refactor: remove raycast and use workaround to add apps to spotlight

home/default.nix

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
       # Programs and packages to manage with home manager.
       imports = [
+        ./trampoline.nix
         ./terminal.nix
         ./secrets.nix
         ./ssh.nix

home/trampoline.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Why: Applications installed by home-manager don't show up in spotlight. This
+# module works around the issue. Can be removed if this is ever included
+# in home-manager.
+# Issue: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/1341
+{
+  config,
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: {
+  home.activation = {
+    trampolineApps = let
+      apps = pkgs.buildEnv {
+        name = "home-manager-applications";
+        paths = config.home.packages;
+        pathsToLink = "/Applications";
+      };
+    in
+      lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
+        toDir="$HOME/Applications/HMApps"
+        fromDir="${apps}/Applications"
+        rm -rf "$toDir"
+        mkdir "$toDir"
+        (
+          cd "$fromDir"
+          for app in *.app; do
+            /usr/bin/osacompile -o "$toDir/$app" -e "do shell script \"open '$fromDir/$app'\""
+            icon="$(/usr/bin/plutil -extract CFBundleIconFile raw "$fromDir/$app/Contents/Info.plist")"
+            if [[ $icon != *".icns" ]]; then
+              icon="$icon.icns"
+            fi
+            mkdir -p "$toDir/$app/Contents/Resources"
+            cp -f "$fromDir/$app/Contents/Resources/$icon" "$toDir/$app/Contents/Resources/applet.icns"
+          done
+        )
+      '';
+  };
+}

nix-darwin/homebrew.nix

@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@
   # If an app isn't available in the Mac App Store, or the version in the App Store has
   # limitiations, e.g., Transmit, install the Homebrew Cask.
   homebrew.casks = [
-    # Raycast
-    # Raycast is a blazingly fast, totally extendable launcher. It lets you
-    # complete tasks, calculate, share common links, and much more.
-    # https://www.raycast.com/
-    # Why: Applications installed by home-manager don't show up in spotlight.
-    # Issue: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/1341
-    "raycast"
-
     # 1password
     # A password manager, digital vault, form filler and secure digital wallet.
     # https://1password.com
@@ -32,7 +24,7 @@
     "1password"
   ];
 
-  # For cli packages that aren't currently available for macOS in `nixpkgs`.Packages should be
+  # For cli packages that aren't currently available for macOS in `nixpkgs`. Packages should be
   # installed in `../home/default.nix` whenever possible.
   homebrew.brews = [
   ];

trampoline.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# dest="/Users/${username}/Applications/Home Manager Trampolines/"
+# src="${apps}/Applications/"
+# rm -rf "$dest" && mkdir -p "$dest"
+# export dest
+
+# for file do
+#     # escape the filename because space separated filenames suck
+#     filename="''${file@Q}"
+#     appname="$(basename "$file")"
+#     out="$dest/$appname"
+
+#     # This is basically going to be the script body
+#     open_cmd=(
+#         "open"
+#         \"$file\"
+#     )
+#     open_cmd="''${open_cmd[@]}"
+
+#     # generate a wrapper app visible to spotlight
+#     wrapper=(
+#         "do"
+#         "shell"
+#         "script"
+#         "$open_cmd"
+#     )
+#     wrapper="''${wrapper[@]}"
+#     /usr/bin/osacompile -o "$out" -e "$wrapper" 2>/dev/null
+
+#     # time to make stuff visible in spotlight
+#     plutil=/usr/bin/plutil
+#     contents=/Contents
+#     resources="$contents/Resources"
+#     plist="$contents/Info.plist"
+
+#     # splice in the icon
+#     icon="$("$plutil" -extract CFBundleIconFile raw "$file/$plist")"
+#     icon="''${icon%.icns}.icns"
+#     icon_src="$file/$resources/$icon"
+#     mkdir -p "$out/$resources" && cp "$icon_src" "$_/applet.icns"
+# done
+
+function thing() {
+  files=("$@")
+
+  for file in "${files[@]}"; do
+
+    /usr/bin/osacompile -o "$toDir/$app" -e 'do shell script "open \"$fromDir/$app\""'
+    icon="$(/usr/bin/plutil -extract CFBundleIconFile raw "$fromDir/$app/Contents/Info.plist")"
+    mkdir -p "$toDir/$app/Contents/Resources"
+    cp -f "$fromDir/$app/Contents/Resources/$icon" "$toDir/$app/Contents/Resources/applet.icns"
+
+  done
+}
+
+export -f thing
+find . -exec sh -c 'thing "$@"' sh {} +