Zettlr: [ENHANCEMENT] Better NSIS Installer Images

[keunes]

Description

When installing (on Windows), the last screen contains an image with an unknown logo (or is it a logo? maybe it's just a creative square with blobs in it). I'd like to suggest (if possible) to replace this installer image with something Zettlr-specific, to make things feel more personal.

Proposed Changes

Something basic (Zettlr colour with notes/writing-related visuals in (transparent) white) would be great.

[nathanlesage]

What you see is the default NSIS imagery, which indeed can be replaced!

However, as I'm developing on macOS and therefore can't really test on Windows, I haven't gotten into creating the necessary images. See the values here for images that can be created.

If you feel creative, please feel free to suggest some concepts! (Or, for that matter, anyone else reading this is also invited).

The DMG background image (macOS only) is obviously also open for discussion, in case anybody has something better to offer!

[keunes]

It seems it is the installerSidebar that should be defined:

String - assisted installer only. MUI_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP, relative to the build resources or to the project directory. Defaults to build/installerSidebar.bmp or ${NSISDIR}\Contrib\Graphics\Wizard\nsis3-metro.bmp. Image size 164 × 314 pixels.

I can provide an image and test on Windows - anything in between (like building (?)) I can't as I don't have any development experience :) Would the Zettlr logo be available in svg format somewhere? Or for example the feather that's on the empty state screen?

[nathanlesage]

I wouldn't use the feather, it was only meant as a drop-in. The logo is PNG-only, the big versions are here: https://github.com/Zettlr/Zettlr/tree/master/resources/icons/png

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[keunes]

Thank you bot for reminding me. As I have no coding experience, I hope you can implement either of the two attached images @nathanlesage. Zettlr installer image_.zip

[nathanlesage]

Thanks! I'll give it a shot later the day! :)

[nathanlesage]

Yes, it was some time, I'm sorry, but I could make use of the image and adapted them a little bit. Feel free to test out building a Windows installer on the current develop-branch for you locally and see if it looks good! Feel free to also add screenshots here :)

[keunes]

Don't think I'll invest in learning how to make a build, but I'll try it once the next version/installer is out, if I remember :)

[nathanlesage]

Yeah, as I know the crowd, there'll be like 10 issues notifying us of the bug, if there is one :D