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Can Soykan Yılmaz 44cfb76652 Give a Mac an installer, an app bundle and a menu bar icon it can see
The macOS backends were already here: CoreAudio capture through ffmpeg,
pbcopy and CoreGraphics, Carbon hotkeys, the paths under ~/Library. What
was missing was everything that installs them, so install.sh hands over to
install-mac.sh on Darwin rather than growing a branch per line: the XDG
directories, the .desktop files and the shortcut registry mean nothing
there, and an application is a bundle rather than a path. The bundle
carries a copy of the interpreter, because macOS files the microphone and
Accessibility permissions against the process that asks, and a launcher
running Homebrew's python3 would have asked as python3 and shared the
grant with everything else on that interpreter. It is signed ad-hoc so a
reinstall is the same application rather than two more dialogs, and it
says so plainly when a brew upgrade has moved the tree it needs.
uninstall.sh and update.sh follow it.

The tray icon was invisible: QIcon.fromTheme wants a freedesktop icon
theme and hands back a null icon without one, which in a menu bar is the
whole interface gone. trayicon.py draws the three shapes as template
images, so they follow the menu bar into dark mode, and the bundle's icon
comes off the same glyph rather than a binary in the repository. Linux
keeps its own icons; these are used only where the theme has nothing.

paths.py is the fix that was never about a Mac. config.py imports ggml.py,
so ggml.py could not ask it where the data goes; each worked it out for
itself and only one of them knew about macOS. Settings went to ~/Library
while several gigabytes of models went to ~/.local/share, which is not a
place a Mac user looks and not a place uninstall.sh --purge would have
deleted from.

Ctrl+Space is the input-source switch there and Cmd+Space is Spotlight, so
the default is Ctrl+Option+Space, and hotkey.default_combo is the one
place that difference lives. The first paste asks for Accessibility with
kAXTrustedCheckOptionPrompt, which is what creates the row to switch on;
asking the other way opens a pane Dikte is not listed in. `dikte shortcut
status` asks the running instance, since the combination is held by that
process and by nothing else.

Local speech to text is the one piece a Mac builds by hand. whisper.cpp
publishes no macOS binary and Homebrew's is configured with
WHISPER_BUILD_SERVER=OFF, so it installs whisper-cli and not the server
Dikte talks to; program_path already takes a whisper-server off the PATH
or out of Settings, so the answer is the one a Linux distribution gets,
and the README carries the cmake line. CI grows a macOS job on 3.11 and
3.13, the only place the Carbon and CoreGraphics libraries have to be
there to be opened.

Written and tested on macOS 27.0 arm64. Two things are still unverified on
a Mac: the paste end to end, which waits on the Accessibility toggle, and
a meeting recording, which needs a loopback driver.
2026-08-15 15:56:27 +03:00

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"""Global shortcuts: the desktop's own registry, plus a listener of our own.
Two things have to happen for a key combination to reach Dikte. Somewhere has
to be told about it, and something has to be listening. On Linux that is the
desktop's shortcut registry (KDE's file, GNOME's gsettings) and a reader of
/dev/input for the wait until the registry is live. macOS has no registry to
write into: the application asks Carbon for the combination while it runs, so
there the listener is not a fallback but the whole mechanism.
"""
import ast
import collections
import ctypes
import ctypes.util
import glob
import os
import pathlib
import re
import select
import shutil
import struct
import subprocess
import sys
import threading
from PyQt6.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSignal
from i18n import t
DESKTOP_ID = "dikte-toggle.desktop"
CANCEL_DESKTOP_ID = "dikte-cancel.desktop"
MEETING_DESKTOP_ID = "dikte-meeting.desktop"
ASK_DESKTOP_ID = "dikte-ask.desktop"
APPLICATIONS_DIR = pathlib.Path.home() / ".local/share/applications"
DESKTOP_FILE = APPLICATIONS_DIR / DESKTOP_ID
SHORTCUTS_FILE = pathlib.Path.home() / ".config/kglobalshortcutsrc"
GNOME_MEDIA_SCHEMA = "org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys"
GNOME_BINDING_SCHEMA = "org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding"
Shortcut = collections.namedtuple("Shortcut", "verb desktop_id name setting fallback")
