Merge pull request #21 from theupriser/feat/app-shortcut

feat: The Steamify shortcut opens the app

AGENTS.md

@@ -161,9 +161,14 @@ gamescope and the Plasma desktop. Primary target: the Valve Steam Machine
   now? [Y/n]" (`quit_prompt`): `n` goes back to the menu, the next `q` asks
   again. Scripted input that runs out quits without restarting (never
   restart on EOF: `ask_yn` would take its default).
-- Steamify shortcut (`launcher`): the icon runs `curl | bash` of
+- Steamify shortcut (`launcher`): "Steamify CachyOS" (desktop and launcher,
-  `releases/latest/download/steamify.sh` in Konsole, so it's
+  id `steamify-ui.desktop`, the app's own id) runs `curl | bash` of
-  always the newest release. Its icon, `assets/steam-gaming-settings.svg`
+  `releases/latest/download/steamify-app.sh` without a terminal (in Konsole
+  only while PySide6 is missing, for sudo); "Steamify Terminal" (launcher)
+  runs `steamify.sh` in Konsole. Both always the newest release. The entry
+  has `X-Steamify-Shortcut=true`: steamify-app.sh doesn't overwrite it, and
+  disable only removes it then. A pre-2.0.1 shortcut (terminal only) is
+  ticked by `launcher_repair`. Its icon, `assets/steam-gaming-settings.svg`
   (Valve's GPL-2.0 return icon with a gear), is a release asset too, and is
   downloaded from there (Steam's icon if that fails). Desktop files are
   written with their mode already set (`install_executable`): Plasma opens a

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ All notable changes, per version and per commit. Versions follow
 `steamify.sh`. Versions before 0.7.0 were numbered afterwards,
 one per merged pull request.
 
+## 2.0.1 - 2026-09-25
+
+- **feat: The Steamify shortcut opens the app**
+  - "Steamify CachyOS" on the desktop and in the launcher starts the newest
+    app (in Konsole the first time, if PySide6 still has to be installed).
+    The terminal menu is "Steamify Terminal" in the launcher. A shortcut from
+    before 2.0.1 is ticked in the menu, so a normal run replaces it.
+  - steamify-app.sh leaves the shortcut's launcher entry alone (it has the
+    same id, `steamify-ui.desktop`, and always starts the newest release).
+
 ## 2.0.0 - 2026-09-25
 
 - **feat: Steamify app (v2 UI)**

README.md

@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ Steam Machine.
    KDE wallet password prompts (e.g. from Brave). Typing a password with a
    controller is no fun
    ([details](TECHNICAL.md#single-user-mode-sddm-no-locking)).
-5. **Steamify shortcut** - an icon on the desktop and in the launcher that
+5. **Steamify shortcut** - "Steamify CachyOS" on the desktop and in the
-   opens the newest Steamify, so you don't need the install command again.
+   launcher opens the newest Steamify app, so you don't need the install
+   command again. "Steamify Terminal" in the launcher opens the terminal menu.
 6. **HDMI-CEC** (experimental; off by default, on by default on a Steam
    Machine) - use Steam with your TV's
    remote, and the TV turns on and off with the PC. Needs a PC with CEC (like

lib/menu.sh

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ declare -A LABEL=(
     [theme]="Install SteamOS theme: Vapor look (cachyos-vapor)"
     [glyphs]="Install Steam Deck/Machine icons: Deck button icons in gaming mode"
     [single]="Single user mode: no password, lock screen or log out (SDDM)"
-    [launcher]="Steamify shortcut: desktop icon to run this again"
+    [launcher]="Steamify shortcut: the app on the desktop, Steamify Terminal in the launcher"
     [cec]="HDMI-CEC: use Steam with the TV remote, TV on/off with the PC (experimental)"
     [machine]="Steam Machine support: LED bar driver, hardware settings in Steam"
     [kpin]="Pin the kernel to $PINNED_KERNEL_VER (fixes rebooting after shutdown)"
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ detect_components() {
     done
     # HDMI-CEC set up by an older version: tick it, so a normal run fixes it.
     component_available cec && cec_repair && WANTED[cec]=1
+    # The terminal-only Steamify shortcut from before 2.0.1: tick it, so a
+    # normal run replaces it with the app.
+    launcher_repair && WANTED[launcher]=1
     # Shows the current and newest BIOS version.
     bios_available && { bios_lookup_newest; LABEL[bios]="$(bios_label)"; }
     # First run: preselect the full SteamOS experience (never an action).

lib/wizard-shortcut.sh

@@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# "Steamify shortcut" menu item: a desktop icon and an app launcher entry that
+# "Steamify shortcut" menu item: "Steamify CachyOS" on the desktop and in the
-# open the newest release of Steamify CachyOS in Konsole (curl | bash, like the
+# app launcher opens the newest release of the app (curl | bash of
-# install command in the README), so it's never out of date.
+# steamify-app.sh, like the install command in the README), so it's never out
+# of date; "Steamify Terminal" in the launcher opens the terminal menu in
+# Konsole the same way.
 # Sourced by steamify.sh; not meant to be run on its own.
 
