd]

@jingle0927 which distribution and version are you using? How can this be reproduced?
/etc/fonts/fonts.conf on your system may be causing your issue. Can you please attach it (zip) to this ticket? Please see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=195198

[jingle0927]

@probonopd deepin distribution QQ_fonts.reg.zip ?

[jingle0927]

fc-cache -f

then is ok

[linweilian03]

I find some problem in QQ AppImage. After I close it and reopen it many times, I can't open QQ again. The message in the terminal:
Cannot run due to existing symlinks in /tmp (FIXME)

[KurtPfeifle]

Do I need learn to read and write Chinese (and type it on my keyboard) in order to use this? :-)
^{(I'm WILLING, but my brain may be too old by now...)}

[probonopd]

@KurtPfeifle there is also an (older?) International version which can do English, will probably be next on the list...

[probonopd]

The fc-cache -f command takes way too long for it to be executed upon every start of the AppImage. Does this problem occur on __every__ installation of Deepin and on the Live ISO? Otherwise we may just give users the instruction to run the command (once).

[probonopd]

Cannot run due to existing symlinks in /tmp (FIXME)

Need to

rm /tmp/ld-linux.so.2

Needs to be fixed in the AppImage AppRun script.

[probonopd]

About the fonts:
The registry entry just sets some Windows fonts to be replaced by some Linux fonts. But if the fonts are not installed in Linux, then it will not work. But I think it is OK because people who use Chinese will probably have Chinese fonts installed in their Linux OS.

[askme765cs]

we can put windows fonts needed in the driver_c/windows/Fonts as well as Import the registry file
and then the problem can be solved .

[probonopd]

Very good @askme765cs we should do that. Which Chinese fonts (under a permissive license) do you recommend?

[askme765cs]

Since windows fonts are not allowed to be used or distributed out of the Windows ,use opensource fonts may be a good ideal as a substitute.Place the fonts needed in driver_c/windows/Fonts,so that it no longer needs there fonts exists in targeted system.
I suggest the wenquanyi project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/wqy/files/) .This project supplies various of chinese opensource fonts.Fonts from this projects are uesd as the default chinese fonts in many linux distributions.
How to:
Step1
place the fonts you want to use in driver_c/windows/Fonts
Step 2 modify and import the .reg file

an example for chn_font.reg

'''
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersionFontLink\SystemLink]
"Lucida Sans Unicode"="wqy-microhei.ttc"
"Microsoft Sans Serif"="wqy-microhei.ttc"
"MS Sans Serif"="wqy-microhei.ttc"
"Tahoma"="wqy-microhei.ttc"
"Tahoma Bold"="wqy-microhei.ttc"
"SimSun"="wqy-microhei.ttc"
"Arial"="wqy-microhei.ttc"
"Arial Black"="wqy-microhei.ttc"
'''
replace fonts back following the "=" to fonts you prefer
use WINEPREFIX=$bottle wine regedit command to open the regedit and import it

[probonopd]

@jingle0927 do you know [email protected]? He has sent patches to WINE before, so maybe he could help us on solving this:

https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2017-November/119944.html

It's not possible in standard Wine, but you could probably hack
wine_exec_wine_binary() in libs/wine/config.c to add your special magic.

Here is the description of the problem:
https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2017-November/119906.html

If we could patch WINE in the way suggested above, then we would not need these weird symlinks in /tmp anymore that I had to use as a quick-and-dirty workaround.

Thanks for your help.

[azubieta]

Any update on this topic? Is it still required to keep the issue open?

[probonopd]

Yes, shall be kept open until someone implements https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/issues/551#issuecomment-350465625 in/for WINE, as that is the "proper" course of action. Thanks.

[probonopd]

Looks like @Hackerl is close to mastering this one. :+1:

https://github.com/Hackerl/Wine_Appimage/issues/11#issuecomment-445545841

https://github.com/Hackerl/wine/commit/c609773f7d8e34dc263352a59943fc9a2358646a

[ZetaoYang]

@probonopd That's good!

[probonopd]

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