Version 1.2.5

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

Core.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ picked for one Sara program looks the same in all of them.
 """
 
 import os
+import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import tomlkit
 AppName = "SaraSuite"
 # Compared with the latest Gitea release to offer self-updates (SelfUpdate.py).
 # Bump it, then run Packaging/Release.py, to publish a new SaraSuite.
-AppVersion = "1.2.2"
+AppVersion = "1.2.5"
 IsFrozen = bool(getattr(sys, "frozen", False))  # running from the AppImage / .exe
 IsWindows = sys.platform == "win32"
 Platform = "Windows" if IsWindows else "Linux"  # matches manifests' Platforms / Platform
@@ -109,11 +110,50 @@ _ThemeRoleMap = {
 }
 
 
+# The themes every SaraSuite program seeds into ThemesDir if they're missing
+# (same values as SaraFem's and SaraView's), so whichever program is installed
+# first, the folder and these three are there to choose from.
+BuiltinThemes: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
+    "CatppuccinMocha": {
+        "Background": "#1e1e2e", "Surface": "#181825", "SurfaceAlt": "#313244", "Border": "#45475a",
+        "Text": "#cdd6f4", "TextMuted": "#6c7086", "Black": "#11111b", "White": "#cdd6f4",
+        "Red": "#f38ba8", "Orange": "#fab387", "Yellow": "#f9e2af", "Green": "#a6e3a1",
+        "Blue": "#89b4fa", "Purple": "#cba6f7",
+    },
+    "Forest": {
+        "Background": "#1b2420", "Surface": "#141b17", "SurfaceAlt": "#243029", "Border": "#334539",
+        "Text": "#d6e5d0", "TextMuted": "#7c9184", "Black": "#0d120f", "White": "#eef5ea",
+        "Red": "#e0685a", "Orange": "#e0a458", "Yellow": "#e0c458", "Green": "#7fb069",
+        "Blue": "#5c9e8f", "Purple": "#9b7fb0",
+    },
+    "Gruvbox": {
+        "Background": "#282828", "Surface": "#1d2021", "SurfaceAlt": "#3c3836", "Border": "#504945",
+        "Text": "#ebdbb2", "TextMuted": "#a89984", "Black": "#1d2021", "White": "#fbf1c7",
+        "Red": "#fb4934", "Orange": "#fe8019", "Yellow": "#fabd2f", "Green": "#b8bb26",
+        "Blue": "#83a598", "Purple": "#d3869b",
+    },
+}
+
+
+def EnsureSharedThemes() -> None:
+    """Create ThemesDir with the built-in themes that aren't there yet
+    (never overwriting one: it may have been edited)."""
+    try:
+        ThemesDir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        for Name, RoleValues in BuiltinThemes.items():
+            ThemeFile = ThemesDir / f"{Name}.toml"
+            if not ThemeFile.exists():
+                ThemeFile.write_text(tomlkit.dumps({"Palette": RoleValues}))
+    except OSError:
+        pass  # read-only or full: the built-in Catppuccin Mocha values still apply
+
+
 def ApplyTheme(ThemeName: str) -> None:
     """Mutate Palette in place from ~/.config/SaraSuite/Themes/<ThemeName>.toml.
-    Falls back to the built-in Catppuccin Mocha values if the file is missing
+    Seeds the built-in themes first (EnsureSharedThemes); a missing file keeps
-    (SaraFem seeds that directory; SaraSuite only reads it). Must run before
+    the built-in Catppuccin Mocha values. Must run before any control reads
-    any control reads Palette.X."""
+    Palette.X."""
+    EnsureSharedThemes()
     ThemeFile = ThemesDir / f"{ThemeName}.toml"
     if not ThemeFile.exists():
         return
@@ -229,6 +269,26 @@ def ChildEnvironment() -> dict[str, str]:
     return Environment
 
 
+def UserPortalsSupported() -> bool:
+    """Whether xdg-desktop-portal reads portal files from
+    ~/.local/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals (1.17 and newer), so installing
+    one needs no password. True when it isn't installed either: then a
+    portal file can't be used anywhere, so it might as well not need root."""
+    import subprocess
+
+    for Candidate in ("/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal", "/usr/lib/xdg-desktop-portal",
+                      "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xdg-desktop-portal", "/usr/local/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal"):
+        if not Path(Candidate).is_file():
+            continue
+        try:
+            Output = subprocess.run([Candidate, "--version"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10).stdout
+        except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+            return False
+        Found = re.search(r"(\d+)\.(\d+)", Output)
+        return bool(Found) and (int(Found[1]), int(Found[2])) >= (1, 17)
+    return True
+
+
 def CurrentDesktop() -> str:
     """First entry of $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP as-is (e.g. "COSMIC"), used for
     portal descriptors' UseIn= and the <desktop>-portals.conf file name.

