Remove Tauri desktop shell

Not going to be used — drop src-tauri/ and all references to it in
the docs. MapTool stays a plain Sinatra web app for now.

.gitignore

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 /log/
 /tmp/
 
-# Rust / Tauri
-/src-tauri/target/
-
 # Offline map tile data (large binary; obtained/generated locally,
 # see docs/development.adoc)
 /data/*.pmtiles

README.adoc

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 :toclevels: 2
 :source-highlighter: rouge
 
-A mapping application backend written in Ruby with Sinatra, optionally
+A mapping application written in Ruby with Sinatra.
-wrapped as a native desktop app with Tauri.
 
 The project's shape is still open — this is the initial scaffold.
 
@@ -12,14 +11,11 @@ The project's shape is still open — this is the initial scaffold.
 
 Early scaffold. The web application serves a vector map (MapLibre GL
 JS), with an online style and an optional offline style backed by a
-local PMTiles file; the desktop shell boots the same server inside a
+local PMTiles file, plus an animated RainViewer radar overlay.
-native window.
 
 == Requirements
 
 * Ruby (see `.ruby-version`) and Bundler
-* Rust and the Tauri CLI, only if you want to build the desktop shell
-  (see `docs/development.adoc`)
 
 == Getting started
 

docs/architecture.adoc

@@ -4,27 +4,8 @@
 
 == Overview
 
-MapTool is a Sinatra web application. The desktop build does not
+MapTool is a Sinatra web application, served locally by Puma and
-reimplement anything natively — it wraps the same Sinatra app in a
+opened in a browser.
-https://tauri.app[Tauri] window, which is the standard way to ship a
-non-JavaScript backend as a desktop app with Tauri: the Rust shell owns
-the native window and starts the web server as a local process; the
-window then simply loads `http://127.0.0.1:4567` as if it were a
-regular page.
-
-[source]
-----
-+----------------------------+
-| Tauri window (WebView)     |
-|  loads http://127.0.0.1:PORT
-+--------------+-------------+
-               |
-               v
-+----------------------------+
-| Sinatra app (Puma)         |
-|  app.rb / config.ru        |
-+----------------------------+
-----
 
 == Directory layout
 
@@ -51,38 +32,10 @@ regular page.
 | `data/`
 | Local, gitignored data files, e.g. `offline.pmtiles`.
 
-| `src-tauri/`
-| The Tauri (Rust) desktop shell.
-
 | `docs/`
 | Project documentation, in AsciiDoc.
 |===
 
-== Desktop shell (Tauri)
-
-In *development*, `src-tauri/tauri.conf.json` sets `beforeDevCommand`
-to start Puma, and `devUrl` points the window at it. Running the dev
-build (see `docs/development.adoc`) starts both together.
-
-In a *packaged build* there is no `beforeDevCommand` hook, so
-`src-tauri/src/lib.rs` starts the server itself (`bundle exec puma`)
-next to the bundled resources when the app launches, and stops it when
-the window closes.
-
-=== Known limitation: production packaging
-
-The packaged-build server spawn currently assumes a Ruby + Bundler
-installation already present on the machine running the app. That is
-fine for internal or developer builds, but not for a distributable,
-self-contained desktop app.
-
-Shipping a real self-contained build would mean embedding a Ruby
-runtime as a Tauri https://tauri.app/develop/sidecar/[sidecar] binary
-(for example, produced with https://github.com/tebako/tebako[tebako]),
-instead of relying on the system Ruby. That decision — and the
-resulting sidecar build step — is not implemented yet and should be
-revisited before any real distribution build.
-
 == Offline maps
 
 Map data is vector, not raster: the app ships
@@ -160,5 +113,4 @@ terms, the API is free for personal/non-commercial use.
 == Networking
 
 The Sinatra server only binds to `127.0.0.1`. It is not meant to be
-reachable from other machines; the Tauri window talks to it over
+reachable from other machines.
-loopback only.

docs/development.adoc

@@ -42,68 +42,3 @@ build one locally:
 
