fix xdg-portal

wm/sway/default.nix

@@ -1,30 +1,15 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
-
 let
-  # bash script to let dbus know about important env variables and
-  # propogate them to relevent services run at the end of sway config
-  # see
-  # https://github.com/emersion/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr/wiki/"It-doesn't-work"-Troubleshooting-Checklist
-  # note: this is pretty much the same as  /etc/sway/config.d/nixos.conf but also restarts  
-  # some user services to make sure they have the correct environment variables
   dbus-sway-environment = pkgs.writeTextFile {
     name = "dbus-sway-environment";
     destination = "/bin/dbus-sway-environment";
     executable = true;
-
     text = ''
   dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway
   systemctl --user stop pipewire pipewire-media-session xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
   systemctl --user start pipewire pipewire-media-session xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
       '';
   };
-
-  # currently, there is some friction between sway and gtk:
-  # https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/GTK-3-settings-on-Wayland
-  # the suggested way to set gtk settings is with gsettings
-  # for gsettings to work, we need to tell it where the schemas are
-  # using the XDG_DATA_DIR environment variable
-  # run at the end of sway config
   configure-gtk = pkgs.writeTextFile {
       name = "configure-gtk";
       destination = "/bin/configure-gtk";
@@ -38,8 +23,6 @@ let
         gsettings set $gnome_schema gtk-theme 'Dracula'
         '';
   };
-
-
 in
 {
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
@@ -62,28 +45,10 @@ in
     wayland
     wl-clipboard
   ];
-
-
-  # xdg-desktop-portal works by exposing a series of D-Bus interfaces
-  # known as portals under a well-known name
-  # (org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop) and object path
-  # (/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop).
-  # The portal interfaces include APIs for file access, opening URIs,
-  # printing and others.
   services.dbus.enable = true;
-  xdg.portal = {
-    enable = true;
-    wlr.enable = true;
-    # gtk portal needed to make gtk apps happy
-    extraPortals = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];
-    #gtkUsePortal = true;
-  };
-
-  # enable sway window manager
   programs.sway = {
     enable = true;
     wrapperFeatures.gtk = true;
   };
   services.greetd.package = "greetd.wlgreet";
-
 }

workstation/default.nix

@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@ in
   };
   security.rtkit.enable = true;
 
-  xdg.portal.enable = true; # only needed if you are not doing Gnome
+  xdg.portal = {
+    enable = true;
+    wlr.enable = true;
+    extraPortals = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];
+    #gtkUsePortal = true;
+  };
 
   users.users.don = {
     isNormalUser = true;