stuff

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# cool arch installer
-
-still needs a name
+# 🐎 arch
 
 everything in overlay.tar is placed onto the system before using `pacstrap`,
 pretty much just to set up config files and such.

in-chroot.fish

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
+echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
+echo "choose a hostname (name for the computer, other computers may see it on networks)"
+ask horse-arch-(cat /dev/urandom | base32 -w 8 | head -n 1) > /etc/hostname
+
 #TODO timezone
-#ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/*/* /etc/localtime
+pushd /mnt/usr/share/zoneinfo
+echo "i haven't figured out a good ui to set the timezone yet"
+echo "so symlink it yourself"
+echo "something like `ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/*/* /etc/localtime`"
+echo "use the `exit` command when done"
+$SHELL
+popd
+
 hwclock --systohc
 cat /etc/locale.gen | sed "s/^#en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/" > /etc/locale.gen
 locale-gen
-echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
-echo "choose a hostname (name for the computer, other computers may see it"
-ask cool-arch-(cat /dev/urandom | base32 -w 8 | head -n 1) > /etc/hostname
 
 #TODO edit the mkinitcpio file because the default probably isn't correct
 # a command doesn't need to be ran for it because of pacstrap
@@ -13,52 +21,69 @@ ask cool-arch-(cat /dev/urandom | base32 -w 8 | head -n 1) > /etc/hostname
 begin
 	set -l packages
 
+	# base-devel
 	set -a packages (pacman -Si base-devel | grep "Depends On" | sed "s/^.*://" | sed "s/sudo//g")
 	set -a packages opendoas
-	#TODO desktop
+	# filesystems
+	set -a packages ntfs-3g dosfstools btrfs-progs exfatprogs
+	set -a packages gparted
+	# networking
+	set -a packages networkmanager dnsmasq
+	set -a packages firewalld # this is literally the only program with network zones, it sucks
+	# man
+	set -a packages man-db man-pages texinfo tealdeer
+	# boot
+	set -a packages grub
+
+	# TODO desktop
 	set -a packages xorg-xwayland
+	set -a packages qt5-wayland qt6-wayland
 	# don't use all kde programs, many suck
 	set -a packages pcmanfm-qt xarchiver foot
 	set -a packages weston sddm sddm-kcm
 	set -a packages gnome-themes-extra breeze-icons
-	set -a packages firewalld # this is literally the only program with network zones, it sucks
-	#TODO network
-	#TODO other types
-	#TODO fonts
+	# TODO other types
+	# TODO fonts
 	set -a packages noto-fonts ttf-fira-sans ttf-fira-mono wqy-zenhei
-	#TODO check general programs
-	set -a packages grub
 	# filesystem stuff
 	set -a packages gvfs-mtp gvfs-smb gvfs-ptp p7zip # TODO unrar?
 	# todo check other things for archiver
-	set -a packages ntfs-3g dosfstools btrfs-progs exfatprogs
-	set -a packages gparted
 
-	set -a packages chrony dnsmasq fish fzf fluidsynth soundfont-fluid
-	set -a packages networkmanager neofetch
+	set -a packages chrony
+	set -a packages fzf ripgrep-all neofetch
+	# audio
 	set -a packages pipewire-audio pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack pipewire-pulse lib32-pipewire lib32-pipewire-jack wireplumber
 	set -a packages rtkit realtime-privileges
-	set -a packages ripgrep-all
-	set -a packages qt5-wayland qt6-wayland
-	set -a packages man-db man-pages texinfo tldr
+	set -a packages fluidsynth soundfont-fluid
 	# extra programs
 	set -a packages libreoffice-fresh kdenlive krita inkscape blender keepassxc mpv qbittorrent yt-dlp
 	# developer programs
-	set -a packages rustup git mosh rsync ventoy-bin pnpm esbuild miniupnpc
+	# TODO
+	if false
+		set -a packages git mosh rsync ventoy-bin
+		set -a packages pnpm esbuild zola # maybe eleventy?
+		set -a packages rustup
+		set -a packages miniupnpc
+	end
 
-	#TODO
+	# TODO
 	set -a packages mesa lib32-mesa
 	set -a packages qt5ct qt6ct
 
 	# platform specific
+	if test -n (cat /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size)
+		set -a packages efibootmgr
+	end
 	#bluetooth
 	#gpu
 	#fingerprint reader
 	#TODO OTHER types
-	set -a packages efibootmgr os-prober intel-ucode amd-ucode
+
+	
+	#set -a packages efibootmgr os-prober intel-ucode amd-ucode
 
 	pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm $packages
-	pacman -Fy
+	pacman -Fy --noconfirm
 end
 
 ln -sf /bin/doas /bin/sudo
@@ -73,7 +98,7 @@ switch (cat /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size)
 		grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sdX # TODO
 end
 
-#TODO nvidia kernel parameter
+# TODO nvidia kernel parameter
 cat /etc/default/grub | sed "
 	s/\$RESUME\$/$(
 		if test (count $swapdevice) -gt 0
@@ -87,10 +112,22 @@ grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
 
 passwd -l root
 echo "select a username"
-"^[a-z][-a-z0-9]*\$"
-
-set -l username (ask "user")
-useradd -m -G games,realtime,wheel $username
+echo "name must be lowercase, and can include letters, digits, and dashes (cool-guy-360)"
+echo "the name has to start with a letter"
+echo "you'll be able to select a nickname next that can have any text"
+set -l username
+while true
+	set username (ask "user")
+	if echo $user | grep "^[a-z][-a-z0-9]*\$"
+		break
+	else
+   	echo "invalid username"
+	end
+end
+echo "select a nickname"
+echo "this can be any text and is usually used to display the name of the user in programs (🆒 GUY)"
+set -l nickname (ask $user)
+useradd -m -G games,realtime,wheel -c $nickname $user
 
 runuser $user -c 'git clone "https://aur.archlinux.org/paru-bin.git" /tmp/paru-bin'
 pushd /tmp/paru-bin
@@ -99,8 +136,10 @@ popd
 rm -rf /tmp/paru-bin
  
 runuser $user -c 'paru -Syu --noconfirm dashbinsh doasedit-alternative fish-z-git librewolf-bin ttf-twemoji'
+runuser $user -c 'tldr -u'
+
 
 # TODO enable a bunch of services with systemctl (firewalld, chrony, fluidsynth)
 
-
 # TODO configure fluidsynth
+