chore: 1.6.1

.github/FUNDING.yml

@@ -1 +1 @@
-buy_me_a_coffee: felitendo
+ko_fi: felitendo

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1-feature_request.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: 💡 Feature request
+description: An idea to make middleclick-autoscroll better.
+labels:
+- enhancement
+body:
+- type: checkboxes
+  id: checks
+  attributes:
+    label: Before you start
+    options:
+    - label: I searched the issues and this is not requested yet.
+      required: true
+- type: textarea
+  id: problem
+  attributes:
+    label: What problem would this solve?
+    description: What are you trying to do, and what gets in the way?
+  validations:
+    required: true
+- type: textarea
+  id: idea
+  attributes:
+    label: What would you like?
+    description: How it could work. A rough idea is fine.
+  validations:
+    required: true
+- type: textarea
+  id: alternatives
+  attributes:
+    label: Other ways you thought of
+- type: textarea
+  id: more
+  attributes:
+    label: Anything else?
+    description: Mockups, screenshots, or other tools that do it well.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2-bug_report.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+name: 🐛 Bug report
+description: Something does not work as it should.
+labels:
+- bug
+body:
+- type: markdown
+  attributes:
+    value: Thanks for taking the time! The more you fill in, the faster it can be fixed.
+- type: checkboxes
+  id: checks
+  attributes:
+    label: Before you start
+    options:
+    - label: I searched the issues and this is not reported yet.
+      required: true
+    - label: I use the latest version.
+      required: true
+- type: textarea
+  id: what
+  attributes:
+    label: What happened?
+    description: What did you do, and what went wrong?
+  validations:
+    required: true
+- type: textarea
+  id: steps
+  attributes:
+    label: Steps to reproduce
+    placeholder: |
+      1.
+      2.
+      3.
+- type: textarea
+  id: expected
+  attributes:
+    label: What did you expect?
+  validations:
+    required: true
+- type: input
+  id: app
+  attributes:
+    label: App
+    description: 'Which app, and how it is installed: native package, Flatpak, Snap or AppImage.'
+    placeholder: Discord, Flatpak
+- type: input
+  id: version
+  attributes:
+    label: Version
+    description: The output of `middleclick-autoscroll --version`.
+    placeholder: middleclick-autoscroll 1.6.0
+  validations:
+    required: true
+- type: dropdown
+  id: install
+  attributes:
+    label: How did you install it?
+    options:
+    - AUR (Arch, CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Manjaro)
+    - Fedora package
+    - Bazzite
+    - Debian or Ubuntu package
+    - openSUSE package
+    - Built from source
+    - Other
+  validations:
+    required: true
+- type: input
+  id: system
+  attributes:
+    label: System
+    description: Distribution, desktop and session (Wayland or X11).
+    placeholder: CachyOS, KDE Plasma 6.4, Wayland
+  validations:
+    required: true
+- type: textarea
+  id: logs
+  attributes:
+    label: Status and logs
+    description: The output of `middleclick-autoscroll status` and `middleclick-autoscroll list`.
+    render: shell
+- type: textarea
+  id: more
+  attributes:
+    label: Anything else?
+    description: Screenshots, videos or anything else that could help.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+blank_issues_enabled: false

.github/release-notes.sh

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ $entry
 
 If $name is useful to you, you can buy me a coffee. It keeps these tools going. Found a bug or have an idea? Tell me in the [issues](https://github.com/$repo/issues).
 
-<a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/felitendo"><img src="https://cdn.buymeacoffee.com/buttons/v2/default-yellow.png" alt="Buy Me A Coffee" height="48"></a>
+<a href="https://ko-fi.com/felitendo"><img src="https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/kofi5.png?v=6" alt="Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi" height="48"></a>
 
 ----
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 What each release brings, newest first. The [GitHub releases](https://github.com/LoonixTools/middleclick-autoscroll/releases) add every commit that went into it. Versions before `v1.1.0` came without notes.
 
