Install Elsewhen, the world clock plugin, by default

Elsewhen (omacom.elsewhen) arrives as the elsewhen package under
/usr/share/omarchy/plugins, the packaged root the shell scans between its
bundled plugins and the user's. It opens the right section of the default
bar, just before the tray, and a migration installs the package, writes the
widget into a customized shell.json in the same spot, and retires a pristine
pre-package clone of the upstream repo that the package now shadows.
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@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
}
],
"right": [
{
"id": "omacom.elsewhen"
},
{
"id": "omarchy.tray"
},
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@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ inside a single long-running Quickshell process (`omarchy-shell`).
```
~/.config/omarchy/shell.json # User overrides: bar, plugins, idle
~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/ # User-owned shell plugins
/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/ # Packaged plugins (pacman), e.g. omacom.elsewhen
$OMARCHY_PATH/config/omarchy/shell.json # Canonical defaults
```
Packaged plugins such as Elsewhen (`elsewhen` package) update with `omarchy update` and are removed with pacman;
`omarchy plugin update` and `omarchy plugin remove` refuse them and name the
package.
The shell hot-reloads `shell.json` on save — no restart needed for layout
changes. `idle.screensaver` and `idle.lock` are seconds since user idle began.
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@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ install/** ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy
migrations/** ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy/migrations/
themes/** ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy/themes/
shell/** ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy/shell/
(packaged plugins from their own
packages, e.g. elsewhen, land beside it
in /usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<id>/)
version ──► omarchy /usr/share/omarchy/version
+ /etc/skel/.local/state/omarchy/migrations/*
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@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ bar from the CLI — `use | reset | defaults | position | transparent | put |
move | set`, with placement flags such as `--section` and `--index`.
The lower-level IPC methods remain available through `omarchy-shell shell ...`.
## Packaged plugins
A default plugin can ship as its own Arch package instead of in the Omarchy
checkout: Elsewhen (`omacom.elsewhen`) is the `elsewhen` package. pacman installs them at
`/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<id>/`, a root the shell scans between
`$OMARCHY_PATH/shell/plugins` and `~/.config/omarchy/plugins`. A packaged
`omarchy.*` id is trusted like a bundled plugin and loads by default; any other
packaged id behaves like an installed plugin. Precedence is bundled, then
packaged, then user, so a checkout under `omarchy dev link` overrides the
package. Packaged plugins update through `omarchy update` and leave through
pacman; `omarchy plugin update` and `omarchy plugin remove` refuse them and
name the package, and Setup › Plugins › Remove does not list them.
## IPC
The shell exposes a `shell` target (the host also registers
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dosfstools
dotnet-runtime
dua-cli
elsewhen
evince
exfatprogs
expac
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@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
echo "Install Elsewhen, the world clock plugin"
