From 30c3ae54e1b16f270b40b9309628f447c14799cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elec3137 <elec3137@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:42:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/foot: add option xdg.serverAutostart

---
 nixos/modules/programs/foot/default.nix | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/foot/default.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/foot/default.nix
index 1492d6c1cc53..bf61863ab093 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/foot/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/foot/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ in
       };
     };
 
+    xdg = {
+      serverAutostart = lib.mkEnableOption "starting the foot server via xdg-autostart";
+    };
+
     theme = lib.mkOption {
       type = with lib.types; nullOr str;
       default = null;
@@ -74,7 +78,11 @@ in
     environment = {
       systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
       etc."xdg/foot/foot.ini".source = settingsFormat.generate "foot.ini" cfg.settings;
+
+      etc."xdg/autostart/foot-server.desktop".source =
+        lib.mkIf cfg.xdg.serverAutostart "${cfg.package}/share/applications/foot-server.desktop";
     };
+
     programs = {
       foot.settings.main.include = lib.optionals (cfg.theme != null) [
         "${pkgs.foot.themes}/share/foot/themes/${cfg.theme}"