core: move to hyprutils for utils (#6385)

* core: move to hyprutils for utils

Nix: add hyprutils dep

* Meson: add hyprutils dep

* flake.lock: update

---------

Co-authored-by: Mihai Fufezan <mihai@fufexan.net>

.github/actions/setup_base/action.yml

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ runs:
         cmake --build ./build --config Release --target all -j`nproc 2>/dev/null || getconf NPROCESSORS_CONF`
         cmake --install build
 
+    - name: Get hyprutils-git
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        git clone https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprutils && cd hyprutils && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -B build && cmake --build build --target hyprutils && cmake --install build
+
     - name: Get Xorg pacman pkgs
       shell: bash
       if: inputs.INSTALL_XORG_PKGS == 'true'

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET
     wayland-server wayland-client wayland-cursor wayland-protocols
     cairo pango pangocairo pixman-1
     libdrm libinput hwdata libseat libdisplay-info libliftoff libudev gbm
-    hyprlang>=0.3.2 hyprcursor>=0.1.7
+    hyprlang>=0.3.2 hyprcursor>=0.1.7 hyprutils>=0.1.1
 )
 
 find_package(hyprwayland-scanner 0.3.10 REQUIRED)

flake.lock

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
     },
     "hyprlang": {
       "inputs": {
+        "hyprutils": [
+          "hyprutils"
+        ],
         "nixpkgs": [
           "nixpkgs"
         ],
@@ -61,11 +64,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1716473782,
-        "narHash": "sha256-+qLn4lsHU6iL3+HTo1gTQ1tWzet8K9h+IfVemzEQZj8=",
+        "lastModified": 1717881852,
+        "narHash": "sha256-XeeVoKHQgfKuXoP6q90sUqKyl7EYy3ol2dVZGM+Jj94=",
         "owner": "hyprwm",
         "repo": "hyprlang",
-        "rev": "87d5d984109c839482b88b4795db073eb9ed446f",
+        "rev": "ec6938c66253429192274d612912649a0cfe4d28",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -74,6 +77,29 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "hyprutils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "systems": [
+          "systems"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1717881334,
+        "narHash": "sha256-a0inRgJhPL6v9v7RPM/rx1kbXdfe3xJA1c9z0ZkYnh4=",
+        "owner": "hyprwm",
+        "repo": "hyprutils",
+        "rev": "0693f9398ab693d89c9a0aa3b3d062dd61b7a60e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "hyprwm",
+        "repo": "hyprutils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "hyprwayland-scanner": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -99,11 +125,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1717602782,
-        "narHash": "sha256-pL9jeus5QpX5R+9rsp3hhZ+uplVHscNJh8n8VpqscM0=",
+        "lastModified": 1717974879,
+        "narHash": "sha256-GTO3C88+5DX171F/gVS3Qga/hOs/eRMxPFpiHq2t+D8=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "e8057b67ebf307f01bdcc8fba94d94f75039d1f6",
+        "rev": "c7b821ba2e1e635ba5a76d299af62821cbcb09f3",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -117,6 +143,7 @@
       "inputs": {
         "hyprcursor": "hyprcursor",
         "hyprlang": "hyprlang",
+        "hyprutils": "hyprutils",
         "hyprwayland-scanner": "hyprwayland-scanner",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "systems": "systems",
@@ -152,11 +179,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1716290197,
-        "narHash": "sha256-1u9Exrc7yx9qtES2brDh7/DDZ8w8ap1nboIOAtCgeuM=",
+        "lastModified": 1717918856,
+        "narHash": "sha256-I38bmPLqamvOfVSArd1hhZtkVRAYBK38fOHZCU1P9Qg=",
         "owner": "hyprwm",
         "repo": "xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland",
-        "rev": "91e48d6acd8a5a611d26f925e51559ab743bc438",
+        "rev": "72907822c19afc0983c69d59d299204381623725",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

flake.nix

@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
       url = "github:hyprwm/hyprlang";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
       inputs.systems.follows = "systems";
+      inputs.hyprutils.follows = "hyprutils";
+    };
+
+    hyprutils = {
+      url = "github:hyprwm/hyprutils";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+      inputs.systems.follows = "systems";
     };
 
     hyprwayland-scanner = {

hyprctl/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ project(
     DESCRIPTION "Control utility for Hyprland"
 )
 
+pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET hyprutils>=0.1.1)
+
 add_executable(hyprctl "main.cpp")
 
+target_link_libraries(hyprctl PUBLIC PkgConfig::deps)
+
 # binary
 install(TARGETS hyprctl)
 

hyprctl/main.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <regex>
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
 
 #include "Strings.hpp"
 
@@ -270,12 +272,6 @@ std::deque<std::string> splitArgs(int argc, char** argv) {
     return result;
 }
 
-bool isNumber(const std::string& str, bool allowfloat) {
-    if (str.empty())
-        return false;
-    return std::ranges::all_of(str.begin(), str.end(), [&](char c) { return isdigit(c) != 0 || c == '-' || (allowfloat && c == '.'); });
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     bool parseArgs = true;
 

hyprctl/meson.build

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 executable('hyprctl', 'main.cpp',
+  dependencies: [
+    dependency('hyprutils', version: '>= 0.1.1'),
+  ],
   install: true
 )
 

hyprpm/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE SRCFILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "src/*.cpp")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
 
-pkg_check_modules(tomlplusplus REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET tomlplusplus)
+pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET tomlplusplus hyprutils>=0.1.1)
 
 add_executable(hyprpm ${SRCFILES})
 
-target_link_libraries(hyprpm PUBLIC PkgConfig::tomlplusplus)
+target_link_libraries(hyprpm PUBLIC PkgConfig::deps)
 
 # binary
 install(TARGETS hyprpm)

hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp

@@ -19,24 +19,8 @@
 
 #include <toml++/toml.hpp>
 
-static std::string removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(std::string str) {
-    if (str.empty())
-        return str;
-
-    int countBefore = 0;
-    while (str[countBefore] == ' ' || str[countBefore] == '\t') {
-        countBefore++;
-    }
-
-    int countAfter = 0;
-    while ((int)str.length() - countAfter - 1 >= 0 && (str[str.length() - countAfter - 1] == ' ' || str[str.length() - 1 - countAfter] == '\t')) {
-        countAfter++;
-    }
-
-    str = str.substr(countBefore, str.length() - countBefore - countAfter);
-
-    return str;
-}
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
 
 static std::string execAndGet(std::string cmd) {
     cmd += " 2>&1";
@@ -374,7 +358,7 @@ eHeadersErrors CPluginManager::headersValid() {
         if (PATH.ends_with("protocols") || PATH.ends_with("wlroots-hyprland"))
             continue;
 
