move autostart functionality to universalSettings

app/universalsettings.cpp

@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ UniversalSettings::~UniversalSettings()
 
 void UniversalSettings::load()
 {
+    //! check if user has set the autostart option
+    bool autostartUserSet = m_universalGroup.readEntry("userConfiguredAutostart", false);
+
+    if (!autostartUserSet && !autostart()) {
+        setAutostart(true);
+    }
+
+    //! load configuration
     loadConfig();
 }
 
@@ -90,6 +98,44 @@ void UniversalSettings::setCurrentLayoutName(QString layoutName)
     emit currentLayoutNameChanged();
 }
 
+bool UniversalSettings::autostart() const
+{
+    QFile autostartFile(QDir::homePath() + "/.config/autostart/org.kde.latte-dock.desktop");
+    return autostartFile.exists();
+}
+
+void UniversalSettings::setAutostart(bool state)
+{
+    //! remove old autostart file
+    QFile oldAutostartFile(QDir::homePath() + "/.config/autostart/latte-dock.desktop");
+
+    if (oldAutostartFile.exists()) {
+        oldAutostartFile.remove();
+    }
+
+    //! end of removal of old autostart file
+
+    QFile autostartFile(QDir::homePath() + "/.config/autostart/org.kde.latte-dock.desktop");
+    QFile metaFile("/usr/share/applications/org.kde.latte-dock.desktop");
+
+    if (!state && autostartFile.exists()) {
+        //! the first time that the user disables the autostart, this is recorded
+        //! and from now own it will not be recreated it in the beginning
+        if (!m_universalGroup.readEntry("userConfiguredAutostart", false)) {
+            m_universalGroup.writeEntry("userConfiguredAutostart", true);
+        }
+
+        autostartFile.remove();
+        emit autostartChanged();
+    } else if (state && metaFile.exists()) {
+        metaFile.copy(autostartFile.fileName());
+        //! I havent added the flag "OnlyShowIn=KDE;" into the autostart file
+        //! because I fall onto a Plasma 5.8 case that this flag
+        //! didnt let the plasma desktop to start
+        emit autostartChanged();
+    }
+}
+
 void UniversalSettings::loadConfig()
 {
     m_version = m_universalGroup.readEntry("version", 1);

app/universalsettings.h

@@ -34,22 +34,20 @@ namespace Latte {
 //! independent of layouts
 class UniversalSettings : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
-    //Q_PROPERTY(bool autostart READ autostart WRITE setAutostart NOTIFY autostartChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool autostart READ autostart WRITE setAutostart NOTIFY autostartChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool exposeLayoutsMenu READ exposeLayoutsMenu WRITE setExposeLayoutsMenu NOTIFY exposeLayoutsMenuChanged)
 
     Q_PROPERTY(QString currentLayoutName READ currentLayoutName WRITE setCurrentLayoutName NOTIFY currentLayoutNameChanged)
 
-    //Q_PROPERTY(Latte::Dock::SessionType currentSession READ currentSession WRITE setCurrentSession NOTIFY currentSessionChanged)
-
-    //Q_PROPERTY(QAction *altSessionAction READ altSessionAction NOTIFY altSessionActionChanged)
-    //Q_PROPERTY(QAction *addWidgetsAction READ addWidgetsAction NOTIFY addWidgetsActionChanged)
-
 public:
     UniversalSettings(KSharedConfig::Ptr config, QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~UniversalSettings() override;
 
     void load();
 
+    bool autostart() const;
+    void setAutostart(bool state);
+
     bool exposeLayoutsMenu() const;
     void setExposeLayoutsMenu(bool state);
 
@@ -60,6 +58,7 @@ public:
     void setCurrentLayoutName(QString layoutName);
 
 signals:
+    void autostartChanged();
     void currentLayoutNameChanged();
     void exposeLayoutsMenuChanged();
     void versionChanged();

shell/package/contents/configuration/TweaksConfig.qml

@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ PlasmaComponents.Page {
             PlasmaComponents.CheckBox {
                 Layout.leftMargin: units.smallSpacing * 2
                 text: i18n("Enable autostart during startup")
-                checked: globalSettings.autostart
+                checked: universalSettings.autostart
 
                 onClicked: {
-                    globalSettings.autostart = checked
+                    universalSettings.autostart = checked;
                 }
             }