another attempt at force open term in linux gui

RA3MP3Playback.py

@@ -713,44 +713,69 @@ def main():
                 pass
         pygame.mixer.quit()
 
+_RELAUNCHED_ENV = "Q3A_LAUNCHED_IN_TERMINAL"
+
+
 def has_terminal():
-    """Check if stdout and stdin are attached to a terminal."""
     try:
-        return sys.stdout.isatty() and sys.stdin.isatty()
+        return sys.stdin.isatty() and sys.stdout.isatty()
     except Exception:
         return False
 
-def relaunch_in_terminal():
-    """Relaunch this program inside a terminal emulator."""
-    # Full path to the current script or binary
-    script_path = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])
-    args = sys.argv[1:]
 
-    # Common terminal emulators to try
+def relaunch_in_terminal():
+    # Prevent infinite relaunch loops
+    if os.environ.get(_RELAUNCHED_ENV) == "1":
+        return
+
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env[_RELAUNCHED_ENV] = "1"
+
+    argv = [os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])] + sys.argv[1:]
+
+    # --- 1. Preferred: xdg-terminal-exec (Bazzite / Fedora Atomic / Wayland) ---
+    if shutil.which("xdg-terminal-exec"):
+        try:
+            subprocess.Popen(
+                ["xdg-terminal-exec"] + argv,
+                env=env
+            )
+            sys.exit(0)
+        except Exception:
+            pass  # fall through to legacy terminals
+
+    # --- 2. Legacy fallback terminals ---
     terminals = [
-        ["konsole", "--hold", "-e"],                # KDE
+        ("konsole", ["--hold", "-e"]),
-        ["gnome-terminal", "--", "bash", "-c"],    # GNOME
+        ("gnome-terminal", ["--", "bash", "-c"]),
-        ["xterm", "-hold", "-e"],                  # X11 fallback
+        ("xterm", ["-hold", "-e"]),
-        ["kitty", "-e"],                            # Kitty
+        ("kitty", ["-e"]),
-        ["alacritty", "-e"]                         # Alacritty
+        ("alacritty", ["-e"]),
     ]
 
-    for term in terminals:
+    for term, args in terminals:
-        # Check if terminal exists
+        if not shutil.which(term):
-        if shutil.which(term[0]):
+            continue
-            # For GNOME Terminal, wrap command in bash -c
+
-            if "gnome-terminal" in term[0]:
-                cmd = term + [f'"{script_path}" {" ".join(args)}; exec bash"']
-            else:
-                cmd = term + [script_path] + args
         try:
-                subprocess.Popen(cmd)
+            if term == "gnome-terminal":
+                cmd = [term] + args + [
+                    f'"{" ".join(argv)}"; exec bash'
+                ]
+            else:
+                cmd = [term] + args + argv
+
+            subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=env)
             sys.exit(0)
+
         except Exception:
             continue
 
-    # If no terminal found, print a warning and exit
+    # --- 3. Last-resort failure ---
-    print("No terminal emulator found. Please run this program from a terminal.")
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        "Unable to open a terminal window.\n"
+        "Please run this application from a terminal.\n"
+    )
     sys.exit(1)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":