# Elsewhen ships as the elsewhen package rather than in this checkout; pacman
# puts it under /usr/share/omarchy/plugins, where the shell looks next to its
# bundled plugins. A package the mirror does not carry yet fails the migration
# on purpose: nothing before this line has changed anything, and the runner
# retries it on the next update or login rather than quietly leaving the
# machine without the plugin.
omarchy-pkg-add elsewhen
# A shell that already knows the packaged root (dev-linked, or restarted
# since) picks the plugin up here; the one an update runs under predates it
# and is replaced by omarchy-update-restart right after the migrations.
omarchy-shell -q shell rescanPlugins || true
# Before the package, the README had users run
# `omarchy plugin add https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git`, which left a
# git clone under ~/.config/omarchy/plugins. The packaged copy now shadows
# it: the shell logs a rejection on every scan, and `omarchy plugin update`
# keeps pulling a checkout nothing loads. A pristine clone of the upstream
# repo is retired the way `omarchy plugin remove` retires one (the repo
# remains upstream). Anything else -- a symlink, a plain directory, local
# changes, a fork, a checkout git cannot read -- is the user's and stays. This
# runs only once the package is in place, so the plugin never leaves a
# machine; its id stays in shell.json either way, which is what keeps it
# enabled. The shell an update runs under predates the packaged root, and it
# watches this directory: dropping the checkout empties the widget's slot in
# that shell until omarchy-update-restart replaces it a few steps later with
# one that finds the package. A one-time gap of a few minutes, during the
# update itself.
upstream_checkout() {
local dir="$1" origin status
[[ -d $dir && ! -L $dir && -d $dir/.git ]] || return 1
origin=$(git -C "$dir" remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null) || return 1
origin=${origin,,}
origin=${origin%/}
origin=${origin%.git}
[[ $origin =~ ^([a-z+]+://)?([^/@]+@)?github\.com[/:]omacom/elsewhen$ ]] || return 1
status=$(git -C "$dir" status --porcelain 2>/dev/null) || return 1
[[ -z $status ]]
}
checkout="$HOME/.config/omarchy/plugins/omacom.elsewhen"
if [[ -e $checkout || -L $checkout ]]; then
if upstream_checkout "$checkout"; then
rm -rf "$checkout"
echo "Retired the omacom.elsewhen checkout at $checkout in favour of the elsewhen package."
else
echo "The elsewhen package takes precedence over $checkout, which is left as it is."
fi
fi
# The widget opens the right section of the default bar, just before the
# tray, which a machine without a shell.json takes on as soon as the shell
# restarts. A customized bar gets the entry written into its file rather than
# placed over IPC: the shell this runs under cannot see a widget its scan
# never reached and would refuse it, whereas the file it hot-reloads carries
# the entry through to the restart. A bar that already carries the widget
# keeps it where the user put it.
source omarchy-shell-config
[[ -s $CONFIG_FILE ]] || exit 0
# A file the shell cannot read is left for its owner to repair.
jq empty "$CONFIG_FILE" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
entry_id='def entry_id: if type == "object" then (.id // "" | tostring) else tostring end;'
if jq -e "$entry_id"'
any((.bar.layout // {} | .left, .center, .right | arrays)[]; entry_id == "omacom.elsewhen")
' "$CONFIG_FILE" >/dev/null; then
exit 0
fi
commit "$NORMALIZE | $entry_id"'
def ids: map(entry_id);
def insert_at($section; $index):
.bar.layout[$section] = .bar.layout[$section][:$index] + [{id: "omacom.elsewhen"}] + .bar.layout[$section][$index:];
. as $config
| (["left", "center", "right"] | map(select($config.bar.layout[.] | ids | index("omarchy.tray") != null)) | first) as $section
| if $section != null then
insert_at($section; .bar.layout[$section] | ids | index("omarchy.tray"))
else
insert_at("right"; 0)
end
'
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@@ -140,6 +140,19 @@ You can still drop a plugin in without git:
`barWidget.defaultSection`, or in the center when it is omitted, and can be
moved with `omarchy bar move`; a full bar replaces the one in use.
### Packaged plugins
Some default plugins ship as their own Arch package rather than in this
checkout: Elsewhen (`omacom.elsewhen`) is the `elsewhen` package. pacman installs such a plugin,
root-owned, at `/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/`, and
the shell scans that root between its bundled plugins and the user's. A
packaged `omarchy.*` id is trusted exactly like a bundled one; a packaged
plugin under any other id is treated like a user plugin. They update with
`omarchy update` and are removed with pacman, so `omarchy plugin update` and
`omarchy plugin remove` refuse them and name the package instead. A bundled
copy in `$OMARCHY_PATH/shell/plugins` wins over the packaged one, which is how
a packaged plugin is developed under `omarchy dev link`.
The lower-level IPC equivalents remain available via `omarchy-shell shell rescanPlugins`,
`omarchy-shell shell enablePlugin <id> '{}'`, and `omarchy-shell shell listPlugins`.
The `omarchy plugin` commands wrap those calls. `omarchy bar move` and
@@ -224,6 +237,7 @@ customization from the shipped defaults lives in it.
|-----------------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| `~/.config/omarchy/shell.json` | the shell | full layout + per-entry settings + enabled plugin list |
| `~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<id>/` | user | drop-in third-party plugin source files |
| `/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<id>/` | pacman | packaged plugins (e.g. `elsewhen`), updated by `omarchy update` |
The `config/omarchy/shell.json` default config describes the
fresh-install state. When the user has no `shell.json`, the shell uses
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@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ First-party non-bar plugins are enabled unless listed in `disabledPlugins[]`;
at startup; other panels, overlays, and menus are loaded on demand.
User-installed plugins live alongside these conceptually but on disk under
`~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/` rather than in this directory.
