use Paths.strip helper everywhere for consistency sake

Common/SessionData.qml

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 pragma Singleton
-
 pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 
 import QtCore
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Io
+import qs.Common
 import qs.Services
 
 Singleton {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Singleton {
     
     property bool hasTriedDefaultSession: false
     readonly property string _stateUrl: StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.GenericStateLocation)
-    readonly property string _stateDir: _stateUrl.startsWith("file://") ? _stateUrl.substring(7) : _stateUrl
+    readonly property string _stateDir: Paths.strip(_stateUrl)
     property int nightModeStartHour: 18
     property int nightModeStartMinute: 0
     property int nightModeEndHour: 6

Common/SettingsData.qml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import QtCore
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Io
+import qs.Common
 import qs.Services
 
 Singleton {
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ Singleton {
     readonly property string defaultMonoFontFamily: "Fira Code"
     readonly property string _homeUrl: StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.HomeLocation)
     readonly property string _configUrl: StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.ConfigLocation)
-    readonly property string _configDir: _configUrl.startsWith("file://") ? _configUrl.substring(7) : _configUrl
+    readonly property string _configDir: Paths.strip(_configUrl)
 
     signal forceTopBarLayoutRefresh
     signal widgetDataChanged
@@ -802,7 +803,7 @@ Singleton {
 
     function updateQtIconTheme(themeName) {
         var qtThemeName = (themeName === "System Default") ? "" : themeName
-        var home = _shq(root._homeUrl.replace("file://", ""))
+        var home = _shq(Paths.strip(root._homeUrl))
         if (!qtThemeName) {
             // When "System Default" is selected, don't modify the config files at all
             // This preserves the user's existing qt6ct configuration

Common/Theme.qml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Io
 import Quickshell.Services.UPower
+import qs.Common
 import qs.Services
 import "StockThemes.js" as StockThemes
 
@@ -18,15 +19,9 @@ Singleton {
 
     readonly property string dynamic: "dynamic"
 
-    readonly property string homeDir: {
+    readonly property string homeDir: Paths.strip(StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.HomeLocation))
-        const url = StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.HomeLocation).toString()
+    readonly property string configDir: Paths.strip(StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.ConfigLocation))
-        return url.startsWith("file://") ? url.substring(7) : url
+    readonly property string shellDir: Paths.strip(Qt.resolvedUrl(".").toString()).replace("/Common/", "")
-    }
-    readonly property string configDir: {
-        const url = StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.ConfigLocation).toString()
-        return url.startsWith("file://") ? url.substring(7) : url
-    }
-    readonly property string shellDir: Qt.resolvedUrl(".").toString().replace("file://", "").replace("/Common/", "")
     readonly property string wallpaperPath: {
         if (typeof SessionData === "undefined") return ""
         
@@ -77,11 +72,7 @@ Singleton {
     property int colorUpdateTrigger: 0
     property var customThemeData: null
 
-    readonly property string stateDir: {
+    readonly property string stateDir: Paths.strip(StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.CacheLocation).toString()) + "/dankshell"
-        const cacheHome = StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.CacheLocation).toString()
-        const path = cacheHome.startsWith("file://") ? cacheHome.substring(7) : cacheHome
-        return path + "/dankshell"
-    }
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
         Quickshell.execDetached(["mkdir", "-p", stateDir])

Modules/Lock/LockScreenContent.qml

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Item {
             var currentWallpaper = SessionData.getMonitorWallpaper(screenName)
             if (screenName && currentWallpaper && currentWallpaper.startsWith("we:")) {
                 const cacheHome = StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.CacheLocation).toString()
-                const baseDir = cacheHome.startsWith("file://") ? cacheHome.substring(7) : cacheHome
+                const baseDir = Paths.strip(cacheHome)
                 const screenshotPath = baseDir + "/dankshell/we_screenshots" + "/" + currentWallpaper.substring(3) + ".jpg"
                 return screenshotPath
             }

Modules/WallpaperEngineProc.qml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import QtCore
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell.Io
 import Quickshell
+import qs.Common
 
 Item {
     id: root
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ Item {
         onExited: (code) => {
             if (pendingSceneId !== "") {
                 const cacheHome = StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.CacheLocation).toString()
-                const baseDir = cacheHome.startsWith("file://") ? cacheHome.substring(7) : cacheHome
+                const baseDir = Paths.strip(cacheHome)
                 const outDir = baseDir + "/dankshell/we_screenshots" 
                 const outPath = outDir + "/" + pendingSceneId + ".jpg"
 

Services/NotepadStorageService.qml

@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
+pragma Singleton
+pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
+
 import QtQuick
 import QtCore
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Io
-pragma Singleton
+import qs.Common
-pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 
 Singleton {
     id: root
 
-    readonly property string baseDir: {
+    readonly property string baseDir: Paths.strip(StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.GenericStateLocation) + "/DankMaterialShell")
-        var path = StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.GenericStateLocation) + "/DankMaterialShell"
-        if (path.startsWith("file://")) {
-            return path.substring(7)
-        }
-        return path
-    }
     readonly property string filesDir: baseDir + "/notepad-files"
     readonly property string metadataPath: baseDir + "/notepad-session.json"
 

Services/NotificationService.qml

@@ -362,10 +362,7 @@ Singleton {
             if (!image) {
                 return ""
             }
-            if (image.startsWith("file://")) {
+            return Paths.strip(image)
-                return image.substring(7)
-            }
-            return image
         }
         readonly property int urgency: notification.urgency
         readonly property list<NotificationAction> actions: notification.actions