Handle cyrillic characters (#1309)

* Handle cyrillic characters

* Update

Co-authored-by: Daniel Girtler <girtler.daniel@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/mypy.yaml

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ jobs:
             # one day this will be enabled
               # run: mypy --strict --module archinstall || exit 0
             - name: run mypy
-              run: mypy --follow-imports=silent archinstall/lib/menu/selection_menu.py archinstall/lib/menu/global_menu.py archinstall/lib/models/network_configuration.py archinstall/lib/menu/list_manager.py archinstall/lib/user_interaction/network_conf.py archinstall/lib/models/users.py
+              run: mypy --follow-imports=silent archinstall/lib/menu/selection_menu.py archinstall/lib/menu/global_menu.py archinstall/lib/models/network_configuration.py archinstall/lib/menu/list_manager.py archinstall/lib/user_interaction/network_conf.py archinstall/lib/models/users.py archinstall/lib/translation.py

archinstall/__init__.py

@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ storage['__version__'] = __version__
 DeferredTranslation.install()
 
 
-def set_unicode_font():
-	SysCommand('setfont UniCyr_8x16')
-
-
 def define_arguments():
 	"""
 	Define which explicit arguments do we allow.
@@ -249,9 +245,6 @@ def post_process_arguments(arguments):
 	load_config()
 
 
-# to ensure that cyrillic characters work in the installer
-# set_unicode_font()
-
 define_arguments()
 arguments = get_arguments()
 post_process_arguments(arguments)

archinstall/lib/menu/selection_menu.py

@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 	_: Any
 
 
-def select_archinstall_language(preset_value: str) -> Optional[Any]:
-	"""
-	copied from user_interaction/general_conf.py as a temporary measure
-	"""
-	languages = Translation.get_available_lang()
-	language = Menu(_('Archinstall language'), languages, preset_values=preset_value).run()
-	return language.value
-
-
 class Selector:
 	def __init__(
 		self,
@@ -462,6 +453,7 @@ class GeneralMenu:
 		return mandatory_fields, mandatory_waiting
 
 	def _select_archinstall_language(self, preset_value: str) -> str:
+		from ... import select_archinstall_language
 		language = select_archinstall_language(preset_value)
 		if language is not None:
 			self._translation.activate(language)

archinstall/lib/translation.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import logging
 import os
 import gettext
 
@@ -13,12 +14,19 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 
 class LanguageDefinitions:
+	_languages = 'languages.json'
+	_cyrillic = 'cyrillic.json'
+
 	def __init__(self):
 		self._mappings = self._get_language_mappings()
+		self._cyrillic_languages = self._get_cyrillic_languages()
+
+	def is_cyrillic(self, language: str) -> bool:
+		return language in self._cyrillic_languages
 
 	def _get_language_mappings(self) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
 		locales_dir = Translation.get_locales_dir()
-		languages = Path.joinpath(locales_dir, 'languages.json')
+		languages = Path.joinpath(locales_dir, self._languages)
 
 		with open(languages, 'r') as fp:
 			return json.load(fp)
@@ -30,6 +38,14 @@ class LanguageDefinitions:
 
 		raise ValueError(f'No language with abbreviation "{abbr}" found')
 
+	def _get_cyrillic_languages(self) -> List[str]:
+		locales_dir = Translation.get_locales_dir()
+		languages = Path.joinpath(locales_dir, self._cyrillic)
+
+		with open(languages, 'r') as fp:
+			data = json.load(fp)
+			return data['languages']
+
 
 class DeferredTranslation:
 	def __init__(self, message: str):
@@ -78,10 +94,26 @@ class Translation:
 
 	def activate(self, name):
 		if language := self._languages.get(name, None):
+			languages = LanguageDefinitions()
+
+			if languages.is_cyrillic(name):
+				self._set_font('UniCyr_8x16')
+			else:
+				# this will reset a possible previously set font to a default font
+				self._set_font('')
+
 			language.install()
 		else:
 			raise ValueError(f'Language not supported: {name}')
 
+	def _set_font(self, font: str):
+		from archinstall import SysCommand, log
+		try:
+			log(f'Setting new font: {font}', level=logging.DEBUG)
+			SysCommand(f'setfont {font}')
+		except Exception:
+			log(f'Unable to set font {font}', level=logging.ERROR)
+
 	@classmethod
 	def load_nationalization(cls) -> Translation:
 		locales_dir = cls.get_locales_dir()

archinstall/lib/user_interaction/general_conf.py

@@ -118,10 +118,13 @@ def select_mirror_regions(preset_values: Dict[str, Any] = {}) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 		case _: return {selected: mirrors[selected] for selected in selected_mirror.value}
 
 
-def select_archinstall_language(default='English'):
+def select_archinstall_language(preset_values: str):
 	languages = Translation.get_available_lang()
-	language = Menu(_('Archinstall language'), languages, default_option=default).run()
-	return language
+	choice = Menu(_('Archinstall language'), languages, default_option=preset_values).run()
+
+	match choice.type_:
+		case MenuSelectionType.Esc: return preset_values
+		case MenuSelectionType.Selection: return choice.value
 
 
 def select_profile(preset) -> Optional[Profile]:

archinstall/locales/cyrillic.json

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "languages": [
+    "Abkhazian",
+    "Azerbaijani",
+    "Bashkir",
+    "Belarusian",
+    "Bulgarian",
+    "Chuvash",
+    "Komi",
+    "Macedonian",
+    "Mongolian",
+    "Russian",
+    "Serbo-Croatian",
+    "Tajik",
+    "Tatar",
+    "Ukrainian",
+    "Uzbek"
+  ]
+}