From 4b58f34a2094f2bbeb283b5455cba50f81a15ce4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry-Hiles <henry@henryhiles.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:51:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] wrap ptyxis for multi-instance

---
 modules/graphical/ptyxis.nix | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/graphical/ptyxis.nix b/modules/graphical/ptyxis.nix
index ee149d1..413c1d7 100644
--- a/modules/graphical/ptyxis.nix
+++ b/modules/graphical/ptyxis.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 {
   environment.systemPackages = [
-    pkgs.ptyxis
+    # Ptyxis is single-instance, so plain `ptyxis` just focuses the existing window
+    (pkgs.symlinkJoin {
+      name = "ptyxis";
+      paths = [ pkgs.ptyxis ];
+      postBuild = ''
+        desktop=$out/share/applications/org.gnome.Ptyxis.desktop
+        cp --remove-destination "$(readlink "$desktop")" "$desktop"
+        sed -i -e 's/^Exec=ptyxis$/Exec=ptyxis --new-window/' -e '/^DBusActivatable=/d' "$desktop"
+      '';
+    })
   ];
 
   programs.nautilus-open-any-terminal = {