IJPL-54591: Use XDG Desktop Portal to sync light/dark mode on Linux #3100
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This uses the XDG Desktop Portal spec for system settings, now standardized by freedesktop: https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/docs/doc-org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.html#org-freedesktop-portal-settings-read Specifically, it uses the `org.freedesktop.appearance` `color-scheme` setting to detect whether the user's OS is set to prefer dark mode. To do this, it uses the `dbus-send` and `dbus-monitor` commands, part of the `dbus-bin` package. I'm sure there are Java-DBus interop APIs that could do this more elegantly, but I figured it wasn't worth adding a new dependency for what ends up being a pretty simple check.
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This uses the XDG Desktop Portal spec for system settings, now standardized by freedesktop: https://flatpak.github.io/xdg-desktop-portal/docs/doc-org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.html#org-freedesktop-portal-settings-read Specifically, it uses the
org.freedesktop.appearancecolor-schemesetting to detect whether the user's OS is set to prefer dark mode.To do this, it uses the
dbus-sendanddbus-monitorcommands, part of thedbus-binpackage. I'm sure there are Java-DBus interop APIs that could do this more elegantly, but I figured it wasn't worth adding a new dependency for what ends up being a pretty simple check.(I also do not typically work in Kotlin; please let me know if there are ways I can improve my formatting or execution here, and I will gladly do so.)