-        verHeader = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(PATH.substr(2)) + "/hyprland/src/version.h";
+        verHeader = trim(PATH.substr(2)) + "/hyprland/src/version.h";
         break;
     }
 
@@ -447,7 +431,7 @@ bool CPluginManager::updateHeaders(bool force) {
     // let us give a bit of leg-room for shallowing
     // due to timezones, etc.
     const std::string SHALLOW_DATE =
-        removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(HLVER.date).empty() ? "" : execAndGet("LC_TIME=\"en_US.UTF-8\" date --date='" + HLVER.date + " - 1 weeks' '+\%a \%b \%d \%H:\%M:\%S \%Y'");
+        trim(HLVER.date).empty() ? "" : execAndGet("LC_TIME=\"en_US.UTF-8\" date --date='" + HLVER.date + " - 1 weeks' '+\%a \%b \%d \%H:\%M:\%S \%Y'");
 
     if (m_bVerbose && bShallow)
         progress.printMessageAbove(std::string{Colors::BLUE} + "[v] " + Colors::RESET + "will shallow since: " + SHALLOW_DATE);

hyprpm/src/meson.build

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ src = globber.stdout().strip().split('\n')
 
 executable('hyprpm', src,
   dependencies: [
+    dependency('hyprutils', version: '>= 0.1.1'),
     dependency('threads'),
     dependency('tomlplusplus')
   ],

nix/default.nix

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   git,
   hyprcursor,
   hyprlang,
+  hyprutils,
   hyprwayland-scanner,
   jq,
   libGL,
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ assert lib.assertMsg (!hidpiXWayland) "The option `hidpiXWayland` has been remov
         git
         hyprcursor.dev
         hyprlang
+        hyprutils
         libGL
         libdrm
         libdatrie

nix/overlays.nix

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ in {
     # Dependencies
     inputs.hyprcursor.overlays.default
     inputs.hyprlang.overlays.default
+    inputs.hyprutils.overlays.default
     inputs.hyprwayland-scanner.overlays.default
     self.overlays.xwayland
 

src/Compositor.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <helpers/SdDaemon.hpp> // for SdNotify
 #endif
 #include <ranges>
-#include "helpers/VarList.hpp"
+#include "helpers/varlist/VarList.hpp"
 #include "protocols/FractionalScale.hpp"
 #include "protocols/PointerConstraints.hpp"
 #include "protocols/LayerShell.hpp"
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #include "desktop/LayerSurface.hpp"
 #include "xwayland/XWayland.hpp"
 
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 

src/config/ConfigDataValues.hpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "../defines.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/VarList.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/varlist/VarList.hpp"
 #include <vector>
 
 enum eConfigValueDataTypes {

src/config/ConfigManager.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "../render/decorations/CHyprGroupBarDecoration.hpp"
 #include "config/ConfigDataValues.hpp"
-#include "helpers/VarList.hpp"
+#include "helpers/varlist/VarList.hpp"
 #include "../protocols/LayerShell.hpp"
 
 #include <cstdint>
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <glob.h>
+#include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <ranges>
 #include <unordered_set>
-#include <xkbcommon/xkbcommon.h>
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
 
 extern "C" char**             environ;
 
@@ -2087,8 +2089,8 @@ bool layerRuleValid(const std::string& RULE) {
 }
 
 std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleWindowRule(const std::string& command, const std::string& value) {
-    const auto RULE  = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(value.substr(0, value.find_first_of(',')));
-    const auto VALUE = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(value.substr(value.find_first_of(',') + 1));
+    const auto RULE  = trim(value.substr(0, value.find_first_of(',')));
+    const auto VALUE = trim(value.substr(value.find_first_of(',') + 1));
 
     // check rule and value
     if (RULE.empty() || VALUE.empty())
@@ -2114,8 +2116,8 @@ std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleWindowRule(const std::string& c
 }
 
 std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleLayerRule(const std::string& command, const std::string& value) {
-    const auto RULE  = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(value.substr(0, value.find_first_of(',')));
-    const auto VALUE = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(value.substr(value.find_first_of(',') + 1));
+    const auto RULE  = trim(value.substr(0, value.find_first_of(',')));
+    const auto VALUE = trim(value.substr(value.find_first_of(',') + 1));
 
     // check rule and value
     if (RULE.empty() || VALUE.empty())
@@ -2142,7 +2144,7 @@ std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleLayerRule(const std::string& co
 }
 
 std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleWindowRuleV2(const std::string& command, const std::string& value) {
-    const auto RULE  = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(value.substr(0, value.find_first_of(',')));
+    const auto RULE  = trim(value.substr(0, value.find_first_of(',')));
     const auto VALUE = value.substr(value.find_first_of(',') + 1);
 
     if (!windowRuleValid(RULE) && RULE != "unset") {
@@ -2219,7 +2221,7 @@ std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleWindowRuleV2(const std::string&
 
         result = result.substr(0, min - pos);
 
-        result = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(result);
+        result = trim(result);
 
         if (!result.empty() && result.back() == ',')
             result.pop_back();
@@ -2341,7 +2343,7 @@ void CConfigManager::updateBlurredLS(const std::string& name, const bool forceBl
 
 std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleBlurLS(const std::string& command, const std::string& value) {
     if (value.starts_with("remove,")) {
-        const auto TOREMOVE = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(value.substr(7));
+        const auto TOREMOVE = trim(value.substr(7));
         if (std::erase_if(m_dBlurLSNamespaces, [&](const auto& other) { return other == TOREMOVE; }))
             updateBlurredLS(TOREMOVE, false);
         return {};
@@ -2358,7 +2360,7 @@ std::optional<std::string> CConfigManager::handleWorkspaceRules(const std::strin
     const auto     FIRST_DELIM = value.find_first_of(',');
 
     std::string    name        = "";
-    auto           first_ident = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(value.substr(0, FIRST_DELIM));
+    auto           first_ident = trim(value.substr(0, FIRST_DELIM));
     int            id          = getWorkspaceIDFromString(first_ident, name);
 
     auto           rules = value.substr(FIRST_DELIM + 1);

src/config/ConfigManager.hpp

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <xf86drmMode.h>
 #include "../helpers/WLClasses.hpp"
 #include "../helpers/Monitor.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/VarList.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/varlist/VarList.hpp"
 #include "../desktop/Window.hpp"
 #include "../desktop/LayerSurface.hpp"
 

src/debug/HyprCtl.cpp

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #include <typeindex>
 #include <numeric>
 
