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+pragma Singleton
+
+import Quickshell
+import Qt.labs.platform
+
+Singleton {
+    id: root
+
+    readonly property url home: StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.HomeLocation)[0]
+    readonly property url pictures: StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.PicturesLocation)[0]
+
+    readonly property url data: `${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.GenericDataLocation)[0]}/lux`
+    readonly property url state: `${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.GenericStateLocation)[0]}/lux`
+    readonly property url cache: `${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.GenericCacheLocation)[0]}/lux`
+    readonly property url config: `${StandardPaths.standardLocations(StandardPaths.GenericConfigLocation)[0]}/lux`
+
+    readonly property url imagecache: `${cache}/imagecache`
+
+    function stringify(path: url): string {
+        let str = path.toString();
+        if (str.startsWith("root:/"))
+            str = `file://${Quickshell.shellDir}/${str.slice(6)}`;
+        else if (str.startsWith("/"))
+            str = `file://${str}`;
+        return new URL(str).pathname;
+    }
+
+    function expandTilde(path: string): string {
+        return strip(path.replace("~", stringify(root.home)));
+    }
+
+    function shortenHome(path: string): string {
+        return path.replace(strip(root.home), "~");
+    }
+
+    function strip(path: url): string {
+        return stringify(path).replace("file://", "");
+    }
+
+    function mkdir(path: url): void {
+        Quickshell.execDetached(["mkdir", "-p", strip(path)]);
+    }
+
+    function copy(from: url, to: url): void {
+        Quickshell.execDetached(["cp", strip(from), strip(to)]);
+    }
+}