From 7097b20ea1e96c27127fd3b0a0102f40b588b041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: whispers <whispersofthedawn@duck.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:30:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] python3Packages.plover_{4,5}: install desktop entry

as is, plover has a desktop entry in the source tree but it is not
actually shipped in nixpkgs. we place it in the standard
$out/share/applications directory so it can be found by e.g. launchers.
---
 pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/4.nix | 4 ++++
 pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/5.nix | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/4.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/4.nix
index bda985cb0122..eee8ac5e5dc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/4.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   # Segfaults?!
   disabledTestPaths = [ "test/gui_qt/test_dictionaries_widget.py" ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm 444 linux/plover.desktop $out/share/applications/plover.desktop
+  '';
+
   preFixup = ''
     makeWrapperArgs+=("''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}")
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/5.nix
index 1abbf78609e9..7676abeb0ee2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plover/5.nix
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     "test/gui_qt/test_i18n_files.py" # babel errors
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm 444 linux/plover.desktop $out/share/applications/plover.desktop
+  '';
+
   preFixup = ''
     makeWrapperArgs+=("''${qtWrapperArgs[@]}")
   '';