# Every global shortcut in one place, because there are four of them and the
# command line, the settings window and the installer each used to carry their
# own copy of the list. `fallback` is what to register when the setting is
# empty: only the toggle has one, since it is the key the application is
# unusable without.
SHORTCUTS = {
"toggle": Shortcut("toggle", DESKTOP_ID, "Dikte: start/stop recording",
"shortcut", "Ctrl+Space"),
"cancel": Shortcut("cancel", CANCEL_DESKTOP_ID, "Dikte: discard the recording",
"cancel_shortcut", ""),
"ask": Shortcut("ask", ASK_DESKTOP_ID, "Dikte: ask Claude Code",
"assistant_shortcut", ""),
"meeting": Shortcut("meeting", MEETING_DESKTOP_ID,
"Dikte: start/end a meeting recording",
"meeting_shortcut", ""),
}
# The fallbacks above are Linux's. macOS holds Ctrl+Space for the input-source
# switch, so asking for it there gets a combination that either loses to the
# system or fires while the keyboard layout changes underneath the dictation.
MACOS_FALLBACKS = {"toggle": "Ctrl+Option+Space"}
# --- evdev key codes (linux/input-event-codes.h) --------------------------
EV_KEY = 0x01
KEYS = {
"space": 57, "tab": 15, "enter": 28, "return": 28, "esc": 1, "escape": 1,
"backspace": 14, "insert": 110, "delete": 111, "home": 102, "end": 107,
"pgup": 104, "pgdown": 109, "up": 103, "down": 108, "left": 105, "right": 106,
"1": 2, "2": 3, "3": 4, "4": 5, "5": 6, "6": 7, "7": 8, "8": 9, "9": 10, "0": 11,
"q": 16, "w": 17, "e": 18, "r": 19, "t": 20, "y": 21, "u": 22, "i": 23, "o": 24,
"p": 25, "a": 30, "s": 31, "d": 32, "f": 33, "g": 34, "h": 35, "j": 36, "k": 37,
"l": 38, "z": 44, "x": 45, "c": 46, "v": 47, "b": 48, "n": 49, "m": 50,
"f1": 59, "f2": 60, "f3": 61, "f4": 62, "f5": 63, "f6": 64, "f7": 65, "f8": 66,
"f9": 67, "f10": 68, "f11": 87, "f12": 88,
}
MODS = {
"ctrl": (29, 97), "control": (29, 97),
"shift": (42, 54),
"alt": (56, 100),
"meta": (125, 126), "super": (125, 126),
}
ALL_MOD_CODES = {code for pair in MODS.values() for code in pair}
def parse_shortcut(text):
"""'Ctrl+Space' -> ({'ctrl'}, 57), or (None, None) when unparsable."""
parts = [p.strip().lower() for p in str(text).split("+") if p.strip()]
if not parts:
return None, None
mods, key = set(), None
for part in parts:
if part in MODS:
mods.add("ctrl" if part == "control" else "super" if part == "meta" else part)
else:
key = KEYS.get(part)
if key is None:
return None, None
if key is None:
return None, None
return mods, key
# --- built-in listener ----------------------------------------------------
class EvdevHotkey(QObject):
"""Catches global shortcuts by reading /dev/input directly.
It does not swallow the key; the focused application sees the combination
too. This is the fallback that works before the KDE shortcut goes live.
