From 7fb1ea8cb3fa4b80f684239fb962cfd3288f3e37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Syed Daanish <me@syedm.dev>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 14:18:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make persistence path a proper global

---
 src/ruby/bindings.rb | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 src/ruby/utils.rb    | 12 +++++++-----
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ruby/bindings.rb b/src/ruby/bindings.rb
index ada2035..b447355 100644
--- a/src/ruby/bindings.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/bindings.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+PERSISTENCE_PATH = File.join(
+  ENV["XDG_STATE_HOME"] || File.expand_path("~/.local/state"),
+  "kutu",
+  "num.json"
+)
+
 presets = {
   normal: [0, X.clk],
   mod: [X.mod, X.mod | X.clk]
@@ -95,23 +101,23 @@ end
 keybind 56, presets[:mod] do |_event|
   monitor = current_monitor
   create_workspace monitor
-  persistence = File.exist?(persistence_path) ?
-    JSON.parse(File.read(persistence_path), symbolize_names: true) :
+  persistence = File.exist?(PERSISTENCE_PATH) ?
+    JSON.parse(File.read(PERSISTENCE_PATH), symbolize_names: true) :
     {}
   persistence[$monitors.key(monitor)] ||= {}
   persistence[$monitors.key(monitor)][:length] = monitor[:workspaces].length
-  File.write(persistence_path, JSON.pretty_generate(persistence))
+  File.write(PERSISTENCE_PATH, JSON.pretty_generate(persistence))
 end
 
 keybind 57, presets[:mod] do |_event|
   monitor = current_monitor
   delete_workspace monitor[:workspaces].length - 1, monitor
-  persistence = File.exist?(persistence_path) ?
-    JSON.parse(File.read(persistence_path), symbolize_names: true) :
+  persistence = File.exist?(PERSISTENCE_PATH) ?
+    JSON.parse(File.read(PERSISTENCE_PATH), symbolize_names: true) :
     {}
   persistence[$monitors.key(monitor)] ||= {}
   persistence[$monitors.key(monitor)][:length] = monitor[:workspaces].length
-  File.write(persistence_path, JSON.pretty_generate(persistence))
+  File.write(PERSISTENCE_PATH, JSON.pretty_generate(persistence))
 end
 
 keybind 110, presets[:normal] do |_event|
@@ -132,23 +138,23 @@ end
 
 keybind 89, presets[:mod] do |_event|
   monitor = current_monitor
-  persistence = File.exist?(persistence_path) ?
-    JSON.parse(File.read(persistence_path), symbolize_names: true) :
+  persistence = File.exist?(PERSISTENCE_PATH) ?
+    JSON.parse(File.read(PERSISTENCE_PATH), symbolize_names: true) :
     {}
   if monitor[:selected_workspace] == 0
     select_workspace persistence[$monitors.key(monitor)]&.[](:saved) || 1, monitor
   else
     persistence[$monitors.key(monitor)] ||= {}
     persistence[$monitors.key(monitor)][:saved] = monitor[:selected_workspace]
-    File.write(persistence_path, JSON.pretty_generate(persistence))
+    File.write(PERSISTENCE_PATH, JSON.pretty_generate(persistence))
     select_workspace 0, monitor
   end
 end
 
 keybind 81, presets[:mod] do |event|
   monitor = current_monitor
-  persistence = File.exist?(persistence_path) ?
-    JSON.parse(File.read(persistence_path), symbolize_names: true) :
+  persistence = File.exist?(PERSISTENCE_PATH) ?
+    JSON.parse(File.read(PERSISTENCE_PATH), symbolize_names: true) :
     {}
   ws = monitor[:workspaces][
     monitor[:selected_workspace] == 0 ?
diff --git a/src/ruby/utils.rb b/src/ruby/utils.rb
index b60efc0..56e5bb1 100644
--- a/src/ruby/utils.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/utils.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-persistence_dir = File.join(ENV["XDG_STATE_HOME"] || File.expand_path("~/.local/state"), "kutu")
-Dir.mkdir(persistence_dir) unless Dir.exist?(persistence_dir)
-persistence_path = File.join(persistence_dir, "num.json")
+PERSISTENCE_PATH = File.join(
+  ENV["XDG_STATE_HOME"] || File.expand_path("~/.local/state"),
+  "kutu",
+  "num.json"
+)
 
 def keybind(key, mod, &block)
   if mod.is_a? Array
@@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ def load_monitors!
   xrandr_output = `xrandr --query`
   connected = xrandr_output.each_line.select { |line| line.include?(" connected") }
   connected.sort_by! { |line| line.include?(" primary") ? 0 : 1 }
-  persistence = File.exist?(persistence_path) ?
-    JSON.parse(File.read(persistence_path), symbolize_names: true) :
+  persistence = File.exist?(PERSISTENCE_PATH) ?
+    JSON.parse(File.read(PERSISTENCE_PATH), symbolize_names: true) :
     {}
   connected.first(2).each_with_index do |line, index|
     next unless line =~ /(\d+)x(\d+)\+(\d+)\+(\d+)/