# 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 editor = "nano" 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" installation.add_additional_packages(f"{webbrowser} {utils} {window_manager} {virtulization} {filebrowser} {editor}") # 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}, # 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")