 WIZARD_RELEASE="https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-cachyos/releases/latest/download"
 WIZARD_URL="$WIZARD_RELEASE/steamify.sh"
+WIZARD_APP_URL="$WIZARD_RELEASE/steamify-app.sh"
 # Steam logo with a gear (assets/ in the repo, published with every release).
 WIZARD_ICON="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/cachyos-gamescope-boot-wizard.svg"
 WIZARD_LAUNCHER="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/cachyos-gamescope-boot/run-wizard"
-WIZARD_DESKTOP_NAME="cachyos-gamescope-boot-wizard.desktop"
+WIZARD_APP_LAUNCHER="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/cachyos-gamescope-boot/run-app"
-WIZARD_APP_ENTRY="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/applications/$WIZARD_DESKTOP_NAME"
+WIZARD_APPS="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/applications"
+# steamify-ui: the id the app gives itself, so its window belongs to this
+# entry. steamify-app.sh leaves an entry with X-Steamify-Shortcut alone.
+WIZARD_DESKTOP_NAME="steamify-ui.desktop"
+WIZARD_APP_ENTRY="$WIZARD_APPS/$WIZARD_DESKTOP_NAME"
+WIZARD_TERMINAL_ENTRY="$WIZARD_APPS/steamify-terminal.desktop"
+# Before 2.0.1 the shortcut opened the terminal menu under this name.
+WIZARD_OLD_NAME="cachyos-gamescope-boot-wizard.desktop"
 
-wizard_desktop_file() {
+wizard_desktop_dir() {
-    echo "$(xdg-user-dir DESKTOP 2>/dev/null || echo "$HOME/Desktop")/$WIZARD_DESKTOP_NAME"
+    xdg-user-dir DESKTOP 2>/dev/null || echo "$HOME/Desktop"
 }
 
 install_executable() {
@@ -29,11 +39,15 @@ install_executable() {
 }
 
 launcher_status() {
-    [[ -x "$WIZARD_LAUNCHER" && -f "$WIZARD_APP_ENTRY" ]]
+    [[ -x "$WIZARD_APP_LAUNCHER" && -x "$WIZARD_LAUNCHER" && -f "$WIZARD_APP_ENTRY" && -f "$WIZARD_TERMINAL_ENTRY" ]]
 }
 
+# A shortcut from before 2.0.1 (terminal only): the menu ticks the item, so a
+# normal run replaces it.
+launcher_repair() { [[ -f "$WIZARD_APPS/$WIZARD_OLD_NAME" ]] && ! launcher_status; }
+
 launcher_enable() {
-    info "Adding the Steamify shortcut (desktop icon and app launcher entry)..."
+    info "Adding the Steamify shortcut (the app on the desktop and in the launcher, Steamify Terminal in the launcher)..."
     install_executable "$WIZARD_LAUNCHER" 755 << EOF
 #!/bin/bash
 # Installed by Steamify CachyOS: run its newest release.
@@ -53,6 +67,23 @@ for (( i = 10; i > 0; i-- )); do
     read -rs -t 1 _ && break
 done
 echo
+EOF
+
+    # The app, without a terminal. Only the first time, when PySide6 still
+    # has to be installed, it runs in Konsole: sudo asks for the password there.
+    install_executable "$WIZARD_APP_LAUNCHER" 755 << EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+# Installed by Steamify CachyOS: start the newest release of its app.
+set -o pipefail
+if [[ "\${1:-}" != --in-terminal ]] && ! python3 -c 'import PySide6.QtQml' 2>/dev/null; then
+    exec konsole -e "\$0" --in-terminal
+fi
+if ! curl -fsSL --max-time 30 "$WIZARD_APP_URL" | bash; then
+    msg="Couldn't download or start Steamify. Are you connected to the internet?"
+    if [[ "\${1:-}" == --in-terminal ]]; then echo; echo "\$msg"; read -rp "Press Enter to close this window... " _
+    else kdialog --title Steamify --sorry "\$msg" 2>/dev/null; fi
+    exit 1
+fi
 EOF
 