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
+
 #include "../config/ConfigDataValues.hpp"
 #include "../config/ConfigValue.hpp"
 #include "../managers/CursorManager.hpp"
@@ -826,7 +829,7 @@ std::string bindsRequest(eHyprCtlOutputFormat format, std::string request) {
 
 std::string versionRequest(eHyprCtlOutputFormat format, std::string request) {
 
-    auto commitMsg = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE);
+    auto commitMsg = trim(GIT_COMMIT_MESSAGE);
     std::replace(commitMsg.begin(), commitMsg.end(), '#', ' ');
 
     if (format == eHyprCtlOutputFormat::FORMAT_NORMAL) {
@@ -1051,7 +1054,7 @@ std::string dispatchBatch(eHyprCtlOutputFormat format, std::string request) {
             request = "";
         }
 
-        curitem = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(curitem);
+        curitem = trim(curitem);
     };
 
     nextItem();
@@ -1305,7 +1308,7 @@ std::string dispatchGetOption(eHyprCtlOutputFormat format, std::string request)
             request = "";
         }
 
-        curitem = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(curitem);
+        curitem = trim(curitem);
     };
 
     nextItem();

src/desktop/Popup.hpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <memory>
 #include "Subsurface.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 
 class CXDGPopupResource;
 

src/desktop/Window.cpp

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #include "../protocols/core/Compositor.hpp"
 #include "../xwayland/XWayland.hpp"
 
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
+
 PHLWINDOW CWindow::create(SP<CXWaylandSurface> surface) {
     PHLWINDOW pWindow = SP<CWindow>(new CWindow(surface));
 
@@ -687,7 +690,7 @@ void CWindow::applyDynamicRule(const SWindowRule& r) {
             CGradientValueData activeBorderGradient   = {};
             CGradientValueData inactiveBorderGradient = {};
             bool               active                 = true;
-            CVarList           colorsAndAngles        = CVarList(removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(r.szRule.substr(r.szRule.find_first_of(' ') + 1)), 0, 's', true);
+            CVarList           colorsAndAngles        = CVarList(trim(r.szRule.substr(r.szRule.find_first_of(' ') + 1)), 0, 's', true);
 
             // Basic form has only two colors, everything else can be parsed as a gradient
             if (colorsAndAngles.size() == 2 && !colorsAndAngles[1].contains("deg")) {

src/desktop/Workspace.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #include "../Compositor.hpp"
 #include "../config/ConfigValue.hpp"
 
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
+
 PHLWORKSPACE CWorkspace::create(int id, int monitorID, std::string name, bool special, bool isEmtpy) {
     PHLWORKSPACE workspace = makeShared<CWorkspace>(id, monitorID, name, special, isEmtpy);
     workspace->init(workspace);
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ std::string CWorkspace::getConfigName() {
 }
 
 bool CWorkspace::matchesStaticSelector(const std::string& selector_) {
-    auto selector = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(selector_);
+    auto selector = trim(selector_);
 
     if (selector.empty())
         return true;

src/devices/IKeyboard.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "IKeyboard.hpp"
 #include "../defines.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/VarList.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/varlist/VarList.hpp"
 #include "../managers/input/InputManager.hpp"
 
 uint32_t IKeyboard::getCapabilities() {

src/events/Windows.cpp

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #include "../protocols/core/Compositor.hpp"
 #include "../xwayland/XSurface.hpp"
 
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
+
 // ------------------------------------------------------------ //
 //  __          _______ _   _ _____   ______          _______   //
 //  \ \        / /_   _| \ | |  __ \ / __ \ \        / / ____|  //
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ void Events::listener_mapWindow(void* owner, void* data) {
     for (auto& r : PWINDOW->m_vMatchedRules) {
         if (r.szRule.starts_with("monitor")) {
             try {
-                const auto MONITORSTR = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(r.szRule.substr(r.szRule.find(' ')));
+                const auto MONITORSTR = trim(r.szRule.substr(r.szRule.find(' ')));
 
                 if (MONITORSTR == "unset") {
                     PWINDOW->m_iMonitorID = PMONITOR->ID;
@@ -235,7 +238,7 @@ void Events::listener_mapWindow(void* owner, void* data) {
                 continue;
 
             // `group` is a shorthand of `group set`
-            if (removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(r.szRule) == "group") {
+            if (trim(r.szRule) == "group") {
                 PWINDOW->m_eGroupRules |= GROUP_SET;
                 continue;
             }

src/helpers/MiscFunctions.cpp

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #ifdef HAS_EXECINFO
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #endif
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
 
 #if defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
@@ -195,25 +197,6 @@ std::string escapeJSONStrings(const std::string& str) {
     return oss.str();
 }
 
-std::string removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(std::string str) {
-    if (str.empty())
-        return str;
-
-    int countBefore = 0;
-    while (str[countBefore] == ' ' || str[countBefore] == '\t') {
-        countBefore++;
-    }
-
-    int countAfter = 0;
-    while ((int)str.length() - countAfter - 1 >= 0 && (str[str.length() - countAfter - 1] == ' ' || str[str.length() - 1 - countAfter] == '\t')) {
-        countAfter++;
-    }
-
-    str = str.substr(countBefore, str.length() - countBefore - countAfter);
-
-    return str;
-}
-
 std::optional<float> getPlusMinusKeywordResult(std::string source, float relative) {
     try {
         return relative + stof(source);
@@ -223,31 +206,6 @@ std::optional<float> getPlusMinusKeywordResult(std::string source, float relativ
     }
 }
 