"""
triggered = pyqtSignal(str) # the name the binding was registered under
failed = pyqtSignal(str)
EVENT_FMT = "llHHi"
EVENT_SIZE = struct.calcsize(EVENT_FMT)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self._thread = None
self._stop = threading.Event()
self._bindings = {} # key code -> [(mods, name)]
@property
def running(self):
return self._thread is not None and self._thread.is_alive()
def start(self, bindings):
"""`bindings` is {name: 'Ctrl+Space'}; an empty combination is skipped."""
self.stop()
parsed = {}
for name, shortcut in bindings.items():
if not shortcut:
continue
mods, key = parse_shortcut(shortcut)
if key is None:
self.failed.emit(
t("Could not parse the shortcut: {shortcut}", shortcut=shortcut)
)
continue
parsed.setdefault(key, []).append((mods, name))
if not parsed:
return False
devices = self._open_devices()
if not devices:
self.failed.emit(t(
"Cannot read /dev/input. Your user needs to be in the 'input' group:\n"
" sudo usermod -aG input $USER (then log out and back in)"
))
return False
self._bindings = parsed
self._stop.clear()
self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._loop, args=(devices,), daemon=True)
self._thread.start()
return True
def stop(self):
self._stop.set()
if self._thread:
self._thread.join(timeout=1.5)
self._thread = None
def _open_devices(self):
fds = []
for path in sorted(glob.glob("/dev/input/event*")):
try:
fds.append(os.open(path, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK))
except OSError:
continue
return fds
def _loop(self, fds):
held = set()
try:
while not self._stop.is_set():
# Short enough that stop() does not stall its caller waiting for
# the read to come back around.
ready, _, _ = select.select(fds, [], [], 0.15)
for fd in ready:
try:
data = os.read(fd, self.EVENT_SIZE * 64)
except (BlockingIOError, OSError):
continue
for offset in range(0, len(data) - self.EVENT_SIZE + 1, self.EVENT_SIZE):
_s, _us, etype, code, value = struct.unpack(
self.EVENT_FMT, data[offset:offset + self.EVENT_SIZE]
)
if etype != EV_KEY:
continue
if code in ALL_MOD_CODES:
held.add(code) if value else held.discard(code)
elif value == 1:
for mods, name in self._bindings.get(code, ()):
if self._mods_match(held, mods):
self.triggered.emit(name)
finally:
for fd in fds:
try:
os.close(fd)
except OSError:
pass
@staticmethod
def _mods_match(held, wanted):
for name, codes in MODS.items():
if name in ("control", "super"):
continue
pressed = any(code in held for code in codes)
if pressed != (name in wanted):
