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# Common package for i3, lets user select which i3 configuration they want.

import archinstall, os

is_top_level_profile = False

# New way of defining packages for a profile, which is iterable and can be used out side
# of the profile to get a list of "what packages will be installed".
__packages__ = ['i3lock', 'i3status', 'i3blocks', 'xterm']

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_configurations = ['i3-wm', 'i3-gaps']
	desktop = archinstall.generic_select(supported_configurations, 'Select your desired configuration: ',
										 allow_empty_input=False, sort=True)

	# Temporarily store the selected desktop profile
	# in a session-safe location, since this module will get reloaded
	# the next time it gets executed.
	archinstall.storage['_i3_configuration'] = desktop

	# i3 requires a functioning Xorg installation.
	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')

if __name__ == 'i3':
	"""
	This "profile" is a meta-profile.
	There are no desktop-specific 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 therefore just a helper to get started
	"""
	
	# Install common packages for all i3 configurations
	installation.add_additional_packages(__packages__)

	# Install dependency profiles
	installation.install_profile('xorg')

	# gaps is installed by deafult so we are overriding it here
	installation.add_additional_packages("lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm")

	# Auto start lightdm for all users
	installation.enable_service('lightdm')

	# install the i3 group now
	i3 = archinstall.Application(installation, archinstall.storage['_i3_configuration'])
	i3.install()