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feat(darwin): start MechvibesDX at login via a LaunchAgent #185

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34 changes: 33 additions & 1 deletion nix/home/darwin.nix
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ let
inherit (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
config.allowUnfree = true;
};

# Bound here rather than inline in home.packages because the LaunchAgent below
# needs the path too, and both must point at the same store path.
mechvibes-dx = pkgs.callPackage ../pkgs/mechvibes-dx.nix { };
in
{
imports = [
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ in
# keypress, so it is built here with the rdev fix. See pkgs/mechvibes-dx.nix.
# Needs Accessibility permission, and because TCC keys on the executable's
# path, that has to be re-granted whenever the store path changes.
(callPackage ../pkgs/mechvibes-dx.nix { })
mechvibes-dx
# zrythm (DAW): broken=isDarwin in nixpkgs. Self-built for darwin with carla included.
# See pkgs/zrythm-darwin/ for details. GUI must be launched in a foreground GUI session.
# On 26.05-darwin appstream/libadwaita can't build on darwin, so this one package alone
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -206,4 +210,32 @@ in
xdg.configFile."lazygit/config.yml".source =
(pkgs.formats.yaml { }).generate "lazygit-config.yml"
config.programs.lazygit.settings;

# MechvibesDX at login, in place of a System Settings login item. Lives here
# rather than in darwin-services.nix because it needs the package path from
# the let block above.
#
# Started through the bundle's executable, not $out/bin, so macOS still sees a
# real .app - the tray icon and the Accessibility entry both depend on that.
# --minimized keeps it in the tray at login: the config-driven start_minimized
# only applies when auto_start is set, which is the Windows registry path.
launchd.agents.mechvibes-dx = {
enable = true;
config = {
ProgramArguments = [
"${mechvibes-dx}/Applications/MechvibesDX.app/Contents/MacOS/mechvibes-dx"
"--minimized"
];
RunAtLoad = true;
# No KeepAlive on purpose: quitting from the tray should stay quit, and a
# crash loop on an app this experimental would be worse than silence.
ProcessType = "Interactive"; # keystroke->sound latency, same as mopidy's agent
StandardOutPath = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Library/Logs/MechvibesDX/mechvibes-dx.log";
StandardErrorPath = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Library/Logs/MechvibesDX/mechvibes-dx.log";
};
};

home.activation.mechvibesLogDir = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "writeBoundary" ] ''
/bin/mkdir -p "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Library/Logs/MechvibesDX"
'';
}
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