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Make app fully portable, remove installers

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- Remove MSI and NSIS installer targets, only produce vesper.exe
- Remove tauri-plugin-window-state, replace with manual window state
  save/restore to data/window-state.json next to the exe
- Redirect WebView2 user data (including localStorage) to data/
  folder next to the exe via WEBVIEW2_USER_DATA_DIR
- Nothing written to AppData, registry, or any system location
- Update README with portable usage info
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- **UI scale** (50%--200%) with a spinner in the View menu, persisted across sessions via localStorage
- **Kinetic scrolling** on right-mouse-button drag with iOS-style rubber band overscroll and damped spring snapback
- **Custom scrollbars** via OverlayScrollbars -- thin, auto-hiding after 800ms, accent-colored on hover
- Window state (size, position, maximized) remembered between sessions via `tauri-plugin-window-state`
- Window state (size, position, maximized) remembered between sessions
### File Handling
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### Download
Download the latest installer from the [Releases](https://github.com/yourusername/vesper/releases) page:
- **NSIS installer** (`.exe`) -- recommended, includes uninstaller
- **MSI installer** (`.msi`) -- alternative for enterprise/group policy deployment
- **Portable exe** -- standalone `vesper.exe` with no installation required
Download the latest `vesper.exe` from the [Releases](https://github.com/yourusername/vesper/releases) page. No installation required -- Vesper is fully portable.
### Build from Source
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npm run tauri build
```
Build outputs:
- `src-tauri/target/release/vesper.exe` -- portable executable
- `src-tauri/target/release/bundle/msi/Vesper_1.0.0_x64_en-US.msi` -- MSI installer
- `src-tauri/target/release/bundle/nsis/Vesper_1.0.0_x64-setup.exe` -- NSIS installer
Build output: `src-tauri/target/release/vesper.exe`
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@@ -160,11 +153,21 @@ Build outputs:
- `tauri-plugin-dialog` -- native file open dialog
- `tauri-plugin-fs` -- file system read access
- `tauri-plugin-window-state` -- persist and restore window size, position, and maximized state
- `tauri-plugin-opener` -- system default app launcher
---
## Portable
Vesper is fully portable. It stores all data in a `data/` folder next to the executable:
- `data/window-state.json` -- window position, size, and maximized state
- `data/EBWebView/` -- WebView2 data including localStorage (UI zoom preference)
Nothing is written to AppData, the registry, or any other system location. To move Vesper to another machine, just copy the exe (and optionally the `data/` folder to preserve settings).
---
## Design Philosophy
1. **Content First** -- the reader is the primary focus; all UI chrome can be hidden