continous checking

The previous script stopped working. Only at times it synced when you were to install a theme. The above code works all the time but uses a constant "checking" of the folders. What do you think about it? Courtesy of chatgpt hahaha

PKGBUILD

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: TROM <contact@tromsite.com>
 pkgname=tromjaro-fixes
 pkgver=1.6
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Various fixes for TROMjaro OS"
 arch=(any)
 url=""

bin/periodic/fix-flatpaks-theming

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Set the directories
+shared_themes_dir=/usr/share/themes/
+local_themes_dir="$HOME/.themes/"
+
+# Function to synchronize themes from shared to local directory
+sync_themes() {
+    rsync -av --delete --progress "$shared_themes_dir" "$local_themes_dir"
+    echo "Directory $local_themes_dir is synchronized with $shared_themes_dir"
+}
+
+# Initial synchronization
+sync_themes
+
+# Function to monitor shared themes directory
+monitor_shared_themes() {
+    inotifywait -m -r -e 'modify,attrib,move,move_self,create,delete,delete_self,unmount' "$shared_themes_dir" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+}
+
+# Function to monitor local themes directory
+monitor_local_themes() {
+    inotifywait -m -r -e 'modify,attrib,move,move_self,create,delete,delete_self,unmount' "$local_themes_dir" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+}
+
+# Start monitoring in the background
+monitor_shared_themes
+monitor_local_themes
+
+# Monitor changes and sync periodically
+while true; do
+    # Wait for a short period (e.g., 5 seconds) before syncing again
+    sleep 5
+
+    # Synchronize if there were changes in either directory
+    sync_themes
+done

bin/periodic/fix-theming

@@ -1,77 +1,38 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Exit out if the same script is already running in the background
-pidof -sq -o %PPID -x "$(basename "$0")" && exit
-
-# Set the directory paths
-target_themes_dir="$HOME/.themes"
-target_icons_dir="$HOME/.icons"
-
-# Create target directories if they don't exist
-mkdir -p "$target_themes_dir" "$target_icons_dir" ||
-    { echo "failed to make directories $target_themes_dir & $target_icons_dir"; exit 1; }
-
 sync_theme() {
-    # Get the current system theme
-    theme_name=$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName)
-
-    # Cleanup source & target themes directories
-    source_themes_dirs=()
-    rm -rf "$target_themes_dir"/*
-
-    # Go through each item in $XDG_DATA_DIRS to find all other directories where
-    # themes are stored, and save only the current one to source_themes_dirs
-    while read -r dir; do
-        themes_subdir=${dir%/}/themes/${theme_name}
-        [ -d "$themes_subdir" ] && source_themes_dirs+=("$themes_subdir")
-    done < <(printf '%s:%s\n' "$XDG_DATA_DIRS" "$HOME/.local/share" | tr ':' '\n' | sort -u)
-
-    rsync -av --delete --progress "${source_themes_dirs[@]}" "$target_themes_dir"
-    echo "Directory $target_themes_dir is synchronized with source directories"
-
-    # Enable syncing the current theme with xfwm4 if not already enabled
-    [ "$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Xfce/SyncThemes)" != 'true' ] && xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Xfce/SyncThemes -n -t bool -s true
-    # Apply the current theme with gsettings
-    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "$theme_name"
-    # Apply the current theme for the all the GTK flatpaks
-    flatpak override --user --env=GTK_THEME="$theme_name"
-}
-
-sync_icons() {
-    # Get the current icons theme
-    icons_theme_name=$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/IconThemeName)
-
-    # Cleanup source & target themes directories
-    source_icons_dirs=()
-    rm -rf "$target_icons_dir"/*
-
-    # Go through each item in $XDG_DATA_DIRS to find all other directories where
-    # icons are stored, and save only the current one to source_icons_dirs
-    while read -r dir; do
-        icons_subdir=${dir%/}/icons/${icons_theme_name}
-        [ -d "$icons_subdir" ] && source_icons_dirs+=("$icons_subdir")
-    done < <(printf '%s:%s\n' "$XDG_DATA_DIRS" "$HOME/.local/share" | tr ':' '\n' | sort -u)
-
-    rsync -av --delete --progress "${source_icons_dirs[@]}" "$target_icons_dir"
-    echo "Directory $target_icons_dir is synchronized with source directories"
+	# Get the current system theme
+	theme=$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName)
+	# Enable syncing the current theme with xfwm4 if not already enabled
+	[ "$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Xfce/SyncThemes)" != 'true' ] && xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Xfce/SyncThemes -n -t bool -s true
+	# Apply the current theme with gsettings
+	gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "$theme"
+	
+	# Apply the current theme for GTK apps in flatpak
+	
+	# Define the path to the flatpak override directory
+	flatpak_override_dir="$HOME/.local/share/flatpak/overrides"
+	# Create the directory if it doesn't exist
+	[ -d "$flatpak_override_dir" ] || mkdir -p "$flatpak_override_dir" || { echo 'failed creating directory!'; return 1; }
+	# Write the theme configuration to the global override file
+	echo "[Environment]
+GTK_THEME=$theme" > "$flatpak_override_dir/global"
 }
 
 sync_font() {
-    # Get the current system font
-    font=$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/FontName)
-    # Apply the same font for the title of xfce windows
-    xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/title_font -n -t string -s "$font"
+	# Get the current system font
+	font=$(xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/FontName)
+	# Apply the same font for the title of xfce windows
+	xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/title_font -n -t string -s "$font"
 }
 
 sync_theme
-sync_icons
 sync_font
 
 # Monitor when the user changes their system theme or font in XFCE and sync them as needed
 while read -r line; do
-    case "$line" in
-        'set: /Net/ThemeName') sync_theme ;;
-        'set: /Net/IconThemeName') sync_icons ;;
-        'set: /Gtk/FontName') sync_font ;;
-    esac
+	case "$line" in
+		'set: /Net/ThemeName') sync_theme ;;
+		'set: /Gtk/FontName') sync_font ;;
+	esac
 done < <(xfconf-query -c xsettings -m)