+## v1.6.1
+
+_2026-09-29_
+
+A small patch. Autoscroll now works in Steam with **Use experimental SteamRT3 Steam Client** turned on. And apps that start at login through a link, like Mullvad VPN, get autoscroll now instead of an error.
+
 ## v1.6.0
 
 _2026-09-24_

CLAUDE.md

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 - Body only when something genuinely cannot be inferred from the diff.
 - Never add `Co-Authored-By`, "Generated with" or any other AI attribution to commits or PR descriptions.
 - Do not commit or push before I have checked the changes locally and said they are fine. Then
-  commit the result once and push. No commits for attempts that did not work. This also goes for
+  commit and push. Several attempts at the same thing make one commit, and attempts that did not
+  work make none. Different things done in one session get a commit each. This also goes for
   releases and tags.
 
 ## Releases
@@ -67,3 +68,9 @@ when you press Enter." The list of commits follows on its own.
 - Commands and settings they type go in backticks, buttons and labels in bold.
 - To change an old release: edit its entry, commit, then
   `gh release edit <tag> --title <tag> --notes "$(.github/release-notes.sh <tag>)"`.
+
+## README
+
+- New UI (a window, a screen, a menu, a setting, a notification) gets a screenshot in the README,
+  next to the text about it. Like for releases: a real screenshot of it running, in English.
+- When a screen changes, take its screenshot again. The README never shows an old one.

Makefile

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Overridable so a packager can pass the version it is actually building
 # (`make VERSION=$pkgver`). The literal below is the fallback for builds
 # straight from a checkout, and is what a release tag has to carry.
-VERSION      ?= 1.6.0
+VERSION      ?= 1.6.1
 
 PREFIX       ?= /usr
 DESTDIR      ?=

README.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 </h5>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/felitendo"><img src="https://cdn.buymeacoffee.com/buttons/v2/default-yellow.png" alt="Buy Me A Coffee" height="48"></a>
+  <a href="https://ko-fi.com/felitendo"><img src="https://storage.ko-fi.com/cdn/kofi5.png?v=6" alt="Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi" height="48"></a>
 </p>
 
 ## Install

doc/middleclick-autoscroll.1.scd

@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ Two ways, chosen per application.
 Programs that start themselves at login write their own entry into
 _~/.config/autostart_ pointing straight at their binary, bypassing the menu
 entry entirely. Those are patched in place as well, unless the application is
-turned off in the applications list.
+turned off in the applications list. An entry that is a symlink, often to an
+application's entry in _/usr/share/applications_, is replaced by a patched
+file rather than written through, and undoing puts the link back.
 
 Shortcuts on the desktop itself are patched in place too. Nothing in the XDG
 search path looks at that folder, so a shortcut that lives only there would
@@ -133,6 +135,12 @@ helper, inside Steam's own installation:
 
 	~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper_sniper_wrap.sh
 
+The steamrt3 client, a beta for now, has a script of its own:
+
+	~/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/steamwebhelper.sh
+
+Both are patched where both are there, so switching clients keeps autoscroll.
+
 Where that installation is depends on how Steam was installed:
 _~/.local/share/Steam_ for Valve's own package and Arch's,
 _~/.steam/debian-installation_ for Debian's, and the private tree of the
@@ -154,11 +162,16 @@ it was given arguments for, and that one carries no arguments of anybody's. One
 wrong length costs the whole client package downloaded, extracted and installed
 again, and a client that quits at the end of it instead of coming up.
 
-So where the comments cannot pay for the argument, or a client update has
-changed how the helper is started, nothing is written and the status screen
-says Steam is not patched. Nothing goes on Steam's launcher entry, its
-autostart entry or the shortcuts it writes for single games either, and Steam
-goes on repairing its own installation.
+The steamrt3 script has no comments to pay with. So it is copied aside as
+_steamwebhelper.sh.orig_, and a stub of the same size takes its place. The stub
+runs the copy with the argument added. Steam only checks the files it knows,
+and the copy is not one of them.
+
+So where neither fits, or a client update has changed how the helper is
+started, nothing is written and the status screen says Steam is not patched.
+Nothing goes on Steam's launcher entry, its autostart entry or the shortcuts it
+writes for single games either, and Steam goes on repairing its own
+installation.
 
