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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from sys import argv
+from subprocess import Popen
+from time import time
+import dbus
+
+session_bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+
+# launch the terminal server with a custom app-id and window class (so the .desktop file gets associated)
+Popen("/usr/lib/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-server --app-id org.neovim --class=neovim".split())
+# wait until the name is registered, or 2 seconds pass (when launching from cold cache it might more time)
+timeout = time() + 2
+while not session_bus.name_has_owner('org.neovim') and time() <= timeout:
+    pass
+# launch nvim in a gnome-terminal instance
+if session_bus.name_has_owner('org.neovim'):
+    Popen("gnome-terminal --app-id org.neovim -x nvim".split() + argv[1:])