 Once the file is in place, `GET /api/offline-tiles` reports
 `available: true` and the map defaults to the offline style.
-
-This is picked up automatically for `cargo tauri dev` (it just runs
-the Sinatra app from the project root). To ship it inside a *packaged*
-build, add it to `bundle.resources` in `src-tauri/tauri.conf.json`:
-`"../data/offline.pmtiles": "data/offline.pmtiles"`. Not added by
-default, since these files can be large and are picked per
-deployment.
-
-== Desktop shell (Tauri)
-
-=== Prerequisites
-
-* Rust (stable) and the Tauri CLI: `cargo install tauri-cli --version "^2"`
-* Ruby + Bundler, with gems installed (`bundle install` in the project
-  root)
-* Platform build tools required by Tauri itself:
-** *Linux*: WebKitGTK and GTK development packages, e.g. on
-   Debian/Ubuntu:
-+
-[source,shell]
-----
-sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev \
-  libgtk-3-dev libsoup-3.0-dev build-essential
-----
-** *macOS*: Xcode command line tools.
-** *Windows*: the WebView2 runtime (preinstalled on current Windows) and
-   the MSVC build tools.
-
-See the upstream https://tauri.app/start/prerequisites/[Tauri
-prerequisites] page for the current package names on your platform.
-
-=== Running in development
-
-[source,shell]
-----
-cd src-tauri
-cargo tauri dev
-----
-
-This runs `beforeDevCommand` (starts Puma on `127.0.0.1:4567`) and
-opens a native window pointed at it, per `src-tauri/tauri.conf.json`.
-
-=== Building
-
-[source,shell]
-----
-cd src-tauri
-cargo tauri build
-----
-
-Requires `Gemfile.lock` to exist (`bundle install` beforehand), since
-the Ruby app files are embedded into the bundle as resources. See
-`docs/architecture.adoc` for the current limitation around this build
-still depending on a system Ruby installation on the target machine.
-
-=== Regenerating icons
-
-Desktop icons live in `src-tauri/icons/`. To regenerate them from a
-new source image (at least 1024x1024 PNG):
-
-[source,shell]
-----
-cd src-tauri
-cargo tauri icon path/to/source.png
-----

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "maptool"
-version = "0.1.0"
-description = "Desktop shell for the MapTool mapping application"
-edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.77"
-
-[lib]
-name = "maptool_lib"
-crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib", "rlib"]
-
-[build-dependencies]
-tauri-build = { version = "2", features = [] }
-
-[dependencies]
-tauri = { version = "2", features = [] }
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1"
-
-[[bin]]
-name = "maptool"
-path = "src/main.rs"

src-tauri/build.rs

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-fn main() {
-    tauri_build::build()
-}

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-use std::process::{Child, Command};
-#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-use std::sync::Mutex;
-
-#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-use tauri::Manager;
-
-#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-struct ServerProcess(Mutex<Option<Child>>);
-
-pub fn run() {
-    let builder = tauri::Builder::default();
-
-    #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-    let builder = builder.setup(|app| {
-        let child = spawn_server(&app.handle())
-            .expect("failed to start the Sinatra server (is Ruby/Bundler installed?)");
-        app.manage(ServerProcess(Mutex::new(Some(child))));
-        Ok(())
-    });
-
-    let app = builder
-        .build(tauri::generate_context!())
-        .expect("error while building the tauri application");
-
-    app.run(|_app_handle, event| {
-        #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-        if let tauri::RunEvent::ExitRequested { .. } = event {
-            if let Some(state) = _app_handle.try_state::<ServerProcess>() {
-                if let Some(mut child) = state.0.lock().unwrap().take() {
-                    let _ = child.kill();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    });
-}
-
-// In development, `beforeDevCommand` (see tauri.conf.json) already starts the
-// Sinatra server, so the window just points at it. In a packaged build there
-// is no such hook, so the shell starts the server itself, next to the bundled
-// resources, and stops it again when the window closes.
-//
-// NOTE: this assumes a Ruby + Bundler installation on the target machine.
-// Producing a fully self-contained bundle (no external Ruby dependency)
-// requires embedding a Ruby runtime as a sidecar (e.g. via tebako) — see
-// docs/architecture.adoc for the open follow-up.
-#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-fn spawn_server(app: &tauri::AppHandle) -> std::io::Result<Child> {
-    let resource_dir = app
-        .path()
-        .resource_dir()
-        .expect("failed to resolve the resource directory");
-
-    Command::new("bundle")
-        .args(["exec", "puma", "-C", "config/puma.rb"])
-        .current_dir(resource_dir)
-        .spawn()
-}

src-tauri/src/main.rs

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-// Prevents an additional console window on Windows in release builds.
-#![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
-
-fn main() {
-    maptool_lib::run();
-}

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
-  "productName": "MapTool",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
-  "identifier": "net.priesol.maptool",
-  "build": {
-    "beforeDevCommand": "bundle exec puma -C ../config/puma.rb",
-    "devUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:4567",
-    "frontendDist": "http://127.0.0.1:4567"
-  },
-  "app": {
-    "windows": [
-      {
-        "title": "MapTool",
-        "width": 1200,
-        "height": 800,
-        "minWidth": 800,
-        "minHeight": 600
-      }
-    ],
-    "security": {
-      "csp": null
-    }
-  },
-  "bundle": {
-    "active": true,
-    "targets": "all",
-    "icon": [
-      "icons/32x32.png",
-      "icons/128x128.png",
-      "icons/128x128@2x.png",
-      "icons/icon.icns",
-      "icons/icon.ico"
-    ],
-    "resources": {
-      "../Gemfile": "Gemfile",
-      "../Gemfile.lock": "Gemfile.lock",
-      "../app.rb": "app.rb",
-      "../config.ru": "config.ru",
-      "../config/*": "config/",
-      "../lib/*": "lib/",
-      "../public/*": "public/",
-      "../views/*": "views/"
-    }
-  }
-}