 An installation patched by an earlier version, which appended where the
 comments were short, is written again to fit at the next apply, or taken back

res/systemd/middleclick-autoscroll.path

@@ -30,12 +30,17 @@ PathModified=%h/.guix-profile/share/applications
 
 # Steam replaces the script that starts its interface on every client update,
 # which takes the patch with it. Where that installation lives depends on how
-# Steam was installed.
+# Steam was installed. The steamrt3 client has a script of its own.
 PathChanged=%h/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper_sniper_wrap.sh
 PathChanged=%h/.steam/debian-installation/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper_sniper_wrap.sh
 PathChanged=%h/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper_sniper_wrap.sh
 PathChanged=%h/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper_sniper_wrap.sh
 PathChanged=%h/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper_sniper_wrap.sh
+PathChanged=%h/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/steamwebhelper.sh
+PathChanged=%h/.steam/debian-installation/steamrt64/steamwebhelper.sh
+PathChanged=%h/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/steamwebhelper.sh
+PathChanged=%h/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/steamrt64/steamwebhelper.sh
+PathChanged=%h/snap/steam/common/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/steamwebhelper.sh
 
 Unit=middleclick-autoscroll.service
 

src/lib/common.sh

@@ -343,12 +343,18 @@ mca_backup_name() {
 # copy was stored under. Existing backups are never overwritten: the first copy
 # is the pristine one, and a second apply must not replace it with an already
 # patched version.
+#
+# A symlink is kept as a symlink, so undo can put the link back. It is taken
+# again every time: this program never writes a link, so one is always pristine.
 mca_backup() {
 	local file="$1" name
 	name="$(mca_backup_name "$file")"
 
 	mkdir -p "$MCA_BACKUPDIR" 2>/dev/null || return 1
-	if [[ ! -e "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$name" ]]; then
+	if [[ -L $file ]]; then
+		rm -f -- "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$name"
+		cp -P -p -- "$file" "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$name" 2>/dev/null || return 1
+	elif [[ ! -e "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$name" && ! -L "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$name" ]]; then
 		cp -p -- "$file" "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$name" 2>/dev/null || return 1
 	fi
 	printf '%s\n' "$name"

src/lib/patch.sh

@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ mca_desktop_apply() {
 		[[ "$content" == "$(< "$src")" ]] && return 0
 
 		backup="$(mca_backup "$src")" || return 1
-		if mca_write_if_changed "$src" "$content"$'\n'; then
+		if _mca_entry_write "$src" "$content"$'\n'; then
 			MCA_CHANGES=$(( MCA_CHANGES + 1 ))
 		fi
 		mca_ledger_add inplace "$src" "$backup"
@@ -418,6 +418,30 @@ mca_desktop_apply() {
 # Neither can be shadowed from anywhere, so both are edited where they stand,
 # with the original kept.
 
+# _mca_entry_write <file> <content>
+# Writes an entry edited in place, like mca_write_if_changed. A symlink is
+# replaced by the edited file instead of written through: it usually points at
+# a package's entry in /usr, which is not ours to change. Undo puts the link
+# back from the backup.
+_mca_entry_write() {
+	local file="$1" content="$2" tmp
+
+	[[ -L $file ]] || { mca_write_if_changed "$file" "$content"; return; }
+
+	tmp="$(mktemp "$file.XXXXXX")" || return 2
+	chmod --reference="$file" -- "$tmp" 2>/dev/null || chmod 644 -- "$tmp"
+
+	# A link into /usr/share/applications is trusted for where it points. A
+	# copy on the desktop is only trusted by KDE when it can be run.
+	chmod u+x -- "$tmp" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+	if printf '%s' "$content" > "$tmp" && mv -f -- "$tmp" "$file"; then
+		return 0
+	fi
+	rm -f -- "$tmp"
+	return 2
+}
+
 # _mca_entry_patch_inplace <file>
 # One desktop entry that lives outside the XDG search path, edited where it is
 # because there is nowhere to shadow it from. It follows the applications list
@@ -482,7 +506,7 @@ _mca_entry_patch_inplace() {
 	[[ "$content" == "$(< "$file")" ]] && return 0
 
 	backup="$(mca_backup "$file")" || return 0
-	if mca_write_if_changed "$file" "$content"$'\n'; then
+	if _mca_entry_write "$file" "$content"$'\n'; then
 		MCA_CHANGES=$(( MCA_CHANGES + 1 ))
 	fi
 	mca_ledger_add inplace "$file" "$backup"
@@ -607,7 +631,7 @@ mca_prune_orphans() {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 mca_revert_all() {
-	local kind path detail
+	local kind path detail backup
 