Installer.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import hashlib
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
+import signal
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ from typing import Callable, Optional
 from ConfigMerge import ApplySet, MergeConfig, MergeResult
 import Services
 from Core import (
-    AutostartDir, BackupsDir, ChildEnvironment, DownloadsDir, HasSystemd, IsWindows, LoadConfig, PristineDir,
+    AutostartDir, BackupsDir, ChildEnvironment, DownloadsDir, HasSystemd, Home, IsWindows, LoadConfig,
-    StartMenuDir, StartupDir,
+    PristineDir, StartMenuDir, StartupDir,
 )
 from Manifests import Leftover, Program, Render
 from Receipts import IniRecord, LoadReceipt, PlacedFile, Receipt
@@ -45,11 +46,18 @@ def _Now() -> str:
 def _Run(Command: list[str], Log: LogFn, Check: bool = True, Cwd: Optional[Path] = None) -> int:
     """Run a command, streaming its output into the log."""
     Log(f"$ {' '.join(Command)}")
+    try:
         Process = subprocess.Popen(
             Command, cwd=Cwd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True, env=ChildEnvironment(),
             encoding="utf-8", errors="replace",
             creationflags=getattr(subprocess, "CREATE_NO_WINDOW", 0),  # no console flashes on Windows
         )
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        # Not installed here (e.g. update-desktop-database without desktop-file-utils).
+        if Check:
+            raise InstallError(f"{Command[0]} isn't installed")
+        Log(f"  (skipped: {Command[0]} isn't installed)")
+        return 127
     for Line in Process.stdout:
         Log(f"  {Line.rstrip()}")
     Code = Process.wait()
@@ -81,18 +89,47 @@ def _BackupName(Target: str) -> str:
     return Target.strip("/").replace("/", "__")
 
 
+def _Pkexec(Command: list[str], Log: LogFn, Check: bool = True) -> int:
+    """Run Command as root through pkexec, saying what went wrong in words."""
+    if shutil.which("pkexec") is None:
+        Code = 127
+    else:
+        Code = _Run(["pkexec", *Command], Log, Check=False)
+    if Code == 0:
+        return 0
+    if Code == 126:
+        Problem = "the password prompt was cancelled"
+    elif shutil.which("pkexec") is None:
+        Problem = "pkexec (polkit) isn't installed"
+    else:
+        Problem = ("no password prompt could be shown: polkit needs an authentication agent running "
+                   "in your session (e.g. polkit-gnome or lxqt-policykit), which window managers don't start themselves")
+    Message = f"Couldn't do this as root ({Problem}). The command was: sudo {' '.join(Command)}"
+    if Check:
+        raise InstallError(Message)
+    Log(f"Warning: {Message}")
+    return Code
+
+
+def _NeedsRoot(Template, Target: str) -> bool:
+    if Template.Root == "Auto":
+        return not (Target == str(Home) or Target.startswith(f"{Home}{os.sep}"))
+    return bool(Template.Root)
+
+
 def _WriteRoot(Target: str, Text: str, Log: LogFn) -> None:
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", delete=False, suffix=".sarasuite") as Temporary:
         Temporary.write(Text)
     os.chmod(Temporary.name, 0o644)
     try:
-        _Run(["pkexec", "install", "-D", "-m", "644", Temporary.name, Target], Log)
+        _Pkexec(["install", "-D", "-m", "644", Temporary.name, Target], Log)
     finally:
         os.unlink(Temporary.name)
 
 
 def _RemoveRoot(Target: str, Log: LogFn) -> None:
-    _Run(["pkexec", "rm", "-f", Target], Log)
+    # A leftover outside $HOME isn't worth failing an install or removal over.
+    _Pkexec(["rm", "-f", Target], Log, Check=False)
 
