Add modulo app stub auto-generation draft. #430

src/res/mac/modulo.plist

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
+	<string>English</string>
+	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
+	<string>{{{modulo_path}}}</string>
+	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
+	<string></string>
+	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+	<string>com.federicoterzi.modulo</string>
+	<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
+	<string>6.0</string>
+	<key>CFBundleName</key>
+	<string>Modulo</string>
+	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+	<string>APPL</string>
+	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
+	<string>????</string>
+	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+	<string>1.0</string>
+	<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
+	<string>MainMenu</string>
+	<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
+	<string>NSApplication</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>

src/ui/modulo/mac.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use log::info;
+use std::os::unix::fs::symlink;
+
+const MODULO_APP_BUNDLE_NAME: &str = "Modulo.app";
+const MODULO_APP_BUNDLE_PLIST_CONTENT: &'static str = include_str!("../../res/mac/modulo.plist");
+
+pub fn generate_modulo_app_bundle(modulo_path: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, std::io::Error> {
+    let data_dir = crate::context::get_data_dir();
+
+    let modulo_app_dir = data_dir.join(MODULO_APP_BUNDLE_NAME);
+
+    // Remove previous bundle if present
+    if modulo_app_dir.exists() {
+        std::fs::remove_dir_all(&modulo_app_dir)?;
+    }
+
+    // Recreate the App bundle stub
+    std::fs::create_dir(&modulo_app_dir)?;
+
+    let contents_dir = modulo_app_dir.join("Contents");
+    std::fs::create_dir(&contents_dir)?;
+
+    let macos_dir = contents_dir.join("MacOS");
+    std::fs::create_dir(&macos_dir)?;
+
+    // Generate the Plist file
+    let plist_content = MODULO_APP_BUNDLE_PLIST_CONTENT.replace("{{{modulo_path}}}", modulo_path);
+    let plist_file = contents_dir.join("Info.plist");
+    std::fs::write(plist_file, plist_content)?;
+
+    // Generate the symbolic link to the modulo binary
+    let target_link = macos_dir.join("modulo");
+    symlink(modulo_path, &target_link)?;
+
+    info!("Created Modulo APP stub at: {:?}", &target_link);
+
+    Ok(target_link)
+}

src/ui/modulo/mod.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ use log::{error, info};
 use std::io::{Error, Write};
 use std::process::{Child, Command, Output};
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+mod mac;
+
 pub struct ModuloManager {
     modulo_path: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -41,6 +44,14 @@ impl ModuloManager {
             }
         }
 
+        // TODO: explain why
+        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+        {
+            modulo_path = generate_modulo_app_bundle(&modulo_path).expect("unable to generate modulo app stub")
+                        .to_string_lossy().to_string();
+        }
+        
+
         if let Some(ref modulo_path) = modulo_path {
             info!("Using modulo at {:?}", modulo_path);
         }