 	[[ -f $MCA_LEDGER ]] || return 0
 
@@ -623,12 +647,15 @@ mca_revert_all() {
 				fi
 				;;
 			inplace)
-				if [[ -n $detail && -f "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$detail" ]]; then
+				backup="$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$detail"
+				if [[ -n $detail ]] && [[ -f $backup || -L $backup ]]; then
 					if [[ -e $path ]] || [[ -d "$(dirname -- "$path")" ]]; then
-						cp -p -- "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$detail" "$path" 2>/dev/null \
+						# A link goes back as a link, not written through.
+						[[ -L $backup ]] && rm -f -- "$path"
+						cp -P -p -- "$backup" "$path" 2>/dev/null \
 							&& MCA_CHANGES=$(( MCA_CHANGES + 1 ))
 					fi
-					rm -f -- "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$detail"
+					rm -f -- "$backup"
 				elif [[ -f $path ]]; then
 					# No backup: the file did not exist before we wrote it.
 					rm -f -- "$path"

src/lib/steam.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #
 #   ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper_sniper_wrap.sh
 #
+# The steamrt3 client, a beta for now, has a script of its own:
+#
+#   ~/.local/share/Steam/steamrt64/steamwebhelper.sh
+#
 # Steam compares the installed files against its manifest at every start (by
 # size and timestamp, not by content) and restores whatever differs.
 # So the patch is written to look untouched: the bytes the flag costs are taken
@@ -28,6 +32,10 @@
 # all: no autoscroll in the interface is a smaller thing than a client that
 # reinstalls itself.
 #
+# The steamrt3 script has no comments to give back. So it is copied aside, as
+# it is, and replaced by a stub of the same size that runs the copy with the
+# flag. See _mca_steam_stub.
+#
 # The file comes back on every client update, and the watcher re-applies the
 # patch when that happens.
 
@@ -60,24 +68,28 @@ mca_steam_roots() {
 	done
 }
 
-# The script to patch inside a Steam installation. Newer clients start the
-# helper through a wrapper inside the container runtime; older ones exec it
-# from steamwebhelper.sh directly, and that one forwards its arguments too.
-mca_steam_script() {
-	local root="$1" f
+# The scripts to patch inside a Steam installation, one per client. The default
+# client starts the helper through a wrapper inside the container runtime;
+# older ones exec it from steamwebhelper.sh directly, and that one forwards its
+# arguments too. The steamrt3 client has its own. Both clients are patched
+# where both are there, so switching between them keeps autoscroll.
+mca_steam_scripts() {
+	local root="$1" f found=1
 	for f in \
 		"$root/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper_sniper_wrap.sh" \
 		"$root/ubuntu12_64/steamwebhelper.sh"
 	do
-		[[ -f $f && -w $f ]] && { printf '%s\n' "$f"; return 0; }
+		[[ -f $f && -w $f ]] && { printf '%s\n' "$f"; found=0; break; }
 	done
-	return 1
+	f="$root/steamrt64/steamwebhelper.sh"
+	[[ -f $f && -w $f ]] && { printf '%s\n' "$f"; found=0; }
+	return "$found"
 }
 
 mca_steam_installed() {
 	local root
 	while IFS= read -r root; do
-		mca_steam_script "$root" > /dev/null && return 0
+		mca_steam_scripts "$root" > /dev/null && return 0
 	done < <(mca_steam_roots)
 	return 1
 }
@@ -87,13 +99,17 @@ mca_steam_script_patched() {
 	grep -q -- "$MCA_FEATURE" "$1" 2>/dev/null
 }
 
+# Whether every script there is patched. One that is not is a client that
+# starts without autoscroll.
 mca_steam_patched() {
-	local root script
+	local root script found=0
 	while IFS= read -r root; do
-		script="$(mca_steam_script "$root")" || continue
-		mca_steam_script_patched "$script" && return 0
+		while IFS= read -r script; do
+			mca_steam_script_patched "$script" || return 1
+			found=1
+		done < <(mca_steam_scripts "$root")
 	done < <(mca_steam_roots)
-	return 1
+	(( found ))
 }
 
 # _mca_steam_exec_line <script>
@@ -163,6 +179,81 @@ _mca_steam_same_size() {
 	(( $(wc -c < "$script") == $(printf '%s\n' "$content" | wc -c) ))
 }
 