`~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/` rather than in this directory. A few
default plugins arrive as their own package instead: pacman installs them at
`/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/`, where an `omarchy.*` id is trusted
like the plugins here, and a copy in this directory shadows the packaged one.
| Plugin | id | kinds | entry point |
|---------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ User-installed plugins live alongside these conceptually but on disk under
| Power | `omarchy.power` | `bar-widget` | `panels/power/Panel.qml` |
| Tailscale | `omarchy.tailscale` | `bar-widget` | `panels/tailscale/Panel.qml` |
| Agents | `omarchy.agents` | `bar-widget` | `agents/Panel.qml` |
| Elsewhen | `omacom.elsewhen` | `bar-widget` | packaged: `elsewhen` installs `/usr/share/omarchy/plugins/omacom.elsewhen/` |
| Weather | `omarchy.weather` | `bar-widget` | `panels/weather/BarWidget.qml` |
| Media | `omarchy.media` | `service`, `bar-widget` | `services/media/Service.qml`, `services/media/BarWidget.qml` |
| Battery | `omarchy.battery` | `service` | `services/battery/Service.qml` |
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@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ pass "default clock date format has no leading zero"
jq -e '
def ids: map(.id // .);
(.bar.layout.right | ids) as $ids |
($ids | index("omacom.elsewhen")) as $elsewhen |
($ids | index("omarchy.tray")) as $tray |
($ids | index("omarchy.agents")) as $agents |
$tray != null and $agents == $tray + 1
$elsewhen == 0 and $tray == 1 and $agents == $tray + 1
' "$ROOT/config/omarchy/shell.json" >/dev/null
pass "default right layout keeps agents next to the tray"
pass "default right layout opens with elsewhen and the tray, then agents"
ROOT="$ROOT" python3 <<'PY'
import json
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
require_command jq
require_command git
migration="$ROOT/migrations/1789581661.sh"
test_dir=$(mktemp -d)
trap 'rm -rf "$test_dir"' EXIT
mkdir -p "$test_dir/bin"
export INSTALLED_PACKAGES="$test_dir/installed" CALL_LOG="$test_dir/calls" SHELL_CALLS="$test_dir/shell-calls"
# The checkout cases use the real git; keep the developer's config (signing,
# hooks, safe.directory) out of what it sees.
export GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM=1
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=test GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=test@example.com
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=test GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=test@example.com
# Keep the real package helpers, but contain every pacman transaction here.
cat >"$test_dir/bin/pacman" <<'SH'
#!/bin/bash
case "$1" in
-Q) grep -Fxq -- "$2" "$INSTALLED_PACKAGES" ;;
-S)
[[ ${FAIL_INSTALL:-0} == 0 ]] || exit 1
shift 3 # -S --noconfirm --needed
printf '%s\n' "$@" >>"$INSTALLED_PACKAGES"
printf '%s\n' "$@" >>"$CALL_LOG"
;;
*) exit 1 ;;
esac
SH
cat >"$test_dir/bin/sudo" <<'SH'
#!/bin/bash
[[ $1 == "pacman" ]] || exit 1
"$@"
