Added locale helpers in terms of keyboard language/layout. archinstall.list_keyboard_languages(), archinstall.search_keyboard_layout() and archinstall.set_keyboard_language() work together to help listing, finding and setting a keyboard layout in terminals. Won't work for X-frontends, but will do for CLI installation methods. Added a language selector-helper-function with a crude search functionality. Added all this to the guided template.

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diff --git a/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py b/archinstall/lib/locale_helpers.py
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+import os
+
+from .exceptions import *
+# from .general import sys_command
+
+def list_keyboard_languages(layout='qwerty'):
+	locale_dir = '/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/'
+
+	if not os.path.isdir(locale_dir):
+		raise RequirementError(f'Directory containing locales does not excist: {locale_dir}')
+
+	for root, folders, files in os.walk(locale_dir):
+		# Since qwerty is under /i386/ but other layouts are
+		# in different spots, we'll need to filter the last foldername
+		# of the path to verify against the desired layout.
+		if os.path.basename(root) != layout:
+			continue
+
+		for file in files:
+			if os.path.splitext(file)[1] == '.gz':
+				yield file.strip('.gz').strip('.map')
+
+def search_keyboard_layout(filter, layout='qwerty'):
+	for language in list_keyboard_languages(layout):
+		if filter.lower() in language.lower():
+			yield language
+
+def set_keyboard_language(locale):
+	return os.system(f'loadkeys {locale}') == 0
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