Merge pull request #1653 from bokicoder/compositor-spawn

feat: spawn application process via compositor

Modules/Bar/Widgets/Taskbar.qml

@@ -395,9 +395,17 @@ Item {
           Logger.d("Taskbar", "Executing terminal app manually: " + app.name);
           const terminal = Settings.data.appLauncher.terminalCommand.split(" ");
           const command = terminal.concat(app.command);
-          Quickshell.execDetached(command);
+          try {
+            CompositorService.spawn(command);
+          } catch (e) {
+            Quickshell.execDetached(command);
+          }
         } else if (app.command && app.command.length > 0) {
-          Quickshell.execDetached(app.command);
+          try {
+            CompositorService.spawn(app.command);
+          } catch (e) {
+            Quickshell.execDetached(app.command);
+          }
         } else if (app.execute) {
           app.execute();
         } else {

Modules/Dock/Dock.qml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Wayland
 import Quickshell.Widgets
 import qs.Commons
+import qs.Services.Compositor
 import qs.Services.System
 import qs.Services.UI
 import qs.Widgets
@@ -1054,13 +1055,20 @@ Loader {
                               } else {
                                 // Fallback logic when app2unit is not used
                                 if (app.runInTerminal) {
-                                  // If app.execute() fails for terminal apps, we handle it manually.
                                   Logger.d("Dock", "Executing terminal app manually: " + app.name);
                                   const terminal = Settings.data.appLauncher.terminalCommand.split(" ");
                                   const command = terminal.concat(app.command);
-                                  Quickshell.execDetached(command);
+                                  try {
+                                    CompositorService.spawn(command);
+                                  } catch (e) {
+                                    Quickshell.execDetached(command);
+                                  }
                                 } else if (app.command && app.command.length > 0) {
-                                  Quickshell.execDetached(app.command);
+                                  try {
+                                    CompositorService.spawn(app.command);
+                                  } catch (e) {
+                                    Quickshell.execDetached(app.command);
+                                  }
                                 } else if (app.execute) {
                                   app.execute();
                                 } else {

Modules/Panels/Launcher/Providers/ApplicationsProvider.qml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Io
 import qs.Commons
+import qs.Services.Compositor
 import qs.Services.System
 
 Item {
@@ -580,13 +581,20 @@ Item {
                        } else {
                          // Fallback logic when app2unit is not used
                          if (app.runInTerminal) {
-                           // If app.execute() fails for terminal apps, we handle it manually.
                            Logger.d("ApplicationsProvider", "Executing terminal app manually: " + app.name);
                            const terminal = Settings.data.appLauncher.terminalCommand.split(" ");
                            const command = terminal.concat(app.command);
-                           Quickshell.execDetached(command);
+                           try {
+                             CompositorService.spawn(command);
+                           } catch (e) {
+                             Quickshell.execDetached(command);
+                           }
                          } else if (app.command && app.command.length > 0) {
-                           Quickshell.execDetached(app.command);
+                           try {
+                             CompositorService.spawn(app.command);
+                           } catch (e) {
+                             Quickshell.execDetached(app.command);
+                           }
                          } else if (app.execute) {
                            app.execute();
                          } else {

Services/Compositor/CompositorService.qml

@@ -405,6 +405,15 @@ Singleton {
     }
   }
 
+  // Spawn command
+  function spawn(command) {
+    if (backend && backend.spawn) {
+      backend.spawn(command);
+    } else {
+      throw new Error("No backend available for spawn command");
+    }
+  }
+
   // Session management
   function logout() {
     if (backend && backend.logout) {

Services/Compositor/HyprlandService.qml

@@ -485,4 +485,12 @@ Item {
     }
     return null;
   }
+
+  function spawn(command) {
+    try {
+      Quickshell.execDetached(["hyprctl", "dispatch", "--", "exec"].concat(command));
+    } catch (e) {
+      Logger.e("HyprlandService", "Failed to spawn command:", e);
+    }
+  }
 }

Services/Compositor/MangoService.qml

@@ -688,4 +688,12 @@ Item {
     // }
     // return null;
   }
+
+  function spawn(command) {
+    try {
+      Quickshell.execDetached(["mmsg", "-d", "spawn", "--"].concat(command));
+    } catch (e) {
+      Logger.e("MangoService", "Failed to spawn command:", e);
+    }
+  }
 }

Services/Compositor/NiriService.qml

@@ -498,4 +498,12 @@ Item {
     // }
     // return null;
   }
+
+  function spawn(command) {
+    try {
+      Quickshell.execDetached(["niri", "msg", "action", "spawn", "--"].concat(command));
+    } catch (e) {
+      Logger.e("NiriService", "Failed to spawn command:", e);
+    }
+  }
 }

Services/Compositor/SwayService.qml

@@ -572,4 +572,12 @@ Item {
     // }
     // return null;
   }
+
+  function spawn(command) {
+    try {
+      Quickshell.execDetached(["swaymsg", "exec", "--"].concat(command));
+    } catch (e) {
+      Logger.e("SwayService", "Failed to spawn command:", e);
+    }
+  }
 }