-bool isNumber(const std::string& str, bool allowfloat) {
-
-    std::string copy = str;
-    if (*copy.begin() == '-')
-        copy = copy.substr(1);
-
-    if (copy.empty())
-        return false;
-
-    bool point = !allowfloat;
-    for (auto& c : copy) {
-        if (c == '.') {
-            if (point)
-                return false;
-            point = true;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if (!std::isdigit(c))
-            return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool isDirection(const std::string& arg) {
     return arg == "l" || arg == "r" || arg == "u" || arg == "d" || arg == "t" || arg == "b";
 }
@@ -579,7 +537,7 @@ int getWorkspaceIDFromString(const std::string& in, std::string& outName) {
 
 std::optional<std::string> cleanCmdForWorkspace(const std::string& inWorkspaceName, std::string dirtyCmd) {
 
-    std::string cmd = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(dirtyCmd);
+    std::string cmd = trim(dirtyCmd);
 
     if (!cmd.empty()) {
         std::string       rules;
@@ -748,7 +706,7 @@ int64_t configStringToInt(const std::string& VALUE) {
     } else if (VALUE.starts_with("rgba(") && VALUE.ends_with(')')) {
         const auto VALUEWITHOUTFUNC = VALUE.substr(5, VALUE.length() - 6);
 
-        if (removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(VALUEWITHOUTFUNC).length() != 8) {
+        if (trim(VALUEWITHOUTFUNC).length() != 8) {
             Debug::log(WARN, "invalid length {} for rgba", VALUEWITHOUTFUNC.length());
             throw std::invalid_argument("rgba() expects length of 8 characters (4 bytes)");
         }
@@ -760,7 +718,7 @@ int64_t configStringToInt(const std::string& VALUE) {
     } else if (VALUE.starts_with("rgb(") && VALUE.ends_with(')')) {
         const auto VALUEWITHOUTFUNC = VALUE.substr(4, VALUE.length() - 5);
 
-        if (removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(VALUEWITHOUTFUNC).length() != 6) {
+        if (trim(VALUEWITHOUTFUNC).length() != 6) {
             Debug::log(WARN, "invalid length {} for rgb", VALUEWITHOUTFUNC.length());
             throw std::invalid_argument("rgb() expects length of 6 characters (3 bytes)");
         }
@@ -822,15 +780,6 @@ double normalizeAngleRad(double ang) {
     return ang;
 }
 
-std::string replaceInString(std::string subject, const std::string& search, const std::string& replace) {
-    size_t pos = 0;
-    while ((pos = subject.find(search, pos)) != std::string::npos) {
-        subject.replace(pos, search.length(), replace);
-        pos += replace.length();
-    }
-    return subject;
-}
-
 std::vector<SCallstackFrameInfo> getBacktrace() {
     std::vector<SCallstackFrameInfo> callstack;
 

src/helpers/MiscFunctions.hpp

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ std::string                      absolutePath(const std::string&, const std::str
 void                             addWLSignal(wl_signal*, wl_listener*, void* pOwner, const std::string& ownerString);
 void                             removeWLSignal(wl_listener*);
 std::string                      escapeJSONStrings(const std::string& str);
-std::string                      removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(std::string);
-bool                             isNumber(const std::string&, bool allowfloat = false);
 bool                             isDirection(const std::string&);
 bool                             isDirection(const char&);
 int                              getWorkspaceIDFromString(const std::string&, std::string&);
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ Vector2D                         configStringToVector2D(const std::string&);
 std::optional<float>             getPlusMinusKeywordResult(std::string in, float relative);
 void                             matrixProjection(float mat[9], int w, int h, wl_output_transform tr);
 double                           normalizeAngleRad(double ang);
-std::string                      replaceInString(std::string subject, const std::string& search, const std::string& replace);
 std::vector<SCallstackFrameInfo> getBacktrace();
 void                             throwError(const std::string& err);
 bool                             envEnabled(const std::string& env);

src/helpers/Monitor.cpp

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "../devices/ITouch.hpp"
 #include "../protocols/LayerShell.hpp"
 #include "../protocols/PresentationTime.hpp"
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
 
 int ratHandler(void* data) {
     g_pHyprRenderer->renderMonitor((CMonitor*)data);
@@ -71,8 +73,7 @@ void CMonitor::onConnect(bool noRule) {
     std::erase(szDescription, ',');
 
     // field is backwards-compatible with intended usage of `szDescription` but excludes the parenthesized DRM node name suffix
-    szShortDescription =
-        removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(std::format("{} {} {}", output->make ? output->make : "", output->model ? output->model : "", output->serial ? output->serial : ""));
+    szShortDescription = trim(std::format("{} {} {}", output->make ? output->make : "", output->model ? output->model : "", output->serial ? output->serial : ""));
     std::erase(szShortDescription, ',');
 
     if (!wlr_backend_is_drm(output->backend))

src/helpers/VarList.cpp

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#include "MiscFunctions.hpp"
-#include "VarList.hpp"
-#include <ranges>
-#include <algorithm>
-
-CVarList::CVarList(const std::string& in, const size_t lastArgNo, const char delim, const bool removeEmpty) {
-    if (in.empty())
-        m_vArgs.emplace_back("");
-
-    std::string args{in};
-    size_t      idx = 0;
-    size_t      pos = 0;
-    std::ranges::replace_if(
-        args, [&](const char& c) { return delim == 's' ? std::isspace(c) : c == delim; }, 0);
-
-    for (const auto& s : args | std::views::split(0)) {
-        if (removeEmpty && s.empty())
-            continue;
-        if (++idx == lastArgNo) {
-            m_vArgs.emplace_back(removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(in.substr(pos)));
-            break;
-        }
-        pos += s.size() + 1;
-        m_vArgs.emplace_back(removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(std::string_view{s}.data()));
-    }
-}
-
-std::string CVarList::join(const std::string& joiner, size_t from, size_t to) const {
-    size_t      last = to == 0 ? size() : to;
-
-    std::string rolling;
-    for (size_t i = from; i < last; ++i) {
-        rolling += m_vArgs[i] + (i + 1 < last ? joiner : "");
-    }
-
-    return rolling;
-}

