From 353aff879c8e598066ccc0aa0c3e20abe0677dcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Soumya Ranjan Patnaik <soumyaranjan1812@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:36:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: launch apps and commands using systemd-run

---
 src/Main.vala                 | 15 +++++++++++++++
 src/apps/DesktopAppPage.vala  |  3 ++-
 src/commands/CommandPage.vala |  5 +++--
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Main.vala b/src/Main.vala
index 8771896..a6daa22 100644
--- a/src/Main.vala
+++ b/src/Main.vala
@@ -251,3 +251,18 @@ string? get_wm_cli() {
     }
     return null;
 }
+
+
+/* Get AppInfo object used to run a command */
+public AppInfo get_runner_app_info (AppInfo app_info) throws GLib.Error {
+    string systemd_run_path = GLib.Environment.find_program_in_path ("systemd-run");
+    if (systemd_run_path == null) {
+      return app_info;
+    }
+    string app_id = app_info.get_id ();
+    string exec = app_info.get_commandline ();
+    string random_suffix = Uuid.string_random ().slice (0, 8);
+    string unit_name = "run_ilia_" + app_id + "_" + random_suffix + ".scope";
+    string systemd_launch = "systemd-run --user --scope --unit "+ unit_name + " " + exec;
+    return AppInfo.create_from_commandline (systemd_launch, app_id, AppInfoCreateFlags.NONE);
+}
diff --git a/src/apps/DesktopAppPage.vala b/src/apps/DesktopAppPage.vala
index cbabd6c..0d14e14 100644
--- a/src/apps/DesktopAppPage.vala
+++ b/src/apps/DesktopAppPage.vala
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ namespace Ilia {
             filter.@get (selection, ITEM_VIEW_COLUMN_APPINFO, out app_info);
 
             try {
+                AppInfo runner = get_runner_app_info (app_info);
                 AppLaunchContext ctx = new AppLaunchContext();
 
                 ctx.launched.connect ((info, platform_data) => {
@@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ namespace Ilia {
                     // TODO ~ perhaps add some visual hint that launch process has begun
                 });
 
-                var result = app_info.launch (null, ctx);
+                var result = runner.launch (null, ctx);
 
                 if (result) {
                     string key = app_info.get_id ();
diff --git a/src/commands/CommandPage.vala b/src/commands/CommandPage.vala
index e2448b2..1291338 100644
--- a/src/commands/CommandPage.vala
+++ b/src/commands/CommandPage.vala
@@ -231,8 +231,9 @@ namespace Ilia {
 
             try {
                 var app_info = AppInfo.create_from_commandline (commandline, null, GLib.AppInfoCreateFlags.NONE);
+                var runner = get_runner_app_info (app_info);
 
-                if (!app_info.launch (null, null)) {
+                if (!runner.launch (null, null)) {
                     stderr.printf ("Error: execute_command failed\n");
                 }
 
@@ -242,4 +243,4 @@ namespace Ilia {
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}