+# Where a stub keeps Steam's own script, and the line that runs it from there.
+MCA_STEAM_ORIG=.orig
+MCA_STEAM_STUB="exec \"\$0$MCA_STEAM_ORIG\" \"\$@\""
+
+# _mca_steam_stub <script> <flags>
+# The stub on stdout, for a script with no comments to pay for the flags. It
+# is exactly as long as the script and runs Steam's own script, kept next to
+# it, with the flags added. That script hands its arguments on to the helper.
+# Steam only checks the files in its manifest, and the copy is not one of them.
+# Fails when the script does not hand its arguments on, has no #! line, or is
+# too short to hold the stub.
+_mca_steam_stub() {
+	local script="$1" flags="$2" head body pad
+
+	[[ -n "$(_mca_steam_exec_line "$script")" ]] || return 1
+	head="$(head -n 1 -- "$script")"
+	[[ $head == '#!'* ]] || return 1
+
+	body="$MCA_STEAM_STUB $flags"
+	pad=$(( $(wc -c < "$script") - $(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$head" "$body" | wc -c) ))
+	(( pad >= 0 )) || return 1
+
+	# The bytes left over go into a comment line.
+	printf '%s\n' "$head"
+	if (( pad == 1 )); then
+		printf '\n'
+	elif (( pad > 1 )); then
+		printf '#%*s\n' $(( pad - 2 )) ''
+	fi
+	printf '%s' "$body"
+}
+
+# _mca_steam_is_stub <script>
+_mca_steam_is_stub() {
+	grep -qF -- "$MCA_STEAM_STUB" "$1" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+# _mca_steam_text <script> <flags>
+# The patched script on stdout: from the comments if they can pay for the
+# flags, as a stub if not. Fails when neither keeps the size.
+_mca_steam_text() {
+	local script="$1" flags="$2" out
+
+	if ! { out="$(_mca_steam_build "$script" "$flags")" \
+		&& _mca_steam_same_size "$script" "$out"; }
+	then
+		out="$(_mca_steam_stub "$script" "$flags")" \
+			&& _mca_steam_same_size "$script" "$out" || return 1
+	fi
+	printf '%s' "$out"
+}
+
+# _mca_steam_write <script> <backup> <content>
+# Writes the patched script. <backup> is the untouched copy kept for undoing.
+_mca_steam_write() {
+	local script="$1" backup="$2" content="$3"
+
+	# A stub needs Steam's script next to it before it can start anything.
+	if [[ $content == *"$MCA_STEAM_STUB"* ]]; then
+		cp -p -- "$backup" "$script$MCA_STEAM_ORIG" 2>/dev/null || return 1
+		chmod +x -- "$script$MCA_STEAM_ORIG" 2>/dev/null || true
+	fi
+
+	if mca_write_if_changed "$script" "$content"$'\n'; then
+		MCA_CHANGES=$(( MCA_CHANGES + 1 ))
+	fi
+	chmod +x -- "$script" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+	# Steam looks at when the file was last written as well as at how big
+	# it is, and the copy taken before the edit still carries the original
+	# timestamp. Putting it back costs nothing and removes the other half
+	# of what the client would notice.
+	touch -r "$backup" -- "$script" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
 # _mca_steam_refresh_backup <script>
 # A client update brings a new version of the script, and the copy kept from
 # before it is no longer what putting it back means. Only ever done while the
@@ -195,15 +286,18 @@ _mca_steam_settle() {
 	# Nothing to compare against, so nothing can be said about the length.
 	[[ -f $copy ]] || return 0
 
-	# Already the length Steam expects: the patch is a good one.
-	(( $(wc -c < "$script") == $(wc -c < "$copy") )) && return 0
-
-	if out="$(_mca_steam_build "$copy" "$flags")" && _mca_steam_same_size "$copy" "$out"; then
-		if mca_write_if_changed "$script" "$out"$'\n'; then
-			MCA_CHANGES=$(( MCA_CHANGES + 1 ))
+	# Already the length Steam expects: the patch is a good one. Unless it is
+	# a stub that lost Steam's script next to it, and would start nothing.
+	if (( $(wc -c < "$script") == $(wc -c < "$copy") )); then
+		if _mca_steam_is_stub "$script" && [[ ! -f $script$MCA_STEAM_ORIG ]]; then
+			cp -p -- "$copy" "$script$MCA_STEAM_ORIG" 2>/dev/null || true
 		fi
-		chmod +x -- "$script" 2>/dev/null || true
-		touch -r "$copy" -- "$script" 2>/dev/null || true
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	if out="$(_mca_steam_text "$copy" "$flags")" \
+		&& _mca_steam_write "$script" "$copy" "$out"
+	then
 		mca_ledger_add steam "$script" "$name"
 		return 0
 	fi
@@ -224,7 +318,7 @@ mca_steam_apply() {
 	flags="$(mca_flags)"
 