SH
# The migration runs under a shell that predates the packaged root, or under
# none at all, so it must only ever ask the shell for best-effort refreshes.
cat >"$test_dir/bin/omarchy-shell" <<'SH'
#!/bin/bash
printf '%s\n' "$*" >>"$SHELL_CALLS"
[[ $1 != "-q" ]] || exit 0
exit "${SHELL_STATUS:-0}"
SH
chmod +x "$test_dir/bin/"*
home="$test_dir/home"
config="$home/.config/omarchy/shell.json"
checkout="$home/.config/omarchy/plugins/omacom.elsewhen"
output="$test_dir/output"
mkdir -p "$home/.config/omarchy"
run_migration() {
: >"$CALL_LOG"
: >"$SHELL_CALLS"
HOME="$home" OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" PATH="$test_dir/bin:$ROOT/bin:$PATH" \
bash -euo pipefail "$migration" >"$output"
}
ids() {
jq -c ".bar.layout.$1 | map(if type == \"object\" then .id else . end)" "$config"
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------ package install
: >"$INSTALLED_PACKAGES"
cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
{
"version": 1,
"bar": {
"layout": {
"left": [{ "id": "omarchy.menu" }],
"center": [{ "id": "omarchy.clock", "format": "HH:mm" }],
"right": [
{ "id": "omarchy.tray" },
{ "id": "omarchy.agents", "syncMode": "On" },
{ "id": "omarchy.power" }
]
}
},
"plugins": []
}
JSON
run_migration
grep -Fxq elsewhen "$CALL_LOG" || fail "migration installs the elsewhen package" "$(cat "$CALL_LOG")"
pass "migration installs the elsewhen package"
[[ $(ids right) == '["omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.tray","omarchy.agents","omarchy.power"]' ]] ||
fail "migration puts the widget just before the tray" "$(cat "$config")"
pass "migration puts the widget just before the tray"
[[ $(jq -c '.bar.layout.right[2]' "$config") == '{"id":"omarchy.agents","syncMode":"On"}' ]] ||
fail "migration keeps the settings of its neighbours" "$(cat "$config")"
[[ $(jq -c '.bar.layout.center[0]' "$config") == '{"format":"HH:mm","id":"omarchy.clock"}' ]] ||
fail "migration leaves other sections alone" "$(cat "$config")"
pass "migration leaves the rest of the layout alone"
grep -q 'shell rescanPlugins' "$SHELL_CALLS" && grep -q 'shell reloadConfig' "$SHELL_CALLS" ||
fail "migration asks the running shell to rescan and reload" "$(cat "$SHELL_CALLS")"
pass "migration asks the running shell to rescan and reload"
before=$(sha256sum "$config")
run_migration
[[ $before == $(sha256sum "$config") ]] || fail "migration is idempotent" "$(cat "$config")"
[[ ! -s $CALL_LOG ]] || fail "migration does not reinstall a present package" "$(cat "$CALL_LOG")"
pass "migration is idempotent"
# ------------------------------------------------------------- placements
cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
{
"version": 1,
"bar": { "layout": { "left": [], "center": ["omarchy.clock", "omarchy.tray"], "right": ["omarchy.power"] } }
}
JSON
run_migration
[[ $(ids center) == '["omarchy.clock","omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.tray"]' && $(ids right) == '["omarchy.power"]' ]] ||
fail "migration follows the tray into another section and reads string entries" "$(cat "$config")"
pass "migration follows the tray into another section and reads string entries"
cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
{ "version": 1, "bar": { "layout": { "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.agents" }, { "id": "omarchy.power" }] } } }
JSON
run_migration
[[ $(ids right) == '["omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.agents","omarchy.power"]' ]] ||
fail "migration prepends to the right section when the tray is off the bar" "$(cat "$config")"
pass "migration prepends to the right section when the tray is off the bar"
cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
{
"version": 1,
"bar": { "layout": { "left": [{ "id": "omacom.elsewhen" }], "center": [], "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.tray" }, { "id": "omarchy.agents" }] } }
}
JSON
before=$(sha256sum "$config")
run_migration
[[ $before == $(sha256sum "$config") ]] ||
fail "migration leaves a widget the user already placed where it is" "$(cat "$config")"
pass "migration leaves a widget the user already placed where it is"
# ------------------------------------------------------------- edge cases
rm -f "$config"
run_migration
[[ ! -e $config ]] || fail "migration writes no shell.json where the defaults apply" "$(cat "$config")"
pass "migration writes no shell.json where the defaults apply"
printf '{ not json' >"$config"
run_migration
[[ $(cat "$config") == '{ not json' ]] || fail "migration leaves an unparsable config untouched" "$(cat "$config")"
pass "migration leaves an unparsable config untouched"
cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
{ "version": 1, "bar": { "layout": { "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.tray" }, { "id": "omarchy.agents" }] } } }
JSON
SHELL_STATUS=1 run_migration
[[ $(ids right) == '["omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.tray","omarchy.agents"]' ]] ||
fail "migration places the widget with no shell running" "$(cat "$config")"
pass "migration places the widget with no shell running"