return False
return True
# --- macOS: Carbon's hotkey service ---------------------------------------
# Apple virtual key codes: where a key sits, not what is printed on it.
MAC_KEYS = {
"space": 49, "tab": 48, "enter": 36, "return": 36, "esc": 53, "escape": 53,
"backspace": 51, "delete": 117, "home": 115, "end": 119,
"pgup": 116, "pgdown": 121, "up": 126, "down": 125, "left": 123, "right": 124,
"1": 18, "2": 19, "3": 20, "4": 21, "5": 23, "6": 22, "7": 26,
"8": 28, "9": 25, "0": 29,
"a": 0, "b": 11, "c": 8, "d": 2, "e": 14, "f": 3, "g": 5, "h": 4,
"i": 34, "j": 38, "k": 40, "l": 37, "m": 46, "n": 45, "o": 31,
"p": 35, "q": 12, "r": 15, "s": 1, "t": 17, "u": 32, "v": 9,
"w": 13, "x": 7, "y": 16, "z": 6,
"f1": 122, "f2": 120, "f3": 99, "f4": 118, "f5": 96, "f6": 97,
"f7": 98, "f8": 100, "f9": 101, "f10": 109, "f11": 103, "f12": 111,
}
# Carbon's own modifier bits, which are not the ones CoreGraphics uses in
# paste.py: the same four modifiers, numbered differently by two APIs.
MAC_MODS = {
"cmd": 1 << 8, "command": 1 << 8, "meta": 1 << 8, "super": 1 << 8,
"shift": 1 << 9,
"alt": 1 << 11, "option": 1 << 11,
"ctrl": 1 << 12, "control": 1 << 12,
}
HOTKEY_SIGNATURE = "Dikt" # what our registrations are labelled with
KEYBOARD_EVENT_CLASS = "keyb"
HOTKEY_PRESSED = 5 # kEventHotKeyPressed
PARAMETER_ANY = "----" # kEventParamDirectObject / typeWildCard
HOTKEY_ID_PARAMETER = "hkid"
# What the running listener holds. This is the whole of "installed" on macOS,
# and it lasts as long as the process does: there is no file, and no other
# program to read one. Written by CarbonHotkey.start(), read by the status
# line, so what Settings shows is what the Mac actually gave us.
_REGISTERED = {}
def parse_macos_shortcut(text):
"""'Cmd+Space' -> (256, 49), or (None, None) when unusable."""
parts = [part.strip().lower() for part in str(text).split("+") if part.strip()]
modifiers, key = 0, None
for part in parts:
if part in MAC_MODS:
modifiers |= MAC_MODS[part]
elif key is None and part in MAC_KEYS:
key = MAC_KEYS[part]
else:
return None, None
if key is None:
return None, None
return modifiers, key
def _fourcc(text):
"""A Carbon four-character code, which is those four bytes as a number."""
return int.from_bytes(text.encode("ascii"), "big")
class _EventTypeSpec(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("eventClass", ctypes.c_uint32), ("eventKind", ctypes.c_uint32)]
class _EventHotKeyID(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("signature", ctypes.c_uint32), ("id", ctypes.c_uint32)]
class CarbonHotkey(QObject):
"""Catches global shortcuts through macOS's own hotkey service.
RegisterEventHotKey asks for one combination rather than reading the
keyboard, so it needs no permission at all. Accessibility is a separate
matter, and only for the Cmd+V that puts the text back (see paste.py).
Unlike the evdev listener this one does swallow the key: while Dikte holds
a combination, nothing else on the Mac receives it.
"""
triggered = pyqtSignal(str) # the name the binding was registered under
failed = pyqtSignal(str)
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent)
self._carbon = None
self._callback = None
self._handler = ctypes.c_void_p()
self._registrations = []
self._names = {}
@property
def running(self):
return bool(self._registrations)
def start(self, bindings):
"""`bindings` is {name: 'Cmd+Space'}; an empty combination is skipped."""
self.stop()
try:
self._carbon = _carbon()
except OSError as exc:
self.failed.emit(t("Could not reach the macOS shortcut service: "
"{error}", error=exc))
return False
if not self._install_handler():
return False
for identifier, (name, shortcut) in enumerate(bindings.items(), 1):
if not shortcut:
continue
modifiers, key = parse_macos_shortcut(shortcut)
if key is None:
self.failed.emit(
t("Could not parse the shortcut: {shortcut}", shortcut=shortcut)
)
continue
reference = ctypes.c_void_p()
code = self._carbon.RegisterEventHotKey(
key, modifiers,
_EventHotKeyID(_fourcc(HOTKEY_SIGNATURE), identifier),
self._carbon.GetApplicationEventTarget(), 0, ctypes.byref(reference),
)
if code != 0:
# This is the conflict warning on macOS: there is no list to
# read beforehand, the answer comes from asking for the key.
self.failed.emit(t(
"macOS would not give Dikte {shortcut}; another application "
"already holds it.", shortcut=shortcut))
continue
self._registrations.append(reference)
self._names[identifier] = name
spec = SHORTCUTS.get(name)
if spec:
_REGISTERED[spec.desktop_id] = shortcut
return bool(self._registrations)
def stop(self):
if self._carbon:
for reference in self._registrations:
self._carbon.UnregisterEventHotKey(reference)
if self._handler:
self._carbon.RemoveEventHandler(self._handler)
self._registrations = []
self._names = {}
self._handler = ctypes.c_void_p()
self._callback = None
_REGISTERED.clear()
def _install_handler(self):
carbon = self._carbon
callback_type = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(
ctypes.c_int32, ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_void_p
)
def pressed(_next_handler, event, _user_data):
wanted = _EventHotKeyID()
size = ctypes.c_uint32()
code = carbon.GetEventParameter(
event, _fourcc(PARAMETER_ANY), _fourcc(HOTKEY_ID_PARAMETER), None,
ctypes.sizeof(wanted), ctypes.byref(size), ctypes.byref(wanted),
)
if code == 0:
name = self._names.get(wanted.id)
if name:
self.triggered.emit(name)
