docs(desktop): adjust dev instructions

This change fixes the dev instructions for the desktop electron wrapper.
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# Vikunja desktop
[![Build Status](https://drone.kolaente.de/api/badges/vikunja/desktop/status.svg)](https://drone.kolaente.de/vikunja/desktop)
[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v3-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
[![Download](https://img.shields.io/badge/download-v0.22.1-brightgreen.svg)](https://dl.vikunja.io)
The Vikunja frontend all repackaged as an electron app to run as a desktop app!
## Dev
As this repo does not contain any code, only a thin wrapper around electron, you will need to do this to get the
As this package does not contain any code, only a thin wrapper around electron, you will need to do this to get the
actual frontend bundle and build the app:
```bash
rm -rf frontend vikunja-frontend-master.zip
wget https://dl.vikunja.io/frontend/vikunja-frontend-master.zip
unzip vikunja-frontend-master.zip -d frontend
First, build the frontend:
```
cd ../frontend
pnpm install
pnpm run build
```
Then, copy the frontend to this directory:
```
cd desktop
cp -r ../frontend/dist frontend/
sed -i 's/\/api\/v1//g' frontend/index.html # Make sure to trigger the "enter the Vikunja url" prompt
```
Then you can run the desktop app like this:
```
pnpm install
pnpm start
```
## Building for release
1. Run the snippet from above, but with a valid frontend version instead of `master`
1. Run the snippet from above, but with a valid frontend version instead of `unstable`
2. Change the version in `package.json` (That's the one that will be used by electron-builder`
3. `yarn install`
4. `yarn dist --linux --windows`
3. `pnpm install`
4. `pnpm run dist --linux --windows`