diff --git a/docs/faq/electron-faq.md b/docs/faq/electron-faq.md index a58d31107b6d..ef08de5237f0 100644 --- a/docs/faq/electron-faq.md +++ b/docs/faq/electron-faq.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The Chrome version of Electron is usually bumped within one or two weeks after a new stable Chrome version gets released. -Also we only use stable channel of Chrome, if an important fix is in beta or dev +Also we only use stable channel of Chrome. If an important fix is in beta or dev channel, we will back-port it. ## When will Electron upgrade to latest Node.js? @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use HTML5 APIs which are already available in browsers. Good candidates are [Storage API][storage], [`localStorage`][local-storage], [`sessionStorage`][session-storage], and [IndexedDB][indexed-db]. -Or you can use the IPC system, which are specific to Electron, to store objects +Or you can use the IPC system, which is specific to Electron, to store objects in the main process as a global variable, and then to access them from the renderers through the `remote` module: @@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ console.log(require('remote').getGlobal('sharedObject').someProperty); This happens when the variable which is used to store the window/tray gets garbage collected. -It is recommended to have a reading of following articles you encountered this -problem: +If you encounter this problem, the following articles may prove helpful: * [Memory Management][memory-management] * [Variable Scope][variable-scope] @@ -78,8 +77,8 @@ app.on('ready', function() { ## I can not use jQuery/RequireJS/Meteor/AngularJS in Electron. Due to the Node.js integration of Electron, there are some extra symbols -inserted into DOM, like `module`, `exports`, `require`. This causes troubles for -some libraries since they want to insert the symbols with same names. +inserted into the DOM like `module`, `exports`, `require`. This causes troubles for +some libraries since they want to insert the symbols with the same names. To solve this, you can turn off node integration in Electron: @@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ npm uninstall -g electron ``` However if your are using the built-in module but still getting this error, it -is very likely you are using the module in wrong process. For example +is very likely you are using the module in the wrong process. For example `electron.app` can only be used in the main process, while `electron.webFrame` is only available in renderer processes.