✨ add customEvent lib for main with example

src/main/ipcListeners/wp.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { logMetadata, logPath } from './log';
 import { getUserSettings, handleWpErrors, setStuffPath } from '../lib/wp';
 import { defaultSettings } from '../../defaultSettings';
 import { regeditVbsDirPath } from '../main';
+import { customEvent } from '../lib/customEvent';
 
 const simpleLog = log.create('simpleLog');
 simpleLog.transports.console.format = '{text}';
@@ -44,12 +45,14 @@ ipcMain.on('wp-start', async (event) => {
     const sendConnectedSignalToRenderer = () => {
         if (connectedFlags[0] && connectedFlags[1]) {
             event.reply('wp-start', true);
+            customEvent.emit('zombie');
         }
     };
 
     const sendDisconnectedSignalToRenderer = () => {
         if (disconnectedFlags[0] && disconnectedFlags[1]) {
             event.reply('wp-end', true);
+            customEvent.emit('zombie');
         }
     };
 

src/main/lib/customEvent.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import EventEmitter from 'events';
+
+export const customEvent = new EventEmitter();
+
+/*
+    EXAMPLE: 👇
+*/
+
+// listen for an event
+customEvent.on('greet', () => {
+    console.log('Hello world!');
+});
+
+// trigger an event
+customEvent.emit('greet');

src/main/main.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import './ipc';
 import { wpAssetPath, wpBinPath } from './ipcListeners/wp';
 import { devPlayground } from './playground';
 import { logMetadata } from './ipcListeners/log';
+import { customEvent } from './lib/customEvent';
 
 let mainWindow: BrowserWindow | null = null;
 
@@ -34,6 +35,14 @@ export const binAssetsPath = path.join(
 );
 export const regeditVbsDirPath = path.join(binAssetsPath, 'vbs');
 
+customEvent.on('zombie', () => {
+    console.log('🧟 HELLO WORLD HELLO WORLD 🧟');
+    console.log('🧟 HELLO WORLD HELLO WORLD 🧟');
+    console.log('🧟 HELLO WORLD HELLO WORLD 🧟');
+    console.log('🧟 HELLO WORLD HELLO WORLD 🧟');
+    console.log('🧟 HELLO WORLD HELLO WORLD 🧟');
+});
+
 if (!gotTheLock) {
     log.info("did'nt create new instance since there was already one running.");
     app.exit(0);