return 0
# Kept on self: Carbon holds the address of this function, and nothing
# on the Python side would otherwise stop it being collected.
self._callback = callback_type(pressed)
event_type = _EventTypeSpec(_fourcc(KEYBOARD_EVENT_CLASS), HOTKEY_PRESSED)
code = carbon.InstallEventHandler(
carbon.GetApplicationEventTarget(), self._callback, 1,
ctypes.byref(event_type), None, ctypes.byref(self._handler),
)
if code != 0:
self.failed.emit(t("Could not reach the macOS shortcut service: "
"{error}", error=code))
self._callback = None
return False
return True
def _carbon():
"""Carbon, with its calls typed the way they are used above."""
path = (ctypes.util.find_library("Carbon")
or "/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Carbon")
carbon = ctypes.CDLL(path)
carbon.GetApplicationEventTarget.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
carbon.InstallEventHandler.restype = ctypes.c_int32
carbon.InstallEventHandler.argtypes = [
ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_uint32,
ctypes.POINTER(_EventTypeSpec), ctypes.c_void_p,
ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_void_p),
]
carbon.RegisterEventHotKey.restype = ctypes.c_int32
carbon.RegisterEventHotKey.argtypes = [
ctypes.c_uint32, ctypes.c_uint32, _EventHotKeyID, ctypes.c_void_p,
ctypes.c_uint32, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_void_p),
]
carbon.UnregisterEventHotKey.restype = ctypes.c_int32
carbon.UnregisterEventHotKey.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p]
carbon.RemoveEventHandler.restype = ctypes.c_int32
carbon.RemoveEventHandler.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p]
carbon.GetEventParameter.restype = ctypes.c_int32
carbon.GetEventParameter.argtypes = [
ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_uint32, ctypes.c_uint32,
ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint32), ctypes.c_uint32,
ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint32), ctypes.c_void_p,
]
return carbon
# --- the desktop's own shortcut -------------------------------------------
def _macos():
return sys.platform == "darwin"
def _gnome():
desktop = os.environ.get("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP", "").lower()
return "gnome" in desktop and shutil.which("gsettings") is not None
def _gnome_path(desktop_id):
name = re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+", "-", desktop_id.removesuffix(".desktop"))
return f"/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/{name}/"
def gnome_accelerator(shortcut):
"""Translate Qt-style Ctrl+Alt+A into GNOME's <Primary><Alt>a syntax."""
parts = [part.strip() for part in str(shortcut).split("+") if part.strip()]
modifiers = []
key = ""
names = {
"ctrl": "<Primary>", "control": "<Primary>",
"alt": "<Alt>", "shift": "<Shift>",
"super": "<Super>", "meta": "<Super>",
}
for part in parts:
modifier = names.get(part.lower())
if modifier:
if modifier not in modifiers:
modifiers.append(modifier)
else:
key = part.lower() if len(part) == 1 else part
return "".join(modifiers) + key if key else ""
def display_accelerator(accelerator):
"""Translate a GNOME accelerator back to the form shown in Dikte."""
text = str(accelerator)
parts = []
for token, label in (("<Primary>", "Ctrl"), ("<Control>", "Ctrl"),
("<Alt>", "Alt"), ("<Shift>", "Shift"),
("<Super>", "Super")):
if token.lower() in text.lower():
parts.append(label)
text = re.sub(re.escape(token), "", text, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
key = text.strip()
if len(key) == 1:
key = key.upper()
if key:
parts.append(key)
return "+".join(parts)
def _gsettings(*args, check=True):
return subprocess.run(
["gsettings", *args], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10, check=check,
)
def _gsettings_array(value):
"""Parse a gsettings string-array, including the empty `@as []` form."""
