{config, pkgs, lib, ...}: { # Nix-darwin does not link installed applications to the user environment. This means apps will not show up # in spotlight, and when launched through the dock they come with a terminal window. This is a workaround. # Upstream issue: https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/issues/214 system.activationScripts.applications.text = lib.mkForce '' echo "setting up /Applications..." >&2 applications="/Applications" nix_apps="$applications/Nix Apps" # Delete the directory to remove old links rm -rf "$nix_apps" mkdir -p "$nix_apps" find ${config.system.build.applications}/Applications -maxdepth 1 -type l -exec readlink '{}' + | while read -r src; do # Spotlight does not recognize symlinks, it will ignore directory we link to the applications folder. # It does understand MacOS aliases though, a unique filesystem feature. Sadly they cannot be created # from bash (as far as I know), so we use the oh-so-great Apple Script instead. /usr/bin/osascript -e " set fileToAlias to POSIX file \"$src\" set applicationsFolder to POSIX file \"$nix_apps\" tell application \"Finder\" make new alias at applicationsFolder to fileToAlias # This renames the alias; 'mpv.app alias' -> 'mpv.app' set name of result to \"$(rev <<< "$src" | cut -d'/' -f1 | rev)\" end tell " 1>/dev/null done ''; }