     # The icon comes with the release; without it, Steam's own icon.
@@ -72,18 +103,34 @@ EOF
 Type=Application
 Name=Steamify CachyOS
 Comment=Turn the SteamOS-style parts of this PC on or off
+Exec=$WIZARD_APP_LAUNCHER
+Icon=$icon
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Game;System;Settings;
+X-Steamify-Shortcut=true"
+    printf '%s\n' "$entry" | install_executable "$WIZARD_APP_ENTRY" 644
+    printf '%s\n' "$entry" | install_executable "$(wizard_desktop_dir)/$WIZARD_DESKTOP_NAME" 755
+    printf '%s\n' "[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=Steamify Terminal
+Comment=Steamify CachyOS's menu in a terminal
 Exec=konsole -e $WIZARD_LAUNCHER
 Icon=$icon
 Terminal=false
-Categories=Game;System;Settings;"
+Categories=Game;System;Settings;" | install_executable "$WIZARD_TERMINAL_ENTRY" 644
-    printf '%s\n' "$entry" | install_executable "$WIZARD_APP_ENTRY" 644
+    # The terminal-only shortcut from before 2.0.1.
-    printf '%s\n' "$entry" | install_executable "$(wizard_desktop_file)" 755
+    rm -f "$(wizard_desktop_dir)/$WIZARD_OLD_NAME" "$WIZARD_APPS/$WIZARD_OLD_NAME"
     kbuildsycoca6 >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-    ok "Steamify shortcut added: \"Steamify CachyOS\" on the desktop and in the launcher."
+    ok "Steamify shortcut added: \"Steamify CachyOS\" (the app) on the desktop and in the launcher, \"Steamify Terminal\" in the launcher."
 }
 
 launcher_disable() {
-    rm -f "$(wizard_desktop_file)" "$WIZARD_APP_ENTRY" "$WIZARD_LAUNCHER" "$WIZARD_ICON"
+    # The launcher entry only if it's ours: steamify-app.sh writes its own
+    # under the same name when there's no shortcut.
+    grep -q '^X-Steamify-Shortcut=true' "$WIZARD_APP_ENTRY" 2>/dev/null && rm -f "$WIZARD_APP_ENTRY"
+    rm -f "$(wizard_desktop_dir)/$WIZARD_DESKTOP_NAME" "$WIZARD_TERMINAL_ENTRY" \
+        "$(wizard_desktop_dir)/$WIZARD_OLD_NAME" "$WIZARD_APPS/$WIZARD_OLD_NAME" \
+        "$WIZARD_LAUNCHER" "$WIZARD_APP_LAUNCHER" "$WIZARD_ICON"
     rmdir "$(dirname "$WIZARD_LAUNCHER")" 2>/dev/null || true
     kbuildsycoca6 >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
     ok "Steamify shortcut removed."

steamify.sh

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 set -uo pipefail
 
 # Release version, see CHANGELOG.md.
-VERSION=2.0.0
+VERSION=2.0.1
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 

ui/qml/Main.qml

@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         single: { label: "Single user mode", hint: "No password, lock screen or wallet prompts",
                   body: "Like SteamOS: never a login or lock screen, and no KDE wallet password prompts. Typing a password with a controller is no fun.",
                   changes: ["SDDM autologin, no lock screen or user switching", "Valve's empty wallet; your own is kept aside", "Launcher shows Sleep, Restart, Shut Down only"] },
-        launcher: { label: "Steamify shortcut", hint: "Icon on the desktop and in the launcher",
+        launcher: { label: "Steamify shortcut", hint: "The app on the desktop and in the launcher",
-                    body: "Opens the newest Steamify, so you never need the install command again.", changes: ["Desktop icon and launcher entry"] },
+                    body: "Opens the newest Steamify app, so you never need the install command again. Steamify Terminal in the launcher opens the terminal menu.",
+                    changes: ["Steamify CachyOS on the desktop and in the launcher (the app)", "Steamify Terminal in the launcher"] },
         cec: { label: "HDMI-CEC", hint: "Use Steam with the TV remote, TV on/off with the PC", experimental: true,
                body: "Use Steam with your TV remote, and the TV turns on and off with the PC. Turn on CEC on the TV too (Sony: BRAVIA Sync, Samsung: Anynet+, LG: SimpLink).",
                changes: ["Valve's cecd and cec-audio-control", "HDMI CEC section in Steam's Display settings", "Volume buttons for the TV in the Quick Access menu"] },

ui/steamify-app.sh

@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ if ! python3 -c 'import PySide6.QtQml' 2>/dev/null; then
     sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm pyside6 </dev/tty || die "Installing pyside6 failed."
 fi
 
-# Launcher entry (its id also names the app to the desktop portal).
+# Launcher entry (its id also names the app to the desktop portal). The
+# Steamify shortcut's entry has the same id and always starts the newest
+# release: left alone.
 mkdir -p "$APPS"
+grep -q '^X-Steamify-Shortcut=true' "$APPS/steamify-ui.desktop" 2>/dev/null ||
 cat > "$APPS/steamify-ui.desktop" << EOF
 [Desktop Entry]
 Type=Application