 	while IFS= read -r root; do
-		script="$(mca_steam_script "$root")" || continue
+		while IFS= read -r script; do
 			found=1
 
 			if mca_steam_script_patched "$script"; then
@@ -234,31 +328,21 @@ mca_steam_apply() {
 
 			_mca_steam_refresh_backup "$script"
 
-		# Either the comments can pay for the flag or nothing is written.
-		# A longer file is one Steam reinstalls itself over; a client update
-		# that changed how the helper is started leaves no line to patch at
-		# all. Both end here, and this script is what starts Steam's entire
-		# interface, so leaving it alone is the only safe answer to either.
-		if ! { out="$(_mca_steam_build "$script" "$flags")" \
-			&& _mca_steam_same_size "$script" "$out"; }
-		then
+			# Either the file keeps its length or nothing is written. A
+			# longer file is one Steam reinstalls itself over; a client
+			# update that changed how the helper is started leaves no line
+			# to patch at all. Both end here, and this script is what starts
+			# Steam's entire interface, so leaving it alone is the only safe
+			# answer to either.
+			if ! out="$(_mca_steam_text "$script" "$flags")"; then
 				mca_note "$(mca_msg "Steam starts its interface in a way this version cannot change without Steam noticing; leaving it alone.")"
 				continue
 			fi
 
 			backup="$(mca_backup "$script")" || continue
-		if mca_write_if_changed "$script" "$out"$'\n'; then
-			MCA_CHANGES=$(( MCA_CHANGES + 1 ))
-		fi
-		chmod +x -- "$script" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-		# Steam looks at when the file was last written as well as at how big
-		# it is, and the copy taken before the edit still carries the original
-		# timestamp. Putting it back costs nothing and removes the other half
-		# of what the client would notice.
-		touch -r "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$backup" -- "$script" 2>/dev/null || true
-
+			_mca_steam_write "$script" "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$backup" "$out" || continue
 			mca_ledger_add steam "$script" "$backup"
+		done < <(mca_steam_scripts "$root")
 	done < <(mca_steam_roots)
 
 	(( found ))
@@ -266,7 +350,9 @@ mca_steam_apply() {
 
 # mca_steam_revert <script> <backup name>
 mca_steam_revert() {
-	local script="$1" backup="$2"
+	local script="$1" backup="$2" orig="$1$MCA_STEAM_ORIG" stub=1 tmp
+
+	_mca_steam_is_stub "$script" || stub=0
 
 	if [[ -n $backup && -f "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$backup" ]]; then
 		if [[ -e $script ]]; then
@@ -274,14 +360,21 @@ mca_steam_revert() {
 			chmod +x -- "$script" 2>/dev/null || true
 		fi
 		rm -f -- "$MCA_BACKUPDIR/$backup"
-		return 0
-	fi
-
+	elif (( stub )) && [[ -f $orig ]]; then
+		# No backup, but a stub keeps Steam's own script right next to it.
+		cp -p -- "$orig" "$script" 2>/dev/null || return 1
+	else
 		# No backup to fall back on, so take the flags back out of the exec line.
 		[[ -f $script ]] || return 1
-	local tmp
 		tmp="$(mktemp "${script}.XXXXXX")" || return 1
 		sed "s| $MCA_FLAG||g" "$script" > "$tmp" && mv -f "$tmp" "$script" || { rm -f "$tmp"; return 1; }
 		chmod +x -- "$script" 2>/dev/null || true
 		return 0
+	fi
+
+	# The copy goes once the stub that ran it is gone.
+	if (( stub )) && ! _mca_steam_is_stub "$script"; then
+		rm -f -- "$orig"
+	fi
+	return 0
 }