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backspace/packages/desktop/src/autoLaunch.ts
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export function deriveStartMinimizedFromArgs(args: string[] | undefined): boolean {
if (!args) return false;
return args.includes('--hidden');
}
/**
* Extracts the executable path from a freedesktop .desktop file's Exec= line.
* Handles double-quoted paths (which may contain spaces). Ignores commented
* lines (leading #). Returns null if no Exec= line is present or parseable.
*
* The .desktop spec also defines field codes (%f, %u, etc.) and backslash
* escapes; we don't need to honour them here because we only ever compare the
* leading executable token, never re-execute it.
*/
export function parseExecPathFromDesktopFile(content: string): string | null {
const lines = content.split(/\r?\n/);
for (const raw of lines) {
const line = raw.trim();
if (!line || line.startsWith('#')) continue;
if (!line.startsWith('Exec=')) continue;
const value = line.slice('Exec='.length);
if (!value) continue;
if (value.startsWith('"')) {
const end = value.indexOf('"', 1);
if (end === -1) return null;
const extracted = value.slice(1, end);
return extracted === '' ? null : extracted;
}
const sp = value.indexOf(' ');
return sp === -1 ? value : value.slice(0, sp);
}
return null;
}
/**
* Returns true iff the existing autostart entry's recorded executable path differs
* from the current AppImage path (i.e., the AppImage moved and the entry is stale).
*
* A missing recorded path (recordedExecPath === null, i.e. the .desktop file does
* not exist) is intentionally treated as "do nothing" — it represents the user
* disabling autostart via their desktop environment's startup manager or removing
* the file manually. Re-creating it would override OS-level user intent, which is
* exactly the bug class this whole refactor exists to fix.
*/
export function shouldReapplyAppImage(
currentAppImagePath: string | null,
recordedExecPath: string | null,
): boolean {
if (!currentAppImagePath) return false;
if (!recordedExecPath) return false;
return currentAppImagePath !== recordedExecPath;
}