Still attempting to fix imports.

src/cthulhu/cthulhu.py

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Sun Microsystems Inc." \
 __license__   = "LGPL"
 
 import faulthandler
-import gi
 import importlib
 import os
 import re
@@ -42,15 +41,13 @@ import signal
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-gi.require_version("Atspi", "2.0")
-gi.require_version("Gdk", "3.0")
-from gi.repository import Atspi
-from gi.repository import Gdk
-from gi.repository import GObject
+# Import from centralized GI setup
+from cthulhu.gi_setup import gi, GObject, Atspi, Gdk
 
+# Try to import Gio from gi_setup (add it to gi_setup.py)
 try:
-    from gi.repository.Gio import Settings
-    a11yAppSettings = Settings(schema_id='org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications')
+    from cthulhu.gi_setup import Gio
+    a11yAppSettings = Gio.Settings(schema_id='org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications')
 except Exception:
     a11yAppSettings = None
 

src/cthulhu/gi_setup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Stormux
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston MA  02110-1301 USA.
+
+"""Centralized setup for GObject Introspection (GI) in Cthulhu."""
+
+import gi
+
+# Set the GIRepository version first - handle different versions for compatibility
+try:
+    gi.require_version('GIRepository', '3.0')
+except ValueError:
+    gi.require_version('GIRepository', '2.0')
+
+# Now set versions for all other required GI modules
+gi.require_version('Atspi', '2.0')
+gi.require_version('Gdk', '3.0')
+gi.require_version('Peas', '1.0')
+
+# Import all commonly used gi modules to make them available through this module
+from gi.repository import GObject
+from gi.repository import Atspi
+from gi.repository import Gdk
+from gi.repository import Peas
+
+try:
+    gi.require_version('Gio', '2.0')
+    from gi.repository import Gio
+except ValueError:
+    Gio = None
+
+
+# Export all the imported modules for convenience
+__all__ = ['gi', 'GObject', 'Atspi', 'Gdk', 'Peas', 'Gio']

src/cthulhu/plugin_system_manager.py

@@ -31,22 +31,8 @@ if version in ["3.3","3.4"]:
     from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
 else: # Python 3.5+, no support for python < 3.3.
     import importlib.util
-import gi
 
-# First handle GIRepository version
-try:
-    gi.require_version('GIRepository', '3.0')
-except ValueError:
-    gi.require_version('GIRepository', '2.0')
-
-# IMPORTANT: No gi.repository imports should happen before GIRepository version is set
-gi.require_version('Peas', '1.0')
-gi.require_version('Atspi', '2.0')
-
-# Now it's safe to import from gi.repository
-from gi.repository import GObject
-from gi.repository import Peas
-from gi.repository import Atspi
+from cthulhu.gi_setup import GObject, Peas, Atspi, gi
 from cthulhu import resource_manager
 
 class API(GObject.GObject):