src/helpers/VarList.hpp

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#include <functional>
-#include <vector>
-#include <string>
-#include "../macros.hpp"
-
-class CVarList {
-  public:
-    /** Split string into arg list
-        @param lastArgNo stop splitting after argv reaches maximum size, last arg will contain rest of unsplit args
-        @param delim if delimiter is 's', use std::isspace
-        @param removeEmpty remove empty args from argv
-    */
-    CVarList(const std::string& in, const size_t maxSize = 0, const char delim = ',', const bool removeEmpty = false);
-
-    ~CVarList() = default;
-
-    size_t size() const {
-        return m_vArgs.size();
-    }
-
-    std::string join(const std::string& joiner, size_t from = 0, size_t to = 0) const;
-
-    void        map(std::function<void(std::string&)> func) {
-        for (auto& s : m_vArgs)
-            func(s);
-    }
-
-    void append(const std::string arg) {
-        m_vArgs.emplace_back(arg);
-    }
-
-    std::string operator[](const size_t& idx) const {
-        if (idx >= m_vArgs.size())
-            return "";
-        return m_vArgs[idx];
-    }
-
-    // for range-based loops
-    std::vector<std::string>::iterator begin() {
-        return m_vArgs.begin();
-    }
-    std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator begin() const {
-        return m_vArgs.begin();
-    }
-    std::vector<std::string>::iterator end() {
-        return m_vArgs.end();
-    }
-    std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator end() const {
-        return m_vArgs.end();
-    }
-
-    bool contains(const std::string& el) {
-        for (auto& a : m_vArgs) {
-            if (a == el)
-                return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-  private:
-    std::vector<std::string> m_vArgs;
-};

src/helpers/WLClasses.hpp

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "../desktop/Popup.hpp"
 #include "AnimatedVariable.hpp"
 #include "../desktop/WLSurface.hpp"
-#include "signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "signal/Signal.hpp"
 #include "Region.hpp"
 
 class CMonitor;

src/helpers/memory/Memory.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <hyprutils/memory/WeakPtr.hpp>
+
+using namespace Hyprutils::Memory;
+
+#define SP Hyprutils::Memory::CSharedPointer
+#define WP Hyprutils::Memory::CWeakPointer
+#define UP std::unique_ptr

src/helpers/memory/SharedPtr.hpp

@@ -1,302 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <typeinfo>
-#include <typeindex>
-#include <cstddef>
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <memory>
-
-#define SP CSharedPointer
-
-/*
-    This is a custom impl of std::shared_ptr.
-    It is not thread-safe like the STL one,
-    but Hyprland is single-threaded anyways.
-
-    It differs a bit from how the STL one works,
-    namely in the fact that it keeps the T* inside the
-    control block, and that you can still make a CWeakPtr
-    or deref an existing one inside the destructor.
-*/
-namespace CSharedPointer_ {
-
-    class impl_base {
-      public:
-        virtual ~impl_base(){};
-
-        virtual void         inc() noexcept         = 0;
-        virtual void         dec() noexcept         = 0;
-        virtual void         incWeak() noexcept     = 0;
-        virtual void         decWeak() noexcept     = 0;
-        virtual unsigned int ref() noexcept         = 0;
-        virtual unsigned int wref() noexcept        = 0;
-        virtual void         destroy() noexcept     = 0;
-        virtual bool         destroying() noexcept  = 0;
-        virtual bool         dataNonNull() noexcept = 0;
-    };
-
-    template <typename T>
-    class impl : public impl_base {
-      public:
-        impl(T* data) noexcept : _data(data) {
-            ;
-        }
-
-        /* strong refcount */
-        unsigned int _ref = 0;
-        /* weak refcount */
-        unsigned int _weak = 0;
-
-        T*           _data = nullptr;
-
-        friend void  swap(impl*& a, impl*& b) {
-            impl* tmp = a;
-            a         = b;
-            b         = tmp;
-        }
-
-        /* if the destructor was called, 
-           creating shared_ptrs is no longer valid */
-        bool _destroying = false;
-
-        void _destroy() {
-            if (!_data || _destroying)
-                return;
-
-            // first, we destroy the data, but keep the pointer.
-            // this way, weak pointers will still be able to
-            // reference and use, but no longer create shared ones.
-            _destroying = true;
-            __deleter(_data);
-            // now, we can reset the data and call it a day.
-            _data       = nullptr;
-            _destroying = false;
-        }
-
-        std::default_delete<T> __deleter{};
-
-        //
-        virtual void inc() noexcept {
-            _ref++;
-        }
-
-        virtual void dec() noexcept {
-            _ref--;
-        }
-
-        virtual void incWeak() noexcept {
-            _weak++;
-        }
-
-        virtual void decWeak() noexcept {
-            _weak--;
-        }
-
-        virtual unsigned int ref() noexcept {
-            return _ref;
-        }
-
-        virtual unsigned int wref() noexcept {
-            return _weak;
-        }
-
