[Feature Request]: support to enable source maps
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### Problem Description
Many applications are written in typescript, or when written in JavaScript are often bundled for production for improved performance.
Nodejs supports source maps by using `--enable-source-maps` (https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v20.x/docs/api/cli.html#cli_enable_source_maps)
However I haven't quite found a way to get this option to work in electron.
## Things I tried
### Setting Node Options
```
NODE_OPTIONS="--enable-source-maps" my-electron-app
```
Results in an error:
```
[200886:0621/191332.844414:ERROR:node_bindings.cc(287)] Most NODE_OPTIONs are not supported in packaged apps. See documentation for more details.
```
### Using command line flag
```
my-electron-app --enable-source-maps
```
This doesn't seem to work
### Setting command line flag
```
app.commandLine.appendSwitch('--enable-source-maps')
```
This doesn't seem to work
### Proposed Solution
1. support enabling source maps by using `NODE_OPTIONS`
2. `app.commandLine.appendSwitch`
3. Support source maps through electron fuses
### Alternatives Considered
Using https://www.npmjs.com/package/source-map-support, but native node source map support would be preferred
### Additional Information
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