 
 def _ReadIni(FilePath: Path) -> configparser.ConfigParser:
@@ -381,7 +418,8 @@ def _ApplyTemplates(Program: Program, Context: dict, OldReceipt: Optional[Receip
         Target = Render(Template.Target, Context)
         Text = Render((Program.Folder / "Templates" / Template.Source).read_text(), Context)
         Previous = OldReceipt.FindFile(Target) if OldReceipt is not None else None
-        Placed = PlacedFile(Target, "Template", Root=Template.Root, Displaced=Previous.Displaced if Previous else "")
+        Root = _NeedsRoot(Template, Target)
+        Placed = PlacedFile(Target, "Template", Root=Root, Displaced=Previous.Displaced if Previous else "")
 
         # A file that's already there but wasn't placed by SaraSuite (e.g. a
         # hand-made desktop entry from development) is moved aside, not lost.
@@ -393,7 +431,7 @@ def _ApplyTemplates(Program: Program, Context: dict, OldReceipt: Optional[Receip
             Log(f"Moved your existing {Target} aside (it comes back if {Program.Name} is removed)")
 
         NewReceipt.Files.append(Placed)
-        if Template.Root:
+        if Root:
             if Path(Target).exists() and Path(Target).read_text() == Text:
                 continue
             _WriteRoot(Target, Text, Log)
@@ -579,6 +617,20 @@ def _ApplyServices(Program: Program, OldReceipt: Optional[Receipt], NewReceipt:
             _Systemctl(Log, "disable", "--now", Service.Unit)
 
 
+def _StopProcesses(Name: str, Log: LogFn) -> None:
+    """Linux: stop your own processes called Name (like pkill -x -u $USER,
+    which not every system has)."""
+    Stopped = 0
+    for Entry in Path("/proc").iterdir():
+        try:
+            if Entry.name.isdigit() and Entry.stat().st_uid == os.getuid() and (Entry / "comm").read_text().strip() == Name[:15]:
+                os.kill(int(Entry.name), signal.SIGTERM)
+                Stopped += 1
+        except (OSError, ValueError):
+            continue
+    Log(f"Stopped {Name} ({Stopped} running) so it starts again with the change" if Stopped else f"{Name} wasn't running")
+
+
 def _AfterIntegrationChanges(Program: Program, Log: LogFn) -> None:
     if IsWindows:
         return  # Start Menu shortcuts need no refresh
@@ -591,7 +643,7 @@ def _AfterIntegrationChanges(Program: Program, Log: LogFn) -> None:
         else:
             # No systemd to restart it: stop it, and D-Bus starts it again
             # when it's next needed (xdg-desktop-portal is D-Bus activated).
-            _Run(["pkill", "-x", "-u", str(os.getuid()), Unit.removesuffix(".service")], Log, Check=False)
+            _StopProcesses(Unit.removesuffix(".service"), Log)
 
 
 def Apply(

Main.py

@@ -38,6 +38,23 @@ else:
 _MenuLabel = "Start menu" if IsWindows else "app menu"
 
 
+def _KeepFallbackLibraries() -> None:
+    """Linux AppImage: copy the bundled libsecret (and what it needs) to
+    ~/.local/share/SaraSuite/Libraries, for FletIdentity.py to give the Flet
+    client of every installed program on systems without it."""
+    Bundled = Path(getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", "")) / "FallbackLibs"
+    if IsWindows or not Bundled.is_dir():
+        return
+    Kept = DataDir / "Libraries"
+    try:
+        Kept.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        for Library in Bundled.iterdir():
+            if not (Kept / Library.name).exists() or (Kept / Library.name).stat().st_size != Library.stat().st_size:
+                shutil.copy2(Library, Kept / Library.name)
+    except OSError:
+        pass  # only a fallback
+
+
 def _LoadFletIdentity():
     # Lives in Programs/ (bundled as data) because installed programs get a
     # copy of the same file next to them.
@@ -324,6 +341,7 @@ def Main(Page: ft.Page) -> None:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    _KeepFallbackLibraries()  # also before a command (an install from the command line)
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         if IsWindows and getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
             # The .exe is built windowed (no console of its own); write the

Manifests.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import tomlkit
 
 from Core import (
     AutostartDir, CacheHome, ConfigHome, CurrentDesktop, DataHome, HasSystemd, Home, IsWindows, LoadConfig,
-    Platform, ProgramsDir, SharedConfigDir, StartMenuDir, StartupDir,
+    Platform, ProgramsDir, SharedConfigDir, StartMenuDir, StartupDir, UserPortalsSupported,
 )
 
