nvim-wrapper


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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:])