Cthulhu is no longer a fork. Now it is a screen reader written in Golang.

internal/app/preferences_tentacles.go

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+// Copyright (c) 2026 Storm Dragon
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+package app
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.stormux.org/storm/cthulhu/internal/preferences"
+	"git.stormux.org/storm/cthulhu/internal/tentacle"
+)
+
+func (worker *preferencesWorker) manage_tentacle(ctx context.Context, request preferences.Request) preferences.Response {
+	response := preferences.Response{}
+	if worker.choosingApplication || worker.editApp != "" || request.Application != "" {
+		response.Message = "Tentacles can only be managed in global preferences."
+		return response
+	}
+	if request.Save || request.Close || request.Cancel || request.Preview || request.Tentacle == nil {
+		response.Message = "Tentacle management must be a separate request."
+		return response
+	}
+	if request.Tentacle.Action == "settings" {
+		if request.Tentacle.Entry != nil || request.Tentacle.URL != "" {
+			response.Message = "Invalid tentacle settings request."
+		} else if err := worker.tentacles.OpenSettings(ctx, request.Tentacle.ID); err != nil {
+			response.Message = err.Error()
+		} else {
+			response.Accepted = true
+		}
+		return response
+	}
+	timeout := 6 * time.Second
+	if strings.HasPrefix(request.Tentacle.Action, "repository-") || strings.HasPrefix(request.Tentacle.Action, "install") {
+		timeout = 50 * time.Second
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	if err := worker.tentacles.Manage(ctx, *request.Tentacle); err != nil {
+		response.Message = "Tentacle operation was not accepted: " + err.Error()
+		if errors.Is(err, tentacle.ErrRegistrySync) {
+			response.Accepted = true
+			response.Message = "Tentacle configuration applied and saved, but durability could not be confirmed."
+		}
+	} else {
+		response.Accepted = true
+		response.Message = "Tentacle configuration saved; runtime status is shown separately."
+		if request.Tentacle.Action == "list" {
+			response.Message = "Tentacle status."
+		}
+		if request.Tentacle.Action == "retry" {
+			response.Message = "Tentacle retry requested."
+		}
+		switch request.Tentacle.Action {
+		case "install":
+			response.Message = "Tentacle installed and saved. Enable it when you are ready."
+		case "install-enable":
+			response.Message = "Tentacle installed and enabled; runtime status is shown separately."
+		case "repository-add":
+			response.Message = "Repository added. Its tentacles are listed in the table."
+		case "repository-refresh":
+			response.Message = "Repository catalog refreshed."
+		case "repository-remove":
+			response.Message = "Repository removed. Installed tentacles and settings were retained."
+		}
+	}
+	snapshot := worker.tentacles.Snapshot()
+	response.Tentacles = &snapshot
+	return response
+}