 # Never worth copying out of a source checkout, whatever Include says.
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ class TemplateFile:
     Source: str  # relative to the program's Templates/ folder
     Target: str
     Option: str = ""
-    Root: bool = False  # lives outside $HOME, written through pkexec
+    # True: lives outside $HOME, written through pkexec. "Auto": only when its
+    # Target turns out to be outside $HOME (e.g. {PortalsDir} on an old system).
+    Root: bool | str = False
     Executable: bool = False
 
 
@@ -239,6 +241,14 @@ class Program:
                 AutostartDir=str(AutostartDir),
                 ApplicationsDir=str(DataHome / "applications"),
                 DBusServicesDir=str(DataHome / "dbus-1" / "services"),
+                # xdg-desktop-portal: where a portal file goes (your own folder
+                # where it's new enough, no password), the preferences file
+                # (portals.conf without a desktop name, e.g. a window manager),
+                # and the desktop's own entry in its list ("cosmic;" or "").
+                PortalsDir=str(DataHome / "xdg-desktop-portal" / "portals") if UserPortalsSupported()
+                else "/usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals",
+                PortalsConf=f"{Desktop.lower()}-portals.conf" if Desktop else "portals.conf",
+                DesktopPortal=f"{Desktop.lower()};" if Desktop else "",
             )
         Context.update(Answers or {})
         return Context

Packaging/BuildAppImage.sh

@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@ podman run --rm --security-opt label=disable -v "$PWD:/src" -w /src \
     quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64 bash -euo pipefail -c '
     uv venv --quiet --allow-existing --managed-python --python 3.14 build/Container/venv
     uv pip install --quiet --python build/Container/venv -r requirements.txt flet-desktop pyinstaller
+    # The Flet window needs libsecret, which some systems lack: bundled as a
+    # fallback (RestoreLibraryPath.py uses only what the system lacks).
+    dnf -y -q install libsecret >/dev/null
+    mkdir -p build/FallbackLibs
+    for Library in libsecret-1.so.0 libgcrypt.so.20 libgpg-error.so.0; do cp -L /usr/lib64/$Library build/FallbackLibs/; done
+    # Each finds the others beside it, wherever they are put (a client lib folder).
+    patchelf --set-rpath "\$ORIGIN" build/FallbackLibs/libsecret-1.so.0 build/FallbackLibs/libgcrypt.so.20
     build/Container/venv/bin/pyinstaller --noconfirm --clean --log-level WARN \
         --onefile --windowed --name SaraSuite --collect-data flet \
+        --runtime-hook "$PWD/Packaging/RestoreLibraryPath.py" \
+        --add-data "$PWD/build/FallbackLibs:FallbackLibs" \
         --add-data "$PWD/assets:assets" --add-data "$PWD/Programs:Programs" \
         --distpath build/PyInstaller/dist --workpath build/PyInstaller/work --specpath build/PyInstaller \
         "$PWD/Main.py"'

Packaging/RestoreLibraryPath.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# PyInstaller runtime hook. The frozen app runs with LD_LIBRARY_PATH pointing
+# at its bundled libraries, and programs it starts inherit that: Flet's
+# desktop client then loads the bundled (older) libstdc++ instead of the
+# system's and won't start ("GLIBCXX_3.4.29 not found"). Give them the
+# original value back; the app itself has already loaded what it needs.
+#
+# Flet's window also needs libsecret, which isn't part of GTK and some
+# systems don't install ("libsecret-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file").
+# The build bundles it in FallbackLibs, with libgcrypt and libgpg-error, which
+# it needs; the ones this system lacks (only those) are offered to what the
+# app starts, after the original path.
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+def SystemHas(Name):
+    """Whether the system itself has a library: asked of its linker cache
+    and standard folders, not dlopen, which would also find this bundle's
+    own copies (PyInstaller adds what bundled libraries need)."""
+    for Folder in ("/usr/lib64", "/usr/lib", "/lib64", "/lib", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu", "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"):
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(Folder, Name)):
+            return True
+    try:
+        Cache = subprocess.run(["ldconfig", "-p"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10,
+                               env={"PATH": "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"}).stdout
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+        return False
+    return any(Line.strip().startswith(Name + " ") for Line in Cache.splitlines())
+
+Paths = [os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH_ORIG"]] if os.environ.get("LD_LIBRARY_PATH_ORIG") else []
+
+Bundle = getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", "")
+Fallback = os.path.join(Bundle, "FallbackLibs")
+if sys.platform.startswith("linux") and os.path.isdir(Fallback):
+    InUse = os.path.join(Bundle, "FallbackLibsInUse")
+    os.makedirs(InUse, exist_ok=True)
+    for Name in ("libgpg-error.so.0", "libgcrypt.so.20", "libsecret-1.so.0"):
+        if not SystemHas(Name) and not os.path.lexists(os.path.join(InUse, Name)):
+            os.symlink(os.path.join(Fallback, Name), os.path.join(InUse, Name))
+    if os.listdir(InUse):
+        Paths.append(InUse)
+
+if Paths:
+    os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = os.pathsep.join(Paths)
+else:
+    os.environ.pop("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", None)

