make Elm variable available on this scope.

[ryan-haskell]

Heyo Evan

I was trying to use Elm in an Electron app and I ran into a weird error where the Elm variable was not defined.

I followed the tutorial at https://guide.elm-lang.org/interop/javascript.html like a noob.

Changing the generated file from var Elm = {} to this.Elm = {} gave me access to the variable, and my problems were resolved.

Likely, I goofed something up, but it's possible I finally made a contribution to Elm, and "wrote my first line" of Haskell code.

I'll attach a link to the repo so you can easily replicate the error.

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[ryan-haskell]

Repo with issue:
https://github.com/RyanNHG/first-electron-app

[ryan-haskell]

A workaround is shown here: https://github.com/mdgriffith/elm-electron-todomvc/blob/master/index.html

Where the line window.Elm = require('./elm.js') is used to make the Elm object globally available.

Choose your own adventure:

• "Adding this.Elm to elm-make!"
• "Adding window.Elm = require('./elm.js') to the guide for people using electron!"
• "Neither, you're drunk Ryan, go home!"

Let me know what you think.