From 83c7b8f5192e5be3a79c0a2a598b5f5805531e22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel <36420837+Samueru-sama@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 07:49:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Update and rename hack.patch to locale-fix.patch

---
 hack.patch       | 51 ------------------------------------------------
 locale-fix.patch | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 hack.patch
 create mode 100644 locale-fix.patch

diff --git a/hack.patch b/hack.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 767d095..0000000
--- a/hack.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/source/rofi.c b/source/rofi.c
-index 37ad16f0..4f72a408 100644
---- a/source/rofi.c
-+++ b/source/rofi.c
-@@ -76,6 +76,19 @@
- 
- #endif
- 
-+/** Terrible hack */
-+static void terrible_hack_for_appimage(void)
-+{
-+  if ( g_getenv("APPDIR") ) {
-+    g_unsetenv("APPDIR");
-+    g_unsetenv("GIO_MODULE_DIR");
-+    g_unsetenv("GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR");
-+    g_unsetenv("GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR");
-+    g_unsetenv("GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE");
-+    g_unsetenv("GTK_PATH");
-+  }
-+}
-+
- /** Location of pidfile for this instance. */
- char *pidfile = NULL;
- /** Location of Cache directory. */
-@@ -1083,10 +1096,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
- 
-   display_init(proxy);
- 
-+  /** Fallback to C locale instead of outright failing */
-   if (setlocale(LC_ALL, "") == NULL) {
--    g_warning("Failed to set locale.");
--    cleanup();
--    return EXIT_FAILURE;
-+    g_warning("Failed to set locale, falling back to C locale.");
-+    if (setlocale(LC_ALL, "C") == NULL) {
-+      g_warning("Failed to set C locale – aborting.");
-+      cleanup();
-+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
-+    }
-   }
- 
-   TICK_N("Setup Locale");
-@@ -1299,6 +1316,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-   rofi_icon_fetcher_init();
-   TICK_N("Icon fetcher initialize");
- 
-+  terrible_hack_for_appimage();
-+
-   gboolean kill_running = FALSE;
-   if (find_arg("-replace") >= 0) {
-     kill_running = TRUE;
diff --git a/locale-fix.patch b/locale-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dec3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/source/rofi.c b/source/rofi.c
+index 4355374..2937eda 100644
+--- a/source/rofi.c
++++ b/source/rofi.c
+@@ -1083,10 +1083,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+ 
+   display_init(proxy);
+ 
++  /** Fallback to C locale instead of outright failing */
+   if (setlocale(LC_ALL, "") == NULL) {
+-    g_warning("Failed to set locale.");
+-    cleanup();
+-    return EXIT_FAILURE;
++    g_warning("Failed to set locale, falling back to C locale.");
++    if (setlocale(LC_ALL, "C") == NULL) {
++      g_warning("Failed to set C locale – aborting.");
++      cleanup();
++      return EXIT_FAILURE;
++    }
+   }
+ 
+   TICK_N("Setup Locale");

From 2ce97c167a1ecca73a31224e0e317d024b9658f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel <36420837+Samueru-sama@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:01:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] build rofi here instead

---
 get-dependencies.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/get-dependencies.sh b/get-dependencies.sh
index 37fb964..df3e2dc 100644
--- a/get-dependencies.sh
+++ b/get-dependencies.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 set -ex
 EXTRA_PACKAGES="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/refs/heads/main/useful-tools/get-debloated-pkgs.sh"
+PATCH="$PWD"/locale-fix.patch
 
 echo "Installing build dependencies..."
 echo "---------------------------------------------------------------"
@@ -37,3 +38,14 @@ echo "---------------------------------------------------------------"
 wget --retry-connrefused --tries=30 "$EXTRA_PACKAGES" -O ./get-debloated-pkgs.sh
 chmod +x ./get-debloated-pkgs.sh
 ./get-debloated-pkgs.sh libxml2-mini gtk3-mini
+
+echo "Building rofi..."
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------------"
+git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/davatorium/rofi.git" ./rofi && (
+	cd ./rofi
+	patch -p1 -i "$PATCH"
+	meson --prefix /usr . build
+	meson compile -C build
+	meson install -C build
+)
+/usr/bin/rofi -v | awk -F'[- ]' '{print $2; exit}' > ~/version

From 9b07a706d7def1e7f6b265d916c3bca15e4a8f27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel <36420837+Samueru-sama@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:08:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] simplify with quick-sharun