Programs/FletIdentity.py

@@ -18,13 +18,51 @@ Used two ways:
   case Flet just uses its normal client.
 """
 
+import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 OriginalId = b"com.appveyor.flet"
+# Flet's window needs libsecret, which isn't part of GTK and some systems don't
+# install. SaraSuite keeps copies of it and what it needs (from its AppImage)
+# here; AddMissingLibraries puts the ones this system lacks in a fallback-libs
+# folder beside the client copy, which the program's Launch.sh adds to
+# LD_LIBRARY_PATH (a plugin loads libsecret, so the client's own lib folder,
+# its RUNPATH, wouldn't be searched for it).
+LibrariesDir = Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or Path.home() / ".local" / "share") / "SaraSuite" / "Libraries"
+FallbackLibraries = ("libgpg-error.so.0", "libgcrypt.so.20", "libsecret-1.so.0")
 CopiesDir = Path.home() / ".cache" / "SaraSuite" / "FletClient"
 
 
+def _SystemHas(Name: str) -> bool:
+    """Whether the system has a library (its standard folders and linker
+    cache; the same check as the AppImages' RestoreLibraryPath.py)."""
+    import subprocess
+
+    for Folder in ("/usr/lib64", "/usr/lib", "/lib64", "/lib", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu", "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"):
+        if (Path(Folder) / Name).exists():
+            return True
+    try:
+        Cache = subprocess.run(["ldconfig", "-p"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10,
+                               env={"PATH": "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"}).stdout
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+        return False
+    return any(Line.strip().startswith(Name + " ") for Line in Cache.splitlines())
+
+
+def AddMissingLibraries(Folder: Path) -> None:
+    """Copies SaraSuite's fallback libraries the system doesn't have into
+    Folder (created only if one is needed)."""
+    if not sys.platform.startswith("linux") or not LibrariesDir.is_dir():
+        return
+    for Name in FallbackLibraries:
+        Source = LibrariesDir / Name
+        if Source.is_file() and not (Folder / Name).exists() and not _SystemHas(Name):
+            Folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            shutil.copy2(Source, Folder / Name)
+
+
 def ClientFor(AppId: str) -> str:
     """Folder of a client copy whose app ID is AppId ("" if not possible).
     AppId needs a dot (a GTK rule) and at most 17 characters, the length of
@@ -45,6 +83,7 @@ def ClientFor(AppId: str) -> str:
         if Binary.count(b"\x00" + OriginalId + b"\x00") != 1:
             return ""  # not the client layout this was written for
 
+        AddMissingLibraries(Copy.parent / "fallback-libs")
         Target = Copy / "flet"
         if not (Target.exists() and Target.read_bytes() == Patched):
             Copy.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -64,4 +103,16 @@ def ClientFor(AppId: str) -> str:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    print(ClientFor(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "")
+    # Only the folder goes to stdout, which the launcher reads: Flet's own
+    # messages ("Preparing Flet ... for the first use", written straight to
+    # the file descriptor) go to stderr.
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+    Stdout = os.dup(1)
+    os.dup2(2, 1)
+    try:
+        Folder = ClientFor(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else ""
+    finally:
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        os.dup2(Stdout, 1)
+        os.close(Stdout)
+    print(Folder)

