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+/*
+ * linux-launcher.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+ *
+ * Distributed under terms of the GPL3 license.
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+
+#define MIN(x, y) ((x) < (y)) ? (x) : (y)
+#define MAX_ARGC 1024
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+		char exe[PATH_MAX+1] = {0};
+		char lib[PATH_MAX+1] = {0};
+		char *final_argv[MAX_ARGC + 1] = {0};
+		if (readlink("/proc/self/exe", exe, PATH_MAX) == -1) { fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read /proc/self/exe"); return 1; }
+		char *exe_dir = dirname(exe);
+		int num = snprintf(lib, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", exe_dir, "/../lib/kitty");
+		if (num < 0 || num >= PATH_MAX) { fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create path to /../lib/kitty"); return 1; }
+		final_argv[0] = "python3";
+		final_argv[1] = lib;
+		for (int i = 1; i < argc && i + 1 <= MAX_ARGC; i++) {
+				final_argv[i+1] = argv[i];
+		}
+		execvp(final_argv[0], final_argv);
+		return 0;
+}
+
+