Plant a typescript seed into webpack config

webpack.config.js

@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ const config = {
     filename: '[name].js',
   },
   resolve: {
-    extensions: ['.js', '.vue'],
+    // maybe we'll move to TS some day, but today is not the day
+    extensions: [
+      // '.ts', '.tsx',
+      '.js', '.vue'
+    ],
   },
   module: {
     rules: [
+      // { 
+      //   test: /\.tsx?$/,
+      //   loader: 'ts-loader',
+      // },
       {
         test: /\.vue$/,
         loaders: 'vue-loader',
@@ -77,6 +85,13 @@ const config = {
     new CopyWebpackPlugin([
       { from: 'res', to: 'res', ignore: ['css', 'css/**']},
       { from: 'ext', to: 'ext', ignore: ['conf/*', 'lib/**']},
+
+      // This is a hack to get bootstrap icons svg file in /res/icons
+      { from: '../node_modules/bootstrap-icons/bootstrap-icons.svg', to: 'res/icons/bootstrap-icons.svg'},
+
+      // This is extension icon, as used on extension lists and/or extension's action button
+      // This folder does not contain any GUI icons — these are in /res/icons. 
+      // (TODO: check if this copy is even necessary — /icons has same content as /res/icons)
       { from: 'icons', to: 'icons', ignore: ['icon.xcf'] },
       { from: 'popup/popup.html', to: 'popup/popup.html', transform: transformHtml },
       { from: 'options/options.html', to: 'options/options.html', transform: transformHtml },