Refactor logging and formatting logic (#4542)

* Refactor logging and formatting

* Refactor logging and formatting

* Refactor logging and formatting

* Updaet

archinstall/applications/audio.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from archinstall.lib.hardware import SysInfo
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.application import Audio, AudioConfiguration
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import User
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
 	from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer

archinstall/applications/bluetooth.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
 	from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer

archinstall/applications/firewall.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.application import Firewall, FirewallConfiguration
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
 	from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer

archinstall/applications/fonts.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.application import FontsConfiguration
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
 	from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer

archinstall/applications/power_management.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.application import PowerManagement, PowerManagementConfiguration
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
 	from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer

archinstall/applications/print_service.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
 	from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer

archinstall/default_profiles/desktop.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Self, override
 
 from archinstall.default_profiles.profile import DisplayServerType, GreeterType, Profile, ProfileType, SelectResult
+from archinstall.lib.log import info
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Selection
-from archinstall.lib.output import info
 from archinstall.lib.profile.profiles_handler import profile_handler
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType

archinstall/default_profiles/server.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Self, override
 
 from archinstall.default_profiles.profile import Profile, ProfileType, SelectResult
+from archinstall.lib.log import info
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Selection
-from archinstall.lib.output import info
 from archinstall.lib.profile.profiles_handler import profile_handler
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType

archinstall/lib/args.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 from pydantic.dataclasses import dataclass as p_dataclass
 
 from archinstall.lib.crypt import decrypt
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error, logger, warn
 from archinstall.lib.menu.util import get_password
 from archinstall.lib.models.application import ApplicationConfiguration, ZramConfiguration
 from archinstall.lib.models.authentication import AuthenticationConfiguration
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.packages import Repository
 from archinstall.lib.models.pacman import PacmanConfiguration
 from archinstall.lib.models.profile import ProfileConfiguration
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import Password, User, UserSerialization
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, logger, warn
 from archinstall.lib.plugins import load_plugin
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import Language, tr, translation_handler
 from archinstall.lib.version import get_version

archinstall/lib/authentication/authentication_handler.py

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommandWorker
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, info
 from archinstall.lib.models.authentication import AuthenticationConfiguration, U2FLoginConfiguration, U2FLoginMethod
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import User
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, info
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

archinstall/lib/authentication/authentication_menu.py

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Confirmation, Selection
 from archinstall.lib.menu.util import get_password
 from archinstall.lib.models.authentication import AuthenticationConfiguration, U2FLoginConfiguration, U2FLoginMethod
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import Password, User
-from archinstall.lib.output import FormattedOutput
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 from archinstall.lib.user.user_menu import select_users
+from archinstall.lib.utils.format import as_table
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class AuthenticationMenu(AbstractSubMenu[AuthenticationConfiguration]):
 		users: list[User] | None = item.value
 
 		if users:
-			return FormattedOutput.as_table(users)
+			return as_table(users)
 		return None
 
 	def _prev_root_pwd(self, item: MenuItem) -> str | None:

archinstall/lib/boot.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from typing import ClassVar, Self
 
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand, SysCommandWorker
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import SysCallError
-from archinstall.lib.output import error
+from archinstall.lib.log import error
 
 
 class Boot:

archinstall/lib/command.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Any, Self, override
 
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import RequirementError, SysCallError
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, logger
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error, logger
 from archinstall.lib.utils.encoding import clear_vt100_escape_codes
 
 

archinstall/lib/configuration.py

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ from pydantic import TypeAdapter
 
 from archinstall.lib.args import ArchConfig, ArchConfigType
 from archinstall.lib.crypt import encrypt
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, logger, warn
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Confirmation, Selection
 from archinstall.lib.menu.util import get_password, prompt_dir
 from archinstall.lib.models.network import NetworkConfiguration
-from archinstall.lib.output import as_key_value_pair, debug, logger, warn
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
+from archinstall.lib.utils.format import as_key_value_pair
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType
 

archinstall/lib/crypt.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet, InvalidToken
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.kdf.argon2 import Argon2id
 
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 
 libcrypt = ctypes.CDLL('libcrypt.so')
 

archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from archinstall.lib.disk.utils import (
 	umount,
 )
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import DiskError, SysCallError, UnknownFilesystemFormat
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error, info, log
 from archinstall.lib.models.device import (
 	DEFAULT_ITER_TIME,
 	BDevice,
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.device import (
 	_PartitionInfo,
 )
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import Password
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, info, log
 from archinstall.lib.pathnames import ARCHISO_MOUNTPOINT
 