text = str(value).strip()
if text.startswith("@as "):
text = text[4:].strip()
parsed = ast.literal_eval(text) if text else []
if not isinstance(parsed, (list, tuple)):
raise ValueError(f"not a string array: {value}")
return list(parsed)
def install_gnome_shortcut(shortcut, exec_command,
name="Dikte: start/stop recording",
desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
path = _gnome_path(desktop_id)
try:
current = _gsettings(
"get", GNOME_MEDIA_SCHEMA, "custom-keybindings"
).stdout.strip()
paths = _gsettings_array(current)
if path not in paths:
paths.append(path)
_gsettings("set", GNOME_MEDIA_SCHEMA, "custom-keybindings", repr(paths))
schema = f"{GNOME_BINDING_SCHEMA}:{path}"
_gsettings("set", schema, "name", repr(name))
_gsettings("set", schema, "command", repr(exec_command))
accelerator = gnome_accelerator(shortcut)
if not accelerator:
raise ValueError(t("Could not parse the shortcut: {shortcut}",
shortcut=shortcut))
_gsettings("set", schema, "binding", repr(accelerator))
except (ValueError, SyntaxError, subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError) as exc:
return False, t("Could not register the GNOME shortcut: {error}", error=exc)
return True, t("Shortcut saved: {shortcut}", shortcut=shortcut)
def remove_gnome_shortcut(desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
path = _gnome_path(desktop_id)
try:
current = _gsettings(
"get", GNOME_MEDIA_SCHEMA, "custom-keybindings"
).stdout.strip()
paths = _gsettings_array(current)
if path in paths:
paths.remove(path)
_gsettings("set", GNOME_MEDIA_SCHEMA, "custom-keybindings", repr(paths))
except (ValueError, SyntaxError, subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError):
pass
def gnome_shortcut_status(desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
path = _gnome_path(desktop_id)
try:
current = _gsettings(
"get", GNOME_MEDIA_SCHEMA, "custom-keybindings"
).stdout.strip()
paths = _gsettings_array(current)
if path not in paths:
return None
value = _gsettings(
"get", f"{GNOME_BINDING_SCHEMA}:{path}", "binding"
).stdout.strip()
accelerator = ast.literal_eval(value)
return display_accelerator(accelerator) if accelerator else None
except (ValueError, SyntaxError, subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError):
return None
def listener(parent=None):
"""The thing that hears the key, for whichever system this is."""
return CarbonHotkey(parent) if _macos() else EvdevHotkey(parent)
def default_combo(which):
"""What to register for `which` when the setting has been cleared.
The one place the platforms disagree about a default, so that the command
line and the settings window cannot drift apart on it.
"""
if _macos():
return MACOS_FALLBACKS.get(which, "")
spec = SHORTCUTS.get(which)
return spec.fallback if spec else ""
def valid_shortcut(text):
"""Whether this machine can bind the combination as it was typed."""
parse = parse_macos_shortcut if _macos() else parse_shortcut
return parse(text)[1] is not None
def installs_shortcuts():
"""Whether this system keeps a shortcut registry to write into.
KDE and GNOME do, and something outside Dikte reads it, so the combination
survives Dikte being closed. macOS does not: there is nothing to install,
nothing to remove, and Settings should not offer either.
"""
return not _macos()
def shortcut_needs_restart():
"""Whether an installed shortcut waits for the next login before it works.
KWin reads kglobalshortcutsrc once, when it starts. GNOME picks a binding
up as it is written, and macOS never had one to write.
