(pkgs: _: {
  # bash script to let dbus know about important env variables and
  # propogate them to relevent services run at the end of sway config
  # see
  # https://github.com/emersion/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr/wiki/"It-doesn't-work"-Troubleshooting-Checklist
  # note: this is pretty much the same as  /etc/sway/config.d/nixos.conf but also restarts
  # some user services to make sure they have the correct environment variables
  dbus-sway-environment = pkgs.writeTextFile {
    name = "dbus-sway-environment";
    destination = "/bin/dbus-sway-environment";
    executable = true;
    text = ''
      systemctl --user import-environment
      dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway
      systemctl --user stop pipewire pipewire-media-session xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
      systemctl --user start pipewire pipewire-media-session xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
    '';
  };

  # currently, there is some friction between sway and gtk:
  # https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/GTK-3-settings-on-Wayland
  # the suggested way to set gtk settings is with gsettings
  # for gsettings to work, we need to tell it where the schemas are
  # using the XDG_DATA_DIR environment variable
  # run at the end of sway config
  configure-gtk = pkgs.writeTextFile {
    name = "configure-gtk";
    destination = "/bin/configure-gtk";
    executable = true;
    text =
      let
        schema = pkgs.gsettings-desktop-schemas;
        datadir = "${schema}/share/gsettings-schemas/${schema.name}";
      in
      ''
        export XDG_DATA_DIRS=${datadir}:$XDG_DATA_DIRS
        gnome_schema=org.gnome.desktop.interface
        gsettings set $gnome_schema gtk-theme '${pkgs.uservars.gtk_theme}'
        gsettings set $gnome_schema icon-theme '${pkgs.uservars.icon_theme}'
        gsettings set $gnome_schema cursor-theme '${pkgs.uservars.cursor_theme}'
        gsettings set $gnome_schema color-scheme prefer-${pkgs.uservars.color.type}
      '';
  };

})