working as intended

frontend/webserver.go

@@ -77,16 +77,17 @@ func SSEventHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 	writer.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
 	writer.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
 	writer.Header().Set("Connection", "keep-alive")
+	ssePing(&writer)
+
 	lastExecution := "startup"
 	for range time.Tick(time.Second) {
-		if lastExecution == globals.LatexExec.Timestamp {
+		if lastExecution == globals.LatexExec.TimestampRFC {
 			ssePing(&writer)
 		} else {
 			sseStatusSend(&writer)
 			ssePDFSend(&writer)
 			sseOutputSend(&writer)
-			// comment out for testing purposes
-			lastExecution = globals.LatexExec.Timestamp
+			lastExecution = globals.LatexExec.TimestampRFC
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -114,6 +115,6 @@ func MainHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func PDFCompile(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	backend.LatexCompile(globals.AppConfig, &globals.LatexExec)
+	backend.LatexCompile()
 }