Run multiple instances of Riot-web electron app with different config folder

[MurzNN]

I need to be online in several Matrix accounts simultaneously. Can I run multiple instances of Riot-web electron app with different config folders? At now on Linux Riot-web store config in ~/.config/Riot folder.

Maybe I can set another path to Riot config via command line argument or shell variable? And will be good to have the way to change app icon too.

[t3chguy]

Use the --profile=x switch when starting riot, where x is a unique value for each extra store you want

[MurzNN]

Thanks, it works! Maybe there also exist way to replace app icon (and tray icon), and app name for profiles too?
Or maybe you can describe a hack - which image file I can replace in Riot-web sources for change the icon? I already try to replace images in resources/app/img but this isn't help.

Can you describe which image file is used for tray icon and window icon in Riot-web electron app?

[MurzNN]

I find in sources of resources/app/src/tray.js that config file resources/webapp/config.json can have icon_path value with custom icon, but setting it to custom image not help - app icon stay original.
Also changing brand only change "Show/hide" menuitem in tray icon, but general popup is stay "Riot".

[lampholder]

Since the ability to run multiple instances already exists, I'm labelling this a p4 cosmetic feature request (to enable each of those instances to appear visually distinct).

OOI what do people think about this vs the app's having the ability to handle multiple accounts within a single instance? Obviously that's a fair amount more work...

[t3chguy]

The Logo and Text are actually based on the Favicon and document.title of the underlying webapp, the config.json values are only for during start-up
You should be able to edit the index.html and replace the favicon

[ansiwen]

@lampholder: I think the possibility to have several accounts within the app is still essential. If you run it in the browser or especially as the iOS app, there is no ways to run multiple instances. (Yes, in the browser you can create a wildcard webserver where *.chat.example.com are all served with a riot instance and have different configs that way...) It would also look nicer to have just one icon for the app. Imagin you would need several email client instances for different mail accounts?

[MurzNN]

If Riot Electron app is only web page in browser, can Election app have multiple tabs with different webpages, and switcher between them? Example of this implementation we can see in multiple accounts apps like http://rambox.pro/
...Seems Rambox also supports multiple Riot clients in his boxes :)

[t3chguy]

@MurzNN not without rewriting too much of the app

[t3chguy]

Since config is more of a build config rather than user config, and it is now possible to have multiple profiles of riot-web electron open I think that the next step is proper multiple account support, so closing this in favour of that as it has already led to confusion as demonstrated by @ansiwen: #2320

[MurzNN]

Yes, multiple accounts is tracked at #2320
Also I create separate issue about changing app icon and names #4745