-        virtual void destroy() noexcept {
-            _destroy();
-        }
-
-        virtual bool destroying() noexcept {
-            return _destroying;
-        }
-
-        virtual bool dataNonNull() noexcept {
-            return _data;
-        }
-
-        virtual ~impl() {
-            destroy();
-        }
-    };
-};
-
-template <typename T>
-class CSharedPointer {
-  public:
-    template <typename X>
-    using validHierarchy = typename std::enable_if<std::is_assignable<CSharedPointer<T>&, X>::value, CSharedPointer&>::type;
-    template <typename X>
-    using isConstructible = typename std::enable_if<std::is_constructible<T&, X&>::value>::type;
-
-    /* creates a new shared pointer managing a resource
-       avoid calling. Could duplicate ownership. Prefer makeShared */
-    explicit CSharedPointer(T* object) noexcept {
-        impl_ = new CSharedPointer_::impl<T>(object);
-        increment();
-    }
-
-    /* creates a shared pointer from a reference */
-    template <typename U, typename = isConstructible<U>>
-    CSharedPointer(const CSharedPointer<U>& ref) noexcept {
-        impl_ = ref.impl_;
-        increment();
-    }
-
-    CSharedPointer(const CSharedPointer& ref) noexcept {
-        impl_ = ref.impl_;
-        increment();
-    }
-
-    template <typename U, typename = isConstructible<U>>
-    CSharedPointer(CSharedPointer<U>&& ref) noexcept {
-        std::swap(impl_, ref.impl_);
-    }
-
-    CSharedPointer(CSharedPointer&& ref) noexcept {
-        std::swap(impl_, ref.impl_);
-    }
-
-    /* allows weakPointer to create from an impl */
-    CSharedPointer(CSharedPointer_::impl_base* implementation) noexcept {
-        impl_ = implementation;
-        increment();
-    }
-
-    /* creates an empty shared pointer with no implementation */
-    CSharedPointer() noexcept {
-        ; // empty
-    }
-
-    /* creates an empty shared pointer with no implementation */
-    CSharedPointer(std::nullptr_t) noexcept {
-        ; // empty
-    }
-
-    ~CSharedPointer() {
-        // we do not decrement here,
-        // because we want to preserve the pointer
-        // in case this is the last owner.
-        if (impl_ && impl_->ref() == 1)
-            destroyImpl();
-        else
-            decrement();
-    }
-
-    template <typename U>
-    validHierarchy<const CSharedPointer<U>&> operator=(const CSharedPointer<U>& rhs) {
-        if (impl_ == rhs.impl_)
-            return *this;
-
-        decrement();
-        impl_ = rhs.impl_;
-        increment();
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    CSharedPointer& operator=(const CSharedPointer& rhs) {
-        if (impl_ == rhs.impl_)
-            return *this;
-
-        decrement();
-        impl_ = rhs.impl_;
-        increment();
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    template <typename U>
-    validHierarchy<const CSharedPointer<U>&> operator=(CSharedPointer<U>&& rhs) {
-        std::swap(impl_, rhs.impl_);
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    CSharedPointer& operator=(CSharedPointer&& rhs) {
-        std::swap(impl_, rhs.impl_);
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    operator bool() const {
-        return impl_ && impl_->dataNonNull();
-    }
-
-    bool operator==(const CSharedPointer& rhs) const {
-        return impl_ == rhs.impl_;
-    }
-
-    bool operator()(const CSharedPointer& lhs, const CSharedPointer& rhs) const {
-        return (uintptr_t)lhs.impl_ < (uintptr_t)rhs.impl_;
-    }
-
-    bool operator<(const CSharedPointer& rhs) const {
-        return (uintptr_t)impl_ < (uintptr_t)rhs.impl_;
-    }
-
-    T* operator->() const {
-        return get();
-    }
-
-    T& operator*() const {
-        return *get();
-    }
-
-    void reset() {
-        decrement();
-        impl_ = nullptr;
-    }
-
-    T* get() const {
-        return (T*)(impl_ ? static_cast<CSharedPointer_::impl<T>*>(impl_)->_data : nullptr);
-    }
-
-    unsigned int strongRef() const {
-        return impl_ ? impl_->ref() : 0;
-    }
-
-    CSharedPointer_::impl_base* impl_ = nullptr;
-
-  private:
-    /* 
-       no-op if there is no impl_
-       may delete the stored object if ref == 0
-       may delete and reset impl_ if ref == 0 and weak == 0
-    */
-    void decrement() {
-        if (!impl_)
-            return;
-
-        impl_->dec();
-
-        // if ref == 0, we can destroy impl
-        if (impl_->ref() == 0)
-            destroyImpl();
-    }
-    /* no-op if there is no impl_ */
-    void increment() {
-        if (!impl_)
-            return;
-
-        impl_->inc();
-    }
-
-    /* destroy the pointed-to object 
-       if able, will also destroy impl */
-    void destroyImpl() {
-        // destroy the impl contents
-        impl_->destroy();
-
-        // check for weak refs, if zero, we can also delete impl_
-        if (impl_->wref() == 0) {
-            delete impl_;
-            impl_ = nullptr;
-        }
-    }
-};
-
-template <typename U, typename... Args>
-static CSharedPointer<U> makeShared(Args&&... args) {
-    return CSharedPointer<U>(new U(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-struct std::hash<CSharedPointer<T>> {
-    std::size_t operator()(const CSharedPointer<T>& p) const noexcept {
-        return std::hash<void*>{}(p.impl_);
-    }
-};

