# A desktop environment using "Awesome" window manager. import archinstall 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. """ # Awesome WM requires that xorg is installed profile = archinstall.Profile(None, 'xorg') with profile.load_instructions(namespace='xorg.py') as imported: if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'): return imported._prep_function() else: print('Deprecated (??): xorg profile has no _prep_function() anymore') # Ensures that this code only gets executed if executed # through importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("awesome", "/somewhere/awesome.py") # or through conventional import awesome if __name__ == 'awesome': # Install dependency profiles installation.install_profile('xorg') # Install the application awesome from the template under /applications/ awesome = archinstall.Application(installation, 'awesome') awesome.install() # Then setup and configure the desktop environment: awesome arguments = { #'keyboard_layout' : 'sv-latin1', "editor": "nano", "mediaplayer": "lollypop gstreamer gst-plugins-good gnome-keyring", "filebrowser": "nemo gpicview-gtk3", "webbrowser": "chromium", "window_manager": "awesome", "virtulization": "qemu ovmf", "utils": "openssh sshfs git htop pkgfile scrot dhclient wget smbclient cifs-utils libu2f-host", "audio": "pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa pavucontrol" } installation.add_additional_packages( "{webbrowser} {utils} {mediaplayer} {window_manager} {virtulization} {filebrowser} {editor}".format( **arguments)) #with open(f'{installation.mountpoint}/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc', 'a') as X11: # X11.write('setxkbmap se\n') #with open(f'{installation.mountpoint}/etc/vconsole.conf', 'a') as vconsole: # vconsole.write('KEYMAP={keyboard_layout}\n'.format(**arguments)) # vconsole.write('FONT=lat9w-16\n') with open(f'{installation.mountpoint}/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua', 'r') as awesome_rc_lua: awesome_lua = awesome_rc_lua.read() # Insert slock as a shortcut on Modkey+l (window+l) awesome_lua = awesome_lua.replace( "\nglobalkeys = gears.table.join(", "globalkeys = gears.table.join(\n awful.key({ modkey, }, \"l\", function() awful.spawn(\"slock &\") end,\n" ) # Insert some useful applications: #awesome = awesome.replace('{ "open terminal", terminal, ','{ "Chromium", "chromium" },\n "open terminal", terminal, ') #awesome = awesome.replace('{ "open terminal", terminal, ', '{ "File handler", "nemo" },\n "open terminal", terminal, ') # Insert "normal" alt-tab via Modkey+Tab that most new users are used to # "awk -i inplace -v RS='' '{gsub(/awful.key\\({ modkey,.*?}, \"Tab\",.*?\"client\"}\\),/, \"awful.key({ modkey, }, \"Tab\",\n function ()\n awful.client.focus.byidx(-1)\n if client.focus then\n client.focus:raise()\n end\n end),\n awful.key({ modkey, \"Shift\" }, \"Tab\",\n function ()\n awful.client.focus.byidx(1)\n if client.focus then\n client.focus.raise()\n end\n end),\"); print}' {installation.mountpoint}/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua" : {"no-chroot" : true}, # Add changes here to the awesome's rc.lua # Alternatively, create a custom config under installation.mountpoint/usr/share/awesome/themes with open(f'{installation.mountpoint}/etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua', 'w') as awesome_rc_lua: awesome_rc_lua.write(awesome_lua) # Remove some interfering nemo settings installation.arch_chroot("gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons false") installation.arch_chroot( "xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search")