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Dependency Removal Impact Analysis

What each component provides and what breaks if removed.

dankmaterialshell (dms)

Runtime — what breaks immediately

  • toggle-shell dms fails — shell switching dead
  • Shell-mode rofi picker loses the DMS entry
  • reload-shell-mode.sh defaults to dms if no mode file exists → dead fallback
  • autostart has fallback dms run entry → tries to launch missing binary
  • autorun-manager.sh has daemon:dms run default entry
  • shell-switcher.sh defaults to MODE="dms"

OCWS tools (C source)

  • ocws-dock-mgr.c — DMS JSON parser for pinned apps; removing it means the Dock Manager can't read/write DMS-format configs
  • ocws-welcome.c — references DMS in the welcome splash
  • settings/settings-tabs.c — settings card for DMS
  • ocws-pkgmgr.c — package listing entry for DMS
  • core/utils.c — shell-name mapping includes "DankMaterialShell" -> "dms"

Config shipped (safe to delete)

  • dotfiles/DankMaterialShell/settings.json (578 lines)
  • dotfiles/DankMaterialShell/firefox.css (Material 3 Firefox theme)
  • dotfiles/DankMaterialShell/.firstlaunch
  • dotfiles/DankMaterialShell/.changelog-1.4

Backup scripts

  • scripts/actions/dock-pin-backup.sh — has DMS-specific backup/restore paths
  • scripts/actions/dock-backup.sh — handles DMS session.json format

noctalia

Currently Live on This System

/home/naranyala/.config/labwc-widgets/shell-mode contains noctalia. Removing it breaks the current session.

Runtime — what breaks immediately

  • labwc-shell-wrapper defaults to noctalia as primary shell — wrapper fails
  • toggle-shell noctalia fails
  • shell-mode-picker.sh defaults to echo noctalia → dead default
  • scripts/actions/maintenance.sh tries to restart noctalia if running
  • scripts/actions/shell-mode.sh lists noctalia as valid mode

OCWS tools

  • ocws-dock-mgr.c — TOML parser for noctalia pinned apps
  • ocws-welcome.c, settings/settings-tabs.c, core/utils.c — references (same pattern as DMS)

rc.xml (live config)

  • <application class="noctalia"> with skip_taskbar, skip_pager — harmless dead rule
  • Present in all rc.xml copies (working, backup, historic backups)

Config shipped

  • dotfiles/noctalia/config.toml (473 lines) — full noctalia config
  • /home/naranyala/.config/noctalia/config.toml — live active config
  • /home/naranyala/.config/zigshell-cairo-pango/noctalia.css (433 lines) — zigshell-cairo-pango theme only, no binary dependency
  • /home/naranyala/.config/zigshell-cairo-pango/zigshell-cairo-pango-noctalia.config — zigshell-cairo-pango layout only, no binary dependency
  • /home/naranyala/build/noctalia-src/ — source tree (already compiled)

Desktop entry

  • /home/naranyala/build/noctalia-src/assets/dev.noctalia.Noctalia.desktop

crystal-dock

Runtime — what breaks immediately

  • labwc-shell-wrapper crystal mode branch — already redirected to zigshell-cairo-pango
  • toggle-shell — no crystal mode (was never a toggle-shell mode; safe)
  • install.sh mode crystaldock entry + build/deploy case — removed
  • scripts/toggle-dock crystal dock target — renamed to zigshell-cairo-pango
  • scripts/actions/shell-mode.sh crystal alias — removed
  • scripts/dock-sync.py crystaldock parser — now reads ~/.config/zigshell-cairo-pango/panel_1.conf

Config shipped (safe to delete)

  • dotfiles/crystal-dock/ — full crystal-dock config
  • dotfiles/ocws/modes/crystaldock.mode
  • sources/crystal-dock/ — upstream source tree

Notes

  • crystal-dock was the original default paired with zigshell-cairo-pango. Its panel/dock role is fully covered by zigshell-cairo-pango (same ~/.config/zigshell-cairo-pango/panel_1.conf).

zigshell-cairo-pango

Runtime — what breaks immediately

  • Shell mode both (labwc-shell-wrapper) — starts two zigshell-cairo-pango instances; keep or repoint
  • shell-mode-picker.sh loses the "zigshell-cairo-pango + Zigshell-cairo-pango" option
  • /home/naranyala/.config/autostart/zigshell-cairo-pango.desktop launches missing binary
  • scripts/actions/maintenance.sh tries to restart zigshell-cairo-pango
  • compose-fixes.sh fails — tries to fix zigshell-cairo-pango appearance.conf

rc.xml + menu (live config)

  • <application class="zigshell-cairo-pango"> — skip_taskbar/skip_pager rule
  • Menu entry Launch Zigshell-cairo-pango in menu.xml
  • Present in all presets (default.xml, super.xml)

shutdown

  • pkill zigshell-cairo-pango in ~/.config/labwc/shutdown — harmless no-op

OCWS tools

  • ocws-dock-mgr.c — zigshell-cairo-pango config parser (semicolon-delimited launcher format)
  • ocws-welcome.c, ocws-pkgmgr.c — references

Integrations

  • scripts/actions/icon-theme-picker.sh — applies icon theme to zigshell-cairo-pango + restarts it
  • scripts/ocws-icon-picker.sh — primary shell integration is zigshell-cairo-pango (partially breaks)

Config shipped (safe to delete)

  • dotfiles/zigshell-cairo-pango/panel_1.conf (16 lines)
  • dotfiles/zigshell-cairo-pango/appearance.conf (32 lines)

Shared cleanup required for any removal

All three components share the shell-mode infrastructure. Removing any one requires editing all of these files to prune it:

File What to change
scripts/toggle-shell Remove mode from validation, kill/start cases
scripts/shell-mode-picker.sh Remove picker option
scripts/actions/shell-mode.sh Remove from mode validation
scripts/actions/shell-mode-picker.sh Remove from picker and fallback
scripts/actions/reload-shell-mode.sh Update default fallback
scripts/labwc-shell-wrapper Remove from mode selection and launch logic
scripts/actions/maintenance.sh Remove restart block
src/gui/ocws-dock-mgr.c Remove the per-shell parser and auto-detection
src/core/utils.c Remove shell-name mapping entry
src/gui/ocws-welcome.c Remove from welcome text
src/gui/settings/settings-tabs.c Remove settings card
src/gui/ocws-pkgmgr.c Remove from package listing

And for specific components:

Component Additional files
dankmaterialshell scripts/actions/dock-pin-backup.sh, scripts/actions/dock-backup.sh, install.sh mode 3
noctalia scripts/actions/dock-pin-backup.sh, scripts/actions/dock-backup.sh, install.sh mode 4, shell-switcher.sh
crystal-dock install.sh mode 2, scripts/toggle-dock, scripts/actions/shell-mode.sh, scripts/dock-sync.py, dotfiles/crystal-dock/, dotfiles/ocws/modes/crystaldock.mode
zigshell-cairo-pango scripts/actions/dock-pin-backup.sh, scripts/ocws-icon-picker.sh, scripts/actions/icon-theme-picker.sh, compose-fixes.sh, ~/.config/autostart/zigshell-cairo-pango.desktop