 

archinstall/lib/disk/disk_menu.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from typing import override
 from archinstall.lib.disk.device_handler import device_handler
 from archinstall.lib.disk.encryption_menu import DiskEncryptionMenu
 from archinstall.lib.disk.partitioning_menu import manual_partitioning
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.menu.abstract_menu import AbstractSubMenu
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Confirmation, Notify, Selection, Table
 from archinstall.lib.menu.util import prompt_dir
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.device import (
 	Unit,
 	_DeviceInfo,
 )
-from archinstall.lib.output import FormattedOutput, debug
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
+from archinstall.lib.utils.format import as_table
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType
 
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ class DiskLayoutConfigurationMenu(AbstractSubMenu[DiskMenuConfig]):
 
 			for mod in device_mods:
 				# create partition table
-				partition_table = FormattedOutput.as_table(mod.partitions)
+				partition_table = as_table(mod.partitions)
 
 				output_partition += f'{mod.device_path}: {mod.device.device_info.model}\n'
 				output_partition += '{}: {}\n'.format(tr('Wipe'), mod.wipe)
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ class DiskLayoutConfigurationMenu(AbstractSubMenu[DiskMenuConfig]):
 				# create btrfs table
 				btrfs_partitions = [p for p in mod.partitions if p.btrfs_subvols]
 				for partition in btrfs_partitions:
-					output_btrfs += FormattedOutput.as_table(partition.btrfs_subvols) + '\n'
+					output_btrfs += as_table(partition.btrfs_subvols) + '\n'
 
 			output = output_partition + output_btrfs
 			return output.rstrip()
@@ -246,12 +247,12 @@ class DiskLayoutConfigurationMenu(AbstractSubMenu[DiskMenuConfig]):
 		output = '{}: {}\n'.format(tr('Configuration'), lvm_config.config_type.display_msg())
 
 		for vol_gp in lvm_config.vol_groups:
-			pv_table = FormattedOutput.as_table(vol_gp.pvs)
+			pv_table = as_table(vol_gp.pvs)
 			output += '{}:\n{}'.format(tr('Physical volumes'), pv_table)
 
 			output += f'\nVolume Group: {vol_gp.name}'
 
-			lvm_volumes = FormattedOutput.as_table(vol_gp.volumes)
+			lvm_volumes = as_table(vol_gp.volumes)
 			output += '\n\n{}:\n{}'.format(tr('Volumes'), lvm_volumes)
 
 			return output
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ async def select_devices(preset: list[BDevice] | None = []) -> list[BDevice] | N
 		dev = device_handler.get_device(device.path)
 
 		if dev and dev.partition_infos:
-			return FormattedOutput.as_table(dev.partition_infos)
+			return as_table(dev.partition_infos)
 		return None
 
 	if preset is None:

archinstall/lib/disk/encryption_menu.py

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.device import (
 	PartitionModification,
 )
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import Password
-from archinstall.lib.output import FormattedOutput
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
+from archinstall.lib.utils.format import as_table
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class DiskEncryptionMenu(AbstractSubMenu[DiskEncryption]):
 	def _prev_partitions(self, item: MenuItem) -> str | None:
 		if item.value:
 			output = tr('Partitions to be encrypted') + '\n'
-			output += FormattedOutput.as_table(item.value)
+			output += as_table(item.value)
 			return output.rstrip()
 
 		return None
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class DiskEncryptionMenu(AbstractSubMenu[DiskEncryption]):
 	def _prev_lvm_vols(self, item: MenuItem) -> str | None:
 		if item.value:
 			output = tr('LVM volumes to be encrypted') + '\n'
-			output += FormattedOutput.as_table(item.value)
+			output += as_table(item.value)
 			return output.rstrip()
 
 		return None

archinstall/lib/disk/fido.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from typing import ClassVar
 
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand, SysCommandWorker
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import SysCallError
+from archinstall.lib.log import error, info
 from archinstall.lib.models.device import Fido2Device
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import Password
-from archinstall.lib.output import error, info
 from archinstall.lib.utils.encoding import clear_vt100_escape_codes_from_str
 
