improve reliability of panic hook by moving it to main and always creating its storage path

src/gui/run.rs

@@ -3,21 +3,13 @@ use crate::{
         app::{App, WINDOW_SIZE},
         tools,
     },
-    util::{log, persistent_state::PersistentState, win},
+    util::{persistent_state::PersistentState, win},
 };
 use eframe::egui;
 
-fn panic_hook(panic_info: &std::panic::PanicHookInfo<'_>) {
-    let backtrace = std::backtrace::Backtrace::capture();
-    let message = format!("{panic_info}\nstack backtrace:\n{backtrace}\n");
-    log::log(log::LogLevel::Panic, &message);
-}
-
 fn app_creator(
     cc: &eframe::CreationContext<'_>,
 ) -> Result<Box<dyn eframe::App>, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-    // use our own panic hook which logs all panics to a file
-    std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(panic_hook));
     // initialize App early to modify some things before returning it
     let mut app = Box::new(App::default());
     // load previously selected launch platform & settings from persistent state

src/main.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ mod features;
 mod gui;
 mod util;
 
+fn init_storage() {
+    if !crate::util::consts::path::APP_STORAGE.exists() {
+        std::fs::create_dir(crate::util::consts::path::APP_STORAGE.as_path()).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+fn panic_hook(panic_info: &std::panic::PanicHookInfo<'_>) {
+    let backtrace = std::backtrace::Backtrace::capture();
+    let message = format!("{panic_info}\nstack backtrace:\n{backtrace}\n");
+    crate::util::log::log(crate::util::log::LogLevel::Panic, &message);
+}
+
 fn main() {
+    init_storage();
+    std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(panic_hook));
     gui::run::run();
 }

src/util/persistent_state.rs

@@ -19,12 +19,7 @@ impl PersistentState {
     }
 
     pub fn set(&self) {
-        let config_path = path::APP_CONFIG.as_path();
+        let mut config_file = File::create(path::APP_CONFIG.as_path()).unwrap();
-        let config_path_parent = config_path.parent().unwrap();
-        if !config_path_parent.exists() {
-            fs::create_dir(config_path_parent).unwrap();
-        }
-        let mut config_file = File::create(config_path).unwrap();
         let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&self).unwrap();
         config_file.write_all(json.as_bytes()).unwrap();
     }