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# 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', 'xfce4', 'cinnamon']
desktop = archinstall.generic_select(supported_desktops, 'Select your desired desktop environment: ')
# Temporarly store the selected desktop profile
# in a session-safe location, since this module will get re-loaded
# the next time it gets executed.
archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile'] = desktop
profile = archinstall.Profile(None, desktop)
# Loading the instructions with a custom namespace, ensures that a __name__ comparison is never triggered.
with profile.load_instructions(namespace=f"{desktop}.py") as imported:
if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'):
return imported._prep_function()
else:
print(f"Deprecated (??): {desktop} profile has no _prep_function() anymore")
if __name__ == 'desktop':
"""
This "profile" is a meta-profile.
There are no specific desktop-steps, it simply routes
the installer to whichever desktop environment/window manager was chosen.
Maybe in the future, a network manager or similar things *could* be added here.
We should honor that Arch Linux does not officially endorse a desktop-setup, nor is
it trying to be a turn-key desktop distribution.
There are plenty of desktop-turn-key-solutions based on Arch Linux,
this is therefor just a helper to get started
"""
# TODO: Remove magic variable 'installation' and place it
# in archinstall.storage or archinstall.session/archinstall.installation
installation.install_profile(archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile'])
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