---
 rofi-appimage.sh | 114 ++++++++++-------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rofi-appimage.sh b/rofi-appimage.sh
index ef5e925..a5587c7 100644
--- a/rofi-appimage.sh
+++ b/rofi-appimage.sh
@@ -1,95 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-set -ex
+set -eux
 
 ARCH="$(uname -m)"
-SHARUN="https://github.com/VHSgunzo/sharun/releases/latest/download/sharun-$ARCH-aio"
-URUNTIME="https://github.com/VHSgunzo/uruntime/releases/latest/download/uruntime-appimage-dwarfs-$ARCH"
-URUNTIME_LITE="https://github.com/VHSgunzo/uruntime/releases/latest/download/uruntime-appimage-dwarfs-lite-$ARCH"
-UPINFO="gh-releases-zsync|$(echo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" | tr '/' '|')|latest|*$ARCH.AppImage.zsync"
-PATCH="$PWD"/hack.patch
-
-# CREATE DIRECTORIES
-mkdir ./AppDir && (
-	cd ./AppDir
-	# DOWNLOAD AND BUILD ROFI
-	git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/davatorium/rofi.git" ./rofi && (
-		cd ./rofi
-		patch -p1 -i "$PATCH"
-		meson --prefix /usr . build
-		meson compile -C build
-		meson install -C build --destdir "$(realpath ../)"
-	)
-	mv -v ./usr/* ./
-	cp -v ./share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/rofi.svg  ./
-	cp -v ./share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/rofi.svg  ./.DirIcon
-	cp -v ./share/applications/rofi.desktop             ./
-	echo "Categories=Utility;" >> ./rofi.desktop
-	
-	# ADD LIBRARIES
-	wget --retry-connrefused --tries=30 "$SHARUN" -O ./sharun-aio
-	chmod +x ./sharun-aio
-	./sharun-aio l -p -v -k -s \
-		./bin/*                     \
-		/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/*/* \
-		/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
-	rm -rf ./sharun-aio ./rofi ./usr
-	
-	# AppRun
-	cat > ./AppRun <<-'EOF'
-	#!/bin/sh
-	CURRENTDIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
-	
-	BIN="${ARGV0#./}"
-	unset ARGV0
-	DATADIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
-	
-	export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$DATADIR:$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/usr/local/share:/usr/share"
-	export PATH="$CURRENTDIR/bin:$PATH"
-	
-	if [ ! -d "$DATADIR"/rofi/themes ]; then
-	        mkdir -p "$DATADIR"/rofi || exit 1
-	        cp -rn "$CURRENTDIR"/share/rofi/themes "$DATADIR"/rofi/themes || exit 1
-	fi
-	
-	if [ "$1" = "rofi-theme-selector" ]; then
-	        shift
-	        exec "$CURRENTDIR/bin/rofi-theme-selector" "$@"
-	elif [ -f "$CURRENTDIR/bin/$BIN" ]; then
-	        exec "$CURRENTDIR/bin/$BIN" "$@"
-	else
-	        exec "$CURRENTDIR/bin/rofi" "$@"
-	fi
-	EOF
-	
-	chmod a+x ./AppRun
-	./sharun -g
-)
-
-export VERSION="$(./AppDir/AppRun -v | awk -F'[- ]' '{print $2; exit}')"
-echo "$VERSION" > ~/version
-
-# turn appdir into appimage
-wget --retry-connrefused --tries=30 "$URUNTIME"      -O  ./uruntime
-wget --retry-connrefused --tries=30 "$URUNTIME_LITE" -O  ./uruntime-lite
-chmod +x ./uruntime*
-
-# Keep the mount point (speeds up launch time)
-sed -i 's|URUNTIME_MOUNT=[0-9]|URUNTIME_MOUNT=0|' ./uruntime-lite
-
-# Add udpate info to runtime
-echo "Adding update information \"$UPINFO\" to runtime..."
-./uruntime-lite --appimage-addupdinfo "$UPINFO"
-
-echo "Generating AppImage..."
-./uruntime \
-	--appimage-mkdwarfs -f               \
-	--set-owner 0 --set-group 0          \
-	--no-history --no-create-timestamp   \
-	--compression zstd:level=22 -S26 -B8 \
-	--header uruntime-lite               \
-	-i ./AppDir                          \
-	-o ./rofi-"$VERSION"-anylinux-"$ARCH".AppImage
+VERSION="$(cat ~/version)"
+SHARUN="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/refs/heads/execv-hook/useful-tools/quick-sharun.sh"
+URUNTIME="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/refs/heads/main/useful-tools/uruntime2appimage.sh"
+UPDATER="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/refs/heads/main/useful-tools/self-updater.bg.hook"
+
+export UPINFO="gh-releases-zsync|${GITHUB_REPOSITORY%/*}|${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}|latest|*$ARCH.AppImage.zsync"
+export OUTNAME=rofi-"$VERSION"-anylinux-"$ARCH".AppImage
+export DESKTOP=/usr/share/applications/rofi.desktop
+export ICON=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/rofi.svg
+export URUNTIME_PRELOAD=1 # really needed here
+export EXEC_WRAPPER=1 # needed here since this will launch other processes
+
+# ADD LIBRARIES
+wget --retry-connrefused --tries=30 "$SHARUN" -O ./quick-sharun
+chmod +x ./quick-sharun
+./quick-sharun /usr/bin/rofi*
+echo 'unset ARGV0' > ./AppDir/.env
+
+# MAKE APPIMAGE WITH URUNTIME
+wget --retry-connrefused --tries=30 "$URUNTIME" -O ./uruntime2appimage
+chmod +x ./uruntime2appimage
+./uruntime2appimage
 