 

archinstall/lib/disk/filesystem.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from archinstall.lib.disk.lvm import (
 	lvm_vol_reduce,
 )
 from archinstall.lib.disk.utils import udev_sync
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, info
 from archinstall.lib.models.device import (
 	DiskEncryption,
 	DiskLayoutConfiguration,
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.device import (
 	Size,
 	Unit,
 )
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, info
 
 
 class FilesystemHandler:

archinstall/lib/disk/luks.py

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ from types import TracebackType
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand, SysCommandWorker, run
 from archinstall.lib.disk.utils import get_lsblk_info, umount
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import DiskError, SysCallError
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, info
 from archinstall.lib.models.device import DEFAULT_ITER_TIME
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import Password
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, info
 from archinstall.lib.utils.util import generate_password
 
 

archinstall/lib/disk/lvm.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from typing import Literal, overload
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand, SysCommandWorker
 from archinstall.lib.disk.utils import udev_sync
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import SysCallError
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.device import (
 	LvmGroupInfo,
 	LvmPVInfo,
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.device import (
 	Size,
 	Unit,
 )
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 
 
 def _lvm_info(

archinstall/lib/disk/partitioning_menu.py

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.device import (
 	Size,
 	Unit,
 )
-from archinstall.lib.output import FormattedOutput
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
+from archinstall.lib.utils.format import as_table
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType
 
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ class PartitioningList(ListManager[DiskSegment]):
 		sector_size = device_info.sector_size
 
 		text = tr('Selected free space segment on device {}:').format(device_info.path) + '\n\n'
-		free_space_table = FormattedOutput.as_table([free_space])
+		free_space_table = as_table([free_space])
 		prompt = text + free_space_table + '\n'
 
 		max_sectors = free_space.length.format_size(Unit.sectors, sector_size)

archinstall/lib/disk/utils.py

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import DiskError, SysCallError
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, info, warn
 from archinstall.lib.models.device import LsblkInfo
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, info, warn
 
 
 class LsblkOutput(BaseModel):

archinstall/lib/general/general_menu.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from enum import Enum
 
 from archinstall.lib.locale.utils import list_timezones
+from archinstall.lib.log import warn
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Confirmation, Input, Selection
-from archinstall.lib.output import warn
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import Language, tr
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType

archinstall/lib/global_menu.py

@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.packages import Repository
 from archinstall.lib.models.pacman import PacmanConfiguration
 from archinstall.lib.models.profile import ProfileConfiguration
 from archinstall.lib.network.network_menu import select_network
-from archinstall.lib.output import FormattedOutput
 from archinstall.lib.packages.packages import list_available_packages, select_additional_packages
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.config import PacmanConfig
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.pacman_menu import PacmanMenu
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import Language, tr, translation_handler
+from archinstall.lib.utils.format import as_table
 from archinstall.tui.components import tui
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class GlobalMenu(AbstractMenu[None]):
 		if item.value:
 			network_config: NetworkConfiguration = item.value
 			if network_config.type == NicType.MANUAL:
-				output = FormattedOutput.as_table(network_config.nics)
+				output = as_table(network_config.nics)
 			else:
 				output = f'{tr("Network configuration")}:\n{network_config.type.display_msg()}'
 
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class GlobalMenu(AbstractMenu[None]):
 				output += f'{tr("Root password")}: {auth_config.root_enc_password.hidden()}\n'
 
 			if auth_config.users:
-				output += FormattedOutput.as_table(auth_config.users) + '\n'
+				output += as_table(auth_config.users) + '\n'
 
 			if auth_config.u2f_config:
 				u2f_config = auth_config.u2f_config
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ class GlobalMenu(AbstractMenu[None]):
 
 		if mirror_config.custom_repositories:
 			title = tr('Custom repositories')
-			table = FormattedOutput.as_table(mirror_config.custom_repositories)
+			table = as_table(mirror_config.custom_repositories)
 			output += f'{title}:\n\n{table}'
 
 		return output.strip()

archinstall/lib/hardware.py

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ from typing import Self
 
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import SysCallError
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.networking import enrich_iface_types, list_interfaces
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 
 

archinstall/lib/installer.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from archinstall.lib.exceptions import DiskError, HardwareIncompatibilityError,
 from archinstall.lib.hardware import SysInfo
 from archinstall.lib.linux_path import LPath
 from archinstall.lib.locale.utils import verify_keyboard_layout, verify_x11_keyboard_layout
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error, info, log, logger, warn
 from archinstall.lib.