src/helpers/memory/WeakPtr.hpp

@@ -1,190 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "SharedPtr.hpp"
-
-#define WP CWeakPointer
-
-/*
-    This is a Hyprland implementation of std::weak_ptr.
-
-    See SharedPtr.hpp for more info on how it's different.
-*/
-
-template <typename T>
-class CWeakPointer {
-  public:
-    template <typename X>
-    using validHierarchy = typename std::enable_if<std::is_assignable<CWeakPointer<T>&, X>::value, CWeakPointer&>::type;
-    template <typename X>
-    using isConstructible = typename std::enable_if<std::is_constructible<T&, X&>::value>::type;
-
-    /* create a weak ptr from a reference */
-    template <typename U, typename = isConstructible<U>>
-    CWeakPointer(const CSharedPointer<U>& ref) noexcept {
-        if (!ref.impl_)
-            return;
-
-        impl_ = ref.impl_;
-        incrementWeak();
-    }
-
-    /* create a weak ptr from another weak ptr */
-    template <typename U, typename = isConstructible<U>>
-    CWeakPointer(const CWeakPointer<U>& ref) noexcept {
-        if (!ref.impl_)
-            return;
-
-        impl_ = ref.impl_;
-        incrementWeak();
-    }
-
-    CWeakPointer(const CWeakPointer& ref) noexcept {
-        if (!ref.impl_)
-            return;
-
-        impl_ = ref.impl_;
-        incrementWeak();
-    }
-
-    template <typename U, typename = isConstructible<U>>
-    CWeakPointer(CWeakPointer<U>&& ref) noexcept {
-        std::swap(impl_, ref.impl_);
-    }
-
-    CWeakPointer(CWeakPointer&& ref) noexcept {
-        std::swap(impl_, ref.impl_);
-    }
-
-    /* create a weak ptr from another weak ptr with assignment */
-    template <typename U>
-    validHierarchy<const CWeakPointer<U>&> operator=(const CWeakPointer<U>& rhs) {
-        if (impl_ == rhs.impl_)
-            return *this;
-
-        decrementWeak();
-        impl_ = rhs.impl_;
-        incrementWeak();
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    CWeakPointer<T>& operator=(const CWeakPointer& rhs) {
-        if (impl_ == rhs.impl_)
-            return *this;
-
-        decrementWeak();
-        impl_ = rhs.impl_;
-        incrementWeak();
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    /* create a weak ptr from a shared ptr with assignment */
-    template <typename U>
-    validHierarchy<const CWeakPointer<U>&> operator=(const CSharedPointer<U>& rhs) {
-        if ((uintptr_t)impl_ == (uintptr_t)rhs.impl_)
-            return *this;
-
-        decrementWeak();
-        impl_ = rhs.impl_;
-        incrementWeak();
-        return *this;
-    }
-
-    /* create an empty weak ptr */
-    CWeakPointer() {
-        ;
-    }
-
-    ~CWeakPointer() {
-        decrementWeak();
-    }
-
-    /* expired MAY return true even if the pointer is still stored.
-       the situation would be e.g. self-weak pointer in a destructor.
-       for pointer validity, use valid() */
-    bool expired() const {
-        return !impl_ || !impl_->dataNonNull() || impl_->destroying();
-    }
-
-    /* this means the pointed-to object is not yet deleted and can still be
-       referenced, but it might be in the process of being deleted. 
-       check !expired() if you want to check whether it's valid and
-       assignable to a SP. */
-    bool valid() const {
-        return impl_ && impl_->dataNonNull();
-    }
-
-    void reset() {
-        decrementWeak();
-        impl_ = nullptr;
-    }
-
-    CSharedPointer<T> lock() const {
-        if (!impl_ || !impl_->dataNonNull() || impl_->destroying())
-            return {};
-
-        return CSharedPointer<T>(impl_);
-    }
-
-    /* this returns valid() */
-    operator bool() const {
-        return valid();
-    }
-
-    bool operator==(const CWeakPointer<T>& rhs) const {
-        return impl_ == rhs.impl_;
-    }
-
-    bool operator==(const CSharedPointer<T>& rhs) const {
-        return impl_ == rhs.impl_;
-    }
-
-    bool operator()(const CWeakPointer& lhs, const CWeakPointer& rhs) const {
-        return (uintptr_t)lhs.impl_ < (uintptr_t)rhs.impl_;
-    }
-
-    bool operator<(const CWeakPointer& rhs) const {
-        return (uintptr_t)impl_ < (uintptr_t)rhs.impl_;
-    }
-
-    T* get() const {
-        return (T*)(impl_ ? static_cast<CSharedPointer_::impl<T>*>(impl_)->_data : nullptr);
-    }
-
-    T* operator->() const {
-        return get();
-    }
-
-    CSharedPointer_::impl_base* impl_ = nullptr;
-
-  private:
-    /* no-op if there is no impl_ */
-    void decrementWeak() {
-        if (!impl_)
-            return;
-
-        impl_->decWeak();
-
-        // we need to check for ->destroying,
-        // because otherwise we could destroy here
-        // and have a shared_ptr destroy the same thing
-        // later (in situations where we have a weak_ptr to self)
-        if (impl_->wref() == 0 && impl_->ref() == 0 && !impl_->destroying()) {
-            delete impl_;
-            impl_ = nullptr;
-        }
-    }
-    /* no-op if there is no impl_ */
-    void incrementWeak() {
-        if (!impl_)
-            return;
-
-        impl_->incWeak();
-    }
-};
-
-template <typename T>
-struct std::hash<CWeakPointer<T>> {
-    std::size_t operator()(const CWeakPointer<T>& p) const noexcept {
-        return std::hash<void*>{}(p.impl_);
-    }
-};

src/helpers/signal/Listener.cpp

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#include "Listener.hpp"
-#include "Signal.hpp"
-
-CSignalListener::CSignalListener(std::function<void(std::any)> handler) : m_fHandler(handler) {
-    ;
-}
-
-void CSignalListener::emit(std::any data) {
-    if (!m_fHandler)
-        return;
-
-    m_fHandler(data);
-}
-
-CStaticSignalListener::CStaticSignalListener(std::function<void(void*, std::any)> handler, void* owner) : m_pOwner(owner), m_fHandler(handler) {
-    ;
-}
-
-void CStaticSignalListener::emit(std::any data) {
-    m_fHandler(m_pOwner, data);
-}

src/helpers/signal/Listener.hpp

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <any>
-#include <memory>
-#include <functional>
-#include "../../macros.hpp"
-
-class CSignal;
-
-class CSignalListener {
-  public:
-    CSignalListener(std::function<void(std::any)> handler);
-
-    CSignalListener(CSignalListener&&)       = delete;
-    CSignalListener(CSignalListener&)        = delete;
-    CSignalListener(const CSignalListener&)  = delete;
-    CSignalListener(const CSignalListener&&) = delete;
-
-    void emit(std::any data);
-
-  private:
-    std::function<void(std::any)> m_fHandler;
-};
-
-typedef SP<CSignalListener> CHyprSignalListener;
-
-class CStaticSignalListener {
-  public:
-    CStaticSignalListener(std::function<void(void*, std::any)> handler, void* owner);
-
-    CStaticSignalListener(CStaticSignalListener&&)       = delete;
-    CStaticSignalListener(CStaticSignalListener&)        = delete;
-    CStaticSignalListener(const CStaticSignalListener&)  = delete;
-    CStaticSignalListener(const CStaticSignalListener&&) = delete;
-
-    void emit(std::any data);
-
-  private:
-    void*                                m_pOwner = nullptr;
-    std::function<void(void*, std::any)> m_fHandler;
-};

src/helpers/signal/Signal.cpp

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#include "Signal.hpp"
-#include <algorithm>
-
-void CSignal::emit(std::any data) {
-    bool                             dirty = false;
-
-    std::vector<SP<CSignalListener>> listeners;
-    for (auto& l : m_vListeners) {
-        if (l.expired()) {
-            dirty = true;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        listeners.emplace_back(l.lock());
-    }
-
-    std::vector<CStaticSignalListener*> statics;
-    for (auto& l : m_vStaticListeners) {
-        statics.emplace_back(l.get());
-    }
-
-    for (auto& l : listeners) {
-        // if there is only one lock, it means the event is only held by the listeners
-        // vector and was removed during our iteration
-        if (l.strongRef() == 1) {
-            dirty = true;
-            continue;
-        }
-        l->emit(data);
-    }
-
-    for (auto& l : statics) {
-        l->emit(data);
-    }
-
-    // release SPs
-    listeners.clear();
-
-    if (dirty)
-        std::erase_if(m_vListeners, [](const auto& other) { return other.expired(); });
-}
-
-CHyprSignalListener CSignal::registerListener(std::function<void(std::any)> handler) {
-    CHyprSignalListener listener = makeShared<CSignalListener>(handler);
-    m_vListeners.emplace_back(WP<CSignalListener>(listener));
-    return listener;
-}
-
-void CSignal::registerStaticListener(std::function<void(void*, std::any)> handler, void* owner) {
-    m_vStaticListeners.emplace_back(std::make_unique<CStaticSignalListener>(handler, owner));
-}

src/helpers/signal/Signal.hpp

@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <functional>
-#include <any>
-#include <vector>
-#include <memory>
+#include <hyprutils/signal/Signal.hpp>
 
