Fixed system shortcuts for appimage version

Cargo.lock

@@ -3108,7 +3108,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quicksearch-core"
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.8"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "cfb",
@@ -3150,7 +3150,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quicksearch-gui"
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.8"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "eframe",

Cargo.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pdf-extract = { path = "vendor/pdf-extract" } # Patched unbounded reads which co
 rtf-parser = { path = "vendor/rtf-parser" } # Patched a parsing error which occurs on UTF-16 characters
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.8"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 authors = ["Jeremy <jeremy@karsttech.com>"]

crates/quicksearch-gui/src/activate.rs

@@ -107,14 +107,28 @@ pub fn take_token() -> Option<String> {
     TOKEN.lock().unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner).take()
 }
 
-/// What to tell the user to bind, as they would type it. The installed name
+/// What to tell the user (or a desktop binding) to run. The installed name
 /// when we are on the path under it, and the full path otherwise — a build
 /// run out of `target/` is the common case, and "quicksearch" would be wrong
 /// advice there.
+///
+/// An AppImage needs its own rule: `current_exe` there points into the
+/// runtime's FUSE mount (`/tmp/.mount_…`), which vanishes with the process,
+/// so a binding made from it dies the moment QuickSearch closes. The
+/// runtime exports the durable path of the `.AppImage` file itself as
+/// `$APPIMAGE`; that is the thing to run.
 pub fn command_name() -> String {
     let Ok(exe) = std::env::current_exe() else {
         return "quicksearch".to_string();
     };
+    durable_command(std::env::var_os("APPIMAGE").map(std::path::PathBuf::from), exe)
+}
+
+/// The rule itself, split from the environment for the tests.
+fn durable_command(appimage: Option<PathBuf>, exe: PathBuf) -> String {
+    if let Some(appimage) = appimage.filter(|p| p.is_absolute()) {
+        return appimage.display().to_string();
+    }
     let installed = exe
         .parent()
         .is_some_and(|dir| matches!(dir.to_str(), Some("/usr/bin") | Some("/usr/local/bin")));
@@ -584,6 +598,30 @@ mod tests {
         assert_ne!(a, b);
     }
 
+    /// An AppImage's mount path dies with the process; a binding must run
+    /// the image file itself. Everything else keeps the old rule.
+    #[test]
+    fn the_bound_command_survives_the_appimage_exiting() {
+        let mount = PathBuf::from("/tmp/.mount_quicksjBMkDo/usr/bin/quicksearch");
+        assert_eq!(
+            durable_command(Some(PathBuf::from("/home/u/Apps/QuickSearch.AppImage")), mount.clone()),
+            "/home/u/Apps/QuickSearch.AppImage"
+        );
+        // A relative or empty APPIMAGE is somebody playing games; ignored.
+        assert_eq!(
+            durable_command(Some(PathBuf::from("games")), mount.clone()),
+            mount.display().to_string()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            durable_command(None, PathBuf::from("/usr/bin/quicksearch")),
+            "quicksearch"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            durable_command(None, PathBuf::from("/opt/qs/quicksearch")),
+            "/opt/qs/quicksearch"
+        );
+    }
+
     /// The Windows reply parser, which faces whatever a squatting process
     /// cares to write into the well-known pipe name.
     #[test]

crates/quicksearch-gui/src/shortcut_setup.rs

@@ -399,9 +399,31 @@ mod kde {
                 binding, holder.action_friendly, holder.component_friendly,
             ));
         }
-        // An earlier build's file in the old location would leave a second
+        // A re-install must start from nothing. The daemon's service refresh
-        // component claiming a key; gone before the new one appears.
+        // only *drops* components whose file vanished — it never re-reads a
+        // changed one, and a component surviving `unregister` empty blocks
+        // re-detection by name — so an install over an existing binding
+        // would keep serving the old Exec line (fatal for an AppImage,
+        // whose old mount path died with the last run). Tear down like
+        // `remove` does and let the daemon notice before rebuilding.
+        if desktop_file().is_file() || legacy_desktop_file().is_file() {
+            let _ = call("unregister", &[COMPONENT, ACTION]);
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(desktop_file());
             let _ = std::fs::remove_file(legacy_desktop_file());
+            if run("kbuildsycoca6", &[]).or_else(|_| run("kbuildsycoca5", &[])).is_ok() {
+                // Gone when getComponent stops answering; bounded, and a
+                // timeout just falls through to the rebuild below.
+                for _ in 0..10 {
+                    if call("getComponent", &[COMPONENT]).is_err() {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(200));
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            // No marker file, but an earlier claim may still be registered.
+            let _ = call("unregister", &[COMPONENT, ACTION]);
+        }
 
         // The file is the whole registration — key included — and the
         // installed marker, so a failure below deletes it again.