"""
return not _macos() and not _gnome()
def install_shortcut(shortcut, exec_command, name="Dikte: start/stop recording",
desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
if _macos():
_REGISTERED[desktop_id] = shortcut
return True, t(
"Shortcut saved: {shortcut}\nDikte holds this one itself while it "
"is running, so it works as soon as the settings are saved.",
shortcut=shortcut,
)
if _gnome():
return install_gnome_shortcut(shortcut, exec_command, name, desktop_id)
return install_kde_shortcut(shortcut, exec_command, name, desktop_id)
def remove_shortcut(desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
if _macos():
_REGISTERED.pop(desktop_id, None)
elif _gnome():
remove_gnome_shortcut(desktop_id)
else:
remove_kde_shortcut(desktop_id)
def shortcut_status(desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
if _macos():
return _REGISTERED.get(desktop_id)
return (gnome_shortcut_status(desktop_id) if _gnome()
else kde_shortcut_status(desktop_id))
def desktop_name():
if _macos():
return "macOS"
return "GNOME" if _gnome() else "KDE"
# --- KDE ------------------------------------------------------------------
def install_kde_shortcut(shortcut, exec_command, name="Dikte: start/stop recording",
desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
"""Write the desktop file and the kglobalshortcutsrc entry.
KWin only reads that file at startup, so the entry goes live after the next
login. Returns (True, message) or (False, error).
"""
desktop_file = APPLICATIONS_DIR / desktop_id
try:
desktop_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
desktop_file.write_text(
"[Desktop Entry]\n"
f"Exec={exec_command}\n"
f"Name={name}\n"
"NoDisplay=true\n"
"StartupNotify=false\n"
"Type=Application\n"
"X-KDE-GlobalAccel-CommandShortcut=true\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
except OSError as exc:
return False, t("Could not write the desktop file: {error}", error=exc)
try:
subprocess.run(
["kwriteconfig6", "--notify", "--file", "kglobalshortcutsrc",
"--group", "services", "--group", desktop_id,
"--key", "_launch", shortcut],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10, check=True,
)
except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError) as exc:
return False, t("Could not write kglobalshortcutsrc: {error}", error=exc)
return True, t(
"Shortcut saved: {shortcut}\nKWin only reads this file at startup, so it "
"will not fire until you log out and back in. To use it right away, turn "
"on the built-in listener.",
shortcut=shortcut,
)
def remove_kde_shortcut(desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
try:
(APPLICATIONS_DIR / desktop_id).unlink(missing_ok=True)
except OSError:
pass
# kwriteconfig6 deletes keys rather than groups, so both of the ones KDE
# keeps in there go and the empty group is left behind harmlessly.
for key in ("_launch", "_k_friendly_name"):
try:
subprocess.run(
["kwriteconfig6", "--notify", "--file", "kglobalshortcutsrc",
"--group", "services", "--group", desktop_id,
"--key", key, "--delete"],
capture_output=True, timeout=10,
)
except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError):
pass
def kde_shortcut_status(desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
"""The registered shortcut, or None."""
if not (APPLICATIONS_DIR / desktop_id).exists():
return None
try:
text = SHORTCUTS_FILE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
except OSError:
return None
match = re.search(
r"\[services\]\[" + re.escape(desktop_id) + r"\]\n_launch=([^\n]*)", text
)
if not match:
return None
value = match.group(1).split("\t")[0].strip()
return value or None
def conflicting_shortcuts(shortcut, desktop_id=DESKTOP_ID):
"""Names of other KDE entries bound to the same combination."""
if _macos():
# There is no list to read: macOS answers the question by refusing the
# registration, which CarbonHotkey reports when it asks for the key.
return []
try:
text = SHORTCUTS_FILE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
except OSError:
return []
hits, section = [], ""
for line in text.splitlines():
if line.startswith("["):
section = line.strip("[]").replace("][", " / ")
continue
if "=" not in line or desktop_id in section:
continue
key, _, value = line.partition("=")
if shortcut.lower() in value.lower().split(","):
hits.append(f"{section}{key}")
elif any(shortcut.lower() == part.strip().lower()
for part in re.split(r"[,\t]", value)):
hits.append(f"{section}{key}")
return hits