From 69987c1a0d0ead56c97b2422f17d734abe3c4c89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ellieplayswow <164806095+ellieplayswow@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:37:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Adding in functionality to autostart programs on non-systemd
 systems

---
 Cargo.lock  | 514 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 Cargo.toml  |   5 +-
 src/main.rs |  83 ++++++++-
 3 files changed, 584 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aa8d16c..d3c585f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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+version = 4
 
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+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
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+ "freedesktop-desktop-entry",
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  "itertools",
  "launch-pad",
@@ -355,6 +420,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "serde",
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+ "shell-words",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
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+ "darling_macro",
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+ "ident_case",
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+ "proc-macro2",
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a05d73b933a847d6cccdda8f838a22ff101ad9bf93e33684f39c1f5f0eece3d"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "web-time"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1727,13 +2139,22 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1742,7 +2163,22 @@ version = "0.59.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1751,28 +2187,46 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b724f72796e036ab90c1021d4780d4d3d648aca59e491e6b98e725b84e99973"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
  "windows_i686_gnullvm",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -1785,24 +2239,48 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -1830,6 +2308,12 @@ version = "0.5.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e9df38ee2d2c3c5948ea468a8406ff0db0b29ae1ffde1bcf20ef305bcc95c51"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "xdg"
+version = "2.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "213b7324336b53d2414b2db8537e56544d981803139155afa84f76eeebb7a546"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "xdg-home"
 version = "1.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4e34c3c..38c9ffa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ async-signals = "0.4"
 color-eyre = "0.6"
 futures-util = "0.3"
 cosmic-dbus-a11y = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/dbus-settings-bindings" }
-
-# launch-pad = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/launch-pad" }
+freedesktop-desktop-entry = "0.7.7"
+shell-words = "1.1.0"
+dirs = "6.0.0"
 itertools = "0.12"
 launch-pad = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/launch-pad" }
 libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f97cb43..89f71b7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ use std::{
 	os::fd::{AsRawFd, OwnedFd},
 	sync::Arc,
 };
-
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 use async_signals::Signals;
 use color_eyre::{eyre::WrapErr, Result};
 use comp::create_privileged_socket;
 use cosmic_notifications_util::{DAEMON_NOTIFICATIONS_FD, PANEL_NOTIFICATIONS_FD};
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use launch_pad::{process::Process, ProcessManager};
 use service::SessionRequest;
 #[cfg(feature = "systemd")]
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ use zbus::ConnectionBuilder;
 
 use crate::notifications::notifications_process;
 const XDP_COSMIC: Option<&'static str> = option_env!("XDP_COSMIC");
+const AUTOSTART_DIR: &'static str = "autostart";
 
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
@@ -453,6 +457,83 @@ async fn start(
 		};
 	};
 
+	if !*is_systemd_used() {
+		info!("looking for autostart folders");
+		let mut directories_to_scan = Vec::new();
+
+		// we start by taking user specific directories, so that we can deduplicate and ensure
+		// user overrides are respected
+
+		// user specific directories
+		if let Some(user_config_dir) = dirs::config_dir() {
+			directories_to_scan.push(user_config_dir.join(AUTOSTART_DIR));
+		}
+
+		// system-wide directories
+		if let Some(xdg_config_dirs) = env::var_os("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS") {
+			let xdg_config_dirs = String::from(xdg_config_dirs).split(":");
+
+			for dir in xdg_config_dirs {
+				directories_to_scan.push(PathBuf::from(dir).join(AUTOSTART_DIR));
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			directories_to_scan.push(PathBuf::from("/etc/xdg/").join(AUTOSTART_DIR));
+		}
+
+		info!("found autostart folders: {:?}", directories_to_scan);
+
+		let mut dedupe = HashSet::new();
+
+		let iter = freedesktop_desktop_entry::Iter::new(directories_to_scan);
+		for entry in iter.entries(None) {
+			// we've already tried to execute this!
+			if dedupe.contains(&entry.appid) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			info!("trying to start appid {} ({})", entry.appid, entry.path);
+
+			if let Some(exec_raw) = entry.exec() {
+				let mut exec_words = exec_raw.split(" ");
+
+				if let Some(program_name) = exec_words.next() {
+					// filter out any placeholder args, since we might not be able to deal with them
+					let filtered_args = exec_words.filter(|s| !s.starts_with("%")).collect_vec();
+
+					// escape them
+					let escaped_args = shell_words::split(&*filtered_args.join(" "));
+					if let Ok(args) = escaped_args {
+						info!("trying to start {} {}", program_name, args.join(" "));
+
+						let mut command = Command::new(program_name);
+						command.args(args);
+
+						// detach stdin/out/err (should we?)
+						let child = command
+							.stdin(Stdio::null())
+							.stdout(Stdio::null())
+							.stderr(Stdio::null())
+							.spawn();
+
+						if let Ok(child) = child {
+							info!("successfully started program {}", entry.appid);
+							dedupe.insert(entry.appid);
+						}
+						else {
+							info!("could not start program {}", entry.appid);
+						}
+					}
+					else {
+						let why = escaped_args.unwrap_err();
+						error!(?why, "could not parse arguments");
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		info!("started {} programs", dedupe.len());
+	}
+
 	tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
 	Ok(status)
 }