# A package the mirror does not carry yet leaves the migration pending rather
# than half-done: the layout must not name a widget nothing can install.
: >"$INSTALLED_PACKAGES"
cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
{ "version": 1, "bar": { "layout": { "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.tray" }, { "id": "omarchy.agents" }] } } }
JSON
before=$(sha256sum "$config")
if FAIL_INSTALL=1 run_migration 2>/dev/null; then
fail "a failed package installation must leave the migration pending"
fi
[[ $before == $(sha256sum "$config") ]] ||
fail "a failed package installation leaves the layout untouched" "$(cat "$config")"
pass "a failed package installation is propagated and changes nothing"
# ------------------------------------------------- pre-package checkouts
# Users who followed the README before the package existed hold a git clone
# under ~/.config/omarchy/plugins, which the packaged copy now shadows. Only a
# clone of the upstream repo with nothing local in it is retired; everything
# else is the user's and stays, and shell.json gets the widget either way.
# A clone made by `omarchy plugin add`: one commit, the given origin, nothing
# local. Built with init rather than clone so the origin can be any URL form.
make_checkout() {
local origin="$1"
rm -rf "$checkout"
mkdir -p "$checkout"
git -C "$checkout" init -q
git -C "$checkout" remote add origin "$origin"
printf '{ "id": "omacom.elsewhen" }\n' >"$checkout/manifest.json"
printf 'import QtQuick\nItem {}\n' >"$checkout/Panel.qml"
git -C "$checkout" add -A
git -C "$checkout" commit -q -m "Elsewhen"
}
reset_layout() {
cat >"$config" <<'JSON'
{ "version": 1, "bar": { "layout": { "right": [{ "id": "omarchy.tray" }, { "id": "omarchy.power" }] } } }
JSON
}
assert_widget_placed() {
[[ $(ids right) == '["omacom.elsewhen","omarchy.tray","omarchy.power"]' ]] ||
fail "$1 still gets the widget" "$(cat "$config")"
}
assert_retired() {
local description="$1"
[[ ! -e $checkout && ! -L $checkout ]] || fail "$description is retired" "$(ls -la "$checkout")"
grep -q 'Retired the omacom.elsewhen checkout' "$output" || fail "$description is reported as retired" "$(cat "$output")"
assert_widget_placed "$description"
pass "$description is retired"
}
assert_kept() {
local description="$1"
[[ -e $checkout || -L $checkout ]] || fail "$description is kept"
grep -q 'takes precedence over' "$output" || fail "$description is reported as shadowed" "$(cat "$output")"
assert_widget_placed "$description"
pass "$description is kept"
}
for origin in \
https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git \
https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen \
git@github.com:omacom/elsewhen.git \
ssh://git@github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git \
https://GitHub.com/Omacom/Elsewhen/; do
make_checkout "$origin"
reset_layout
run_migration
assert_retired "a pristine clone with origin $origin"
done
make_checkout https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git
printf 'import QtQuick\nItem { id: mine }\n' >"$checkout/Panel.qml"
reset_layout
run_migration
assert_kept "a clone with a modified tracked file"
[[ $(cat "$checkout/Panel.qml") == $'import QtQuick\nItem { id: mine }' ]] ||
fail "a kept clone keeps its local change" "$(cat "$checkout/Panel.qml")"
pass "a kept clone keeps its local change"
make_checkout https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git
printf 'notes\n' >"$checkout/NOTES.md"
reset_layout
run_migration
assert_kept "a clone with an untracked file"
make_checkout https://github.com/someone/elsewhen-fork.git
reset_layout
run_migration
assert_kept "a clone of another repository"
make_checkout https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git
git -C "$checkout" remote remove origin
reset_layout
run_migration
assert_kept "a clone without an origin remote"
rm -rf "$checkout"
mkdir -p "$checkout"
printf '{ "id": "omacom.elsewhen" }\n' >"$checkout/manifest.json"
reset_layout
run_migration
assert_kept "a plain directory without .git"
rm -rf "$checkout"
make_checkout https://github.com/omacom/elsewhen.git
mv "$checkout" "$test_dir/elsewhen-src"
ln -s "$test_dir/elsewhen-src" "$checkout"
reset_layout
run_migration
assert_kept "a symlinked checkout"
[[ -L $checkout && -f $test_dir/elsewhen-src/manifest.json ]] ||
fail "a symlinked checkout stays a symlink with its target intact" "$(ls -la "$checkout" "$test_dir/elsewhen-src")"
pass "a symlinked checkout stays a symlink with its target intact"
rm -f "$checkout"
reset_layout
run_migration
grep -q 'omacom.elsewhen checkout\|takes precedence' "$output" && fail "no checkout means no checkout report" "$(cat "$output")"
assert_widget_placed "a machine without a checkout"
pass "a machine without a checkout is left alone"