Programs/SaraFem/Manifest.toml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RequirementsFile = "requirements.txt"
 [[Options]]
 Platform = "Linux"
 Id = "FilePicker"
-Label = "Use SaraFem as the system file picker (asks for your password: the portal file lives in /usr/share)"
+Label = "Use SaraFem as the system file picker"
 Default = true
 
 [[Options]]
@@ -48,16 +48,18 @@ Option = "FilePicker"
 [[Templates]]
 Platform = "Linux"
 Source = "SaraFem.portal"
-Target = "/usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals/SaraFem.portal"
+# In your own folder where xdg-desktop-portal is new enough (1.17+); in
+# /usr/share, through pkexec, on older systems.
+Target = "{PortalsDir}/SaraFem.portal"
 Option = "FilePicker"
-Root = true
+Root = "Auto"
 
 [[IniEdits]]
 Platform = "Linux"
-File = "{ConfigHome}/xdg-desktop-portal/{Desktop}-portals.conf"
+File = "{ConfigHome}/xdg-desktop-portal/{PortalsConf}"
 Section = "preferred"
 Key = "org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser"
-Value = "SaraFem;{Desktop};gtk;"
+Value = "SaraFem;{DesktopPortal}gtk;"
 Option = "FilePicker"
 
 [[IniEdits]]

Programs/SaraFem/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"

Programs/SaraSort/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"

Programs/SaraTag/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"

Programs/SaraTune/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -6,5 +6,9 @@ export FLET_DESKTOP_FLAVOR=full
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"

Programs/SaraView/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}/Client" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"

README.md

@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ Anything the manifest can't describe goes in an optional `Programs/<Name>/Hooks.
 Targets, templates and `Set` values can use `{Variables}`: `Name`, `GitHost`, `Home`, `ConfigHome`,
 `DataHome`, `CacheHome`, `ProgramDir`, `AppDir`, `Python` (the venv's python), `PythonW`
 (Windows: its console-less pythonw.exe), `ConfigDir`, `DesktopName` (e.g. `COSMIC`),
-`Desktop` (e.g. `cosmic`), plus every Question's `Id`. Linux only: `SystemdUserDir`,
+`Desktop` (e.g. `cosmic`), plus every Question's `Id`. Linux only: `PortalsDir` (your own xdg-desktop-portal folder where it's 1.17+, else
+`/usr/share/...`), `PortalsConf` (`<desktop>-portals.conf`, or `portals.conf` without a desktop name),
+`DesktopPortal` (`<desktop>;` or nothing), `SystemdUserDir`,
 `ApplicationsDir`, `DBusServicesDir`. Windows only: `StartMenuDir`, `StartupDir`.
 
 Every list item (`[[Options]]`, `[[Templates]]`, `[[Services]]`, ...) can carry
@@ -200,7 +202,8 @@ Set = { "Paths.RootDir" = "{RootDir}" }
 Source = "Example.service"     # in Templates/
 Target = "{SystemdUserDir}/Example.service"
 Option = "Autostart"           # optional: only while the option is ticked
-Root = false                   # true: outside $HOME, written through pkexec
+Root = false                   # true: outside $HOME, through pkexec; "Auto": only if Target is
+                               # outside $HOME once rendered (e.g. {PortalsDir})
 Executable = false
 
 [[Services]]                   # Linux: a systemd --user unit, enabled + started; without

Settings.py

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ from typing import Callable
 import flet as ft
 
 from Core import (
-    AppConfig, BundledFontFamily, ChildEnvironment, ChipButtonStyle, IsWindows, LoadSharedSettings, Palette,
+    AppConfig, BundledFontFamily, ChildEnvironment, ChipButtonStyle, EnsureSharedThemes, IsWindows,
-    SharedSettings, ThemesDir,
+    LoadSharedSettings, Palette, SharedSettings, ThemesDir,
 )
 from Installer import DefaultAnswers, DefaultOptions
 from Manifests import Program
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ def _Note(Text: str) -> ft.Text:
 
 
 def _Themes() -> list[str]:
+    EnsureSharedThemes()
     Names = {Path.stem for Path in ThemesDir.glob("*.toml")} if ThemesDir.is_dir() else set()
-    Names.add("CatppuccinMocha")  # built in, even before SaraFem seeds the folder
+    Names.add("CatppuccinMocha")  # built in, even where the folder can't be written
     return sorted(Names)