-#include "Listener.hpp"
-
-class CSignal {
-  public:
-    void emit(std::any data = {});
-
-    //
-    [[nodiscard("Listener is unregistered when the ptr is lost")]] CHyprSignalListener registerListener(std::function<void(std::any)> handler);
-
-    // this is for static listeners. They die with this signal.
-    // TODO: can we somehow rid of the void* data and make it a custom this?
-    void registerStaticListener(std::function<void(void*, std::any)> handler, void* owner);
-
-  private:
-    std::vector<WP<CSignalListener>>                    m_vListeners;
-    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<CStaticSignalListener>> m_vStaticListeners;
-};
+using namespace Hyprutils::Signal;

src/helpers/varlist/VarList.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <hyprutils/string/VarList.hpp>
+
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;

src/macros.hpp

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 #include <csignal>
 #include <utility>
 
-#include "helpers/memory/WeakPtr.hpp"
-
-#define UP std::unique_ptr
+#include "helpers/memory/Memory.hpp"
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 #ifdef HYPRLAND_DEBUG

src/managers/EventManager.hpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "../defines.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/memory/SharedPtr.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/memory/Memory.hpp"
 
 struct SHyprIPCEvent {
     std::string event;

src/managers/KeybindManager.cpp

@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@
 #include "KeybindManager.hpp"
 #include "TokenManager.hpp"
 #include "debug/Log.hpp"
-#include "helpers/VarList.hpp"
+#include "helpers/varlist/VarList.hpp"
 
 #include <optional>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 
+#include <hyprutils/string/String.hpp>
+using namespace Hyprutils::String;
+
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <vector>
@@ -836,7 +839,7 @@ bool CKeybindManager::handleInternalKeybinds(xkb_keysym_t keysym) {
 
 void CKeybindManager::spawn(std::string args) {
 
-    args = removeBeginEndSpacesTabs(args);
+    args = trim(args);
 
     std::string RULES = "";
 

src/managers/ProtocolManager.hpp

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #include "../protocols/TextInputV1.hpp"
 #include "../protocols/GlobalShortcuts.hpp"
 #include "../protocols/Screencopy.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/memory/WeakPtr.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/memory/Memory.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 class CProtocolManager {

src/managers/SessionLockManager.hpp

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "../defines.hpp"
 #include "../helpers/Timer.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <unordered_map>
 

src/managers/TokenManager.hpp

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <string>
 
-#include "../helpers/memory/SharedPtr.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/memory/Memory.hpp"
 
 class CUUIDToken {
   public:

src/managers/eventLoop/EventLoopTimer.hpp

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <optional>
 
-#include "../../helpers/memory/SharedPtr.hpp"
+#include "../../helpers/memory/Memory.hpp"
 
 class CEventLoopTimer {
   public:

src/managers/input/InputManager.hpp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "../../helpers/WLClasses.hpp"
 #include "../../helpers/Timer.hpp"
 #include "InputMethodRelay.hpp"
-#include "../../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 #include "../../devices/IPointer.hpp"
 #include "../../devices/ITouch.hpp"
 #include "../../devices/Tablet.hpp"

src/managers/input/InputMethodPopup.hpp

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "../../desktop/WLSurface.hpp"
 #include "../../macros.hpp"
 #include "../../helpers/Box.hpp"
-#include "../../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 
 class CInputMethodPopupV2;
 

src/managers/input/InputMethodRelay.hpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <list>
 #include "../../defines.hpp"
 #include "../../helpers/WLClasses.hpp"
-#include "../../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 #include "TextInput.hpp"
 #include "InputMethodPopup.hpp"
 #include <any>

src/managers/input/TextInput.hpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "../../helpers/WLListener.hpp"
 #include "../../macros.hpp"
 #include "../../helpers/Box.hpp"
-#include "../../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 #include <memory>
 
 struct wl_client;

src/meson.build

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ executable('Hyprland', src,
     dependency('cairo'),
     dependency('hyprcursor'),
     dependency('hyprlang', version: '>= 0.3.2'),
+    dependency('hyprutils', version: '>= 0.1.1'),
     dependency('libdrm'),
     dependency('egl'),
     dependency('xkbcommon'),

src/plugins/HookSystem.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "HookSystem.hpp"
 #include "../debug/Log.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/VarList.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/varlist/VarList.hpp"
 #include "../managers/TokenManager.hpp"
 #include "../Compositor.hpp"
 

src/protocols/AlphaModifier.hpp

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include "WaylandProtocol.hpp"
 #include "alpha-modifier-v1.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 
 class CWLSurfaceResource;
 

src/protocols/FocusGrab.hpp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 
 class CFocusGrab;
 class CSeatGrab;

src/protocols/GammaControl.hpp

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include "WaylandProtocol.hpp"
 #include "wlr-gamma-control-unstable-v1.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 
 class CMonitor;
 

src/protocols/OutputManagement.hpp

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include "WaylandProtocol.hpp"
 #include "wlr-output-management-unstable-v1.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 
 class CMonitor;
 

src/protocols/OutputPower.hpp

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include "WaylandProtocol.hpp"
 #include "wlr-output-power-management-unstable-v1.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 
 class CMonitor;
 

src/protocols/PointerConstraints.hpp

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "pointer-constraints-unstable-v1.hpp"
 #include "../helpers/Vector2D.hpp"
 #include "../helpers/Region.hpp"
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 
 class CWLSurface;
 class CWLSurfaceResource;

src/protocols/core/Output.hpp

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include "../WaylandProtocol.hpp"
 #include "wayland.hpp"
-#include "../../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 
 class CMonitor;
 

src/xwayland/XWM.hpp

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "../helpers/signal/Listener.hpp"
+#include "../helpers/signal/Signal.hpp"
 #include "../helpers/WLListener.hpp"
 #include "../macros.hpp"