 # make appbundle
 UPINFO="$(echo "$UPINFO" | sed 's#.AppImage.zsync#*.AppBundle.zsync#g')"
@@ -106,11 +41,10 @@ echo "Generating [dwfs]AppBundle..."
 	--output-to ./rofi-"$VERSION"-anylinux-"$ARCH".dwfs.AppBundle
 
 echo "Generating zsync file..."
-zsyncmake ./*.AppImage -u ./*.AppImage
 zsyncmake ./*.AppBundle -u ./*.AppBundle
 
 mkdir -p ./dist
-mv -v ./*.AppImage* ./dist
+mv -v ./*.AppImage*  ./dist
 mv -v ./*.AppBundle* ./dist
 
 echo "All Done!"

From 125690a2bcae3e21c9d26093d184d3db7b1a39ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel <36420837+Samueru-sama@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:16:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Create AppRun

---
 AppDir/AppRun | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 AppDir/AppRun

diff --git a/AppDir/AppRun b/AppDir/AppRun
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90a4829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AppDir/AppRun
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+CURRENTDIR="$(cd "${0%/*}" && echo "$PWD")"
+BIN="${ARGV0:-$0}"
+BIN="${BIN##*/}"
+DATADIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
+unset ARGV0
+
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$DATADIR:$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/usr/local/share:/usr/share"
+export PATH="$CURRENTDIR/bin:$PATH"
+
+if [ ! -d "$DATADIR"/rofi/themes ]; then
+	mkdir -p "$DATADIR"/rofi
+	cp -r "$CURRENTDIR"/share/rofi/themes "$DATADIR"/rofi/themes
+fi
+
+# additional scripts can be placed in the top level bin dir
+# those with a name that ends up .hook will be executed in teh current shell
+# while those that end with bg.hook will be executed in the background
+for hook in "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/*.hook; do
+	[ -x "$hook" ] || continue
+	case "$hook" in
+		*.bg.hook) >&2 echo "exec bg hook: $hook"; "$hook" &;;
+		*.hook)    >&2 echo "exec hook: $hook";    "$hook"  ;;
+	esac
+done
+
+# Check if ARGV0 matches any bundled binary, fallback to $1, then main bin
+if [ -f "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$BIN" ]; then
+	exec "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$BIN" "$@"
+elif [ -f "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$1" ]; then
+	BIN="$1"
+	shift
+	exec "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$BIN" "$@"
+else
+	exec "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/rofi "$@"
+fi

From d6e26f9d047d87bef4ac75815d28f6596b83cbe1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel <36420837+Samueru-sama@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:27:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] flip order

---
 AppDir/AppRun | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AppDir/AppRun b/AppDir/AppRun
index 90a4829..82d497b 100644
--- a/AppDir/AppRun
+++ b/AppDir/AppRun
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ for hook in "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/*.hook; do
 done
 
 # Check if ARGV0 matches any bundled binary, fallback to $1, then main bin
-if [ -f "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$BIN" ]; then
-	exec "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$BIN" "$@"
-elif [ -f "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$1" ]; then
+if [ -f "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$1" ]; then
 	BIN="$1"
 	shift
 	exec "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$BIN" "$@"
+elif [ -f "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$BIN" ]; then
+	exec "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/"$BIN" "$@"
 else
 	exec "$CURRENTDIR"/bin/rofi "$@"
 fi