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-rw-r--r--archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py28
-rw-r--r--profiles/dekstop.py32
2 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py b/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py
index 23141fa9..e5ca01d3 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py
@@ -5,6 +5,34 @@ from .locale_helpers import search_keyboard_layout
## TODO: Some inconsistencies between the selection processes.
## Some return the keys from the options, some the values?
+def generic_select(options, input_text="Select one of the above by index or absolute value: ", sort=True):
+ """
+ A generic select function that does not output anything
+ other than the options and their indexs. As an example:
+
+ generic_select(["first", "second", "third option"])
+ 1: first
+ 2: second
+ 3: third option
+ """
+
+ if type(options) == dict: options = list(options)
+ if sort: options = sorted(list(options))
+ if len(options) <= 0: raise RequirementError('generic_select() requires at least one option to operate.')
+
+ for index, option in enumerate(options):
+ print(f"{index}: {option}")
+
+ selected_option = input(input_text)
+ if selected_option.isdigit():
+ selected_option = dict_o_disks[int(selected_option)-1]
+ elif selected_option in dict_o_disks:
+ pass # We gave a correct absolute value
+ else:
+ raise RequirementError(f'Selected option "{selected_option}" does not exist in available options: {options}')
+
+ return selected_option
+
def select_disk(dict_o_disks):
"""
Asks the user to select a harddrive from the `dict_o_disks` selection.
diff --git a/profiles/dekstop.py b/profiles/dekstop.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9e88eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/dekstop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# A desktop environment selector.
+
+import archinstall, os
+
+def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
+ """
+ Magic function called by the importing installer
+ before continuing any further. It also avoids executing any
+ other code in this stage. So it's a safe way to ask the user
+ for more input before any other installer steps start.
+ """
+
+ supported_desktops = ['gnome', 'kde', 'awesome']
+ dektop = archinstall.generic_select(supported_desktops, 'Select your desired desktop environemtn: ')
+
+ profile = archinstall.Profile(None, dektop)
+ # Loading the instructions with a custom namespace, ensures that a __name__ comparison is never triggered.
+ with profile.load_instructions(namespace=f"{dektop}.py") as imported:
+ if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'):
+ return imported._prep_function()
+ else:
+ print(f"Deprecated (??): {dektop} profile has no _prep_function() anymore")
+
+if __name__ == 'desktop':
+ print('The desktop.py profile should never be executed as a stand-alone.')
+
+ """
+ This "profile" is a meta-profile.
+ It will not return itself, there for this __name__ will never
+ be executed. Instead, whatever profile was selected will have
+ it's handle returned and that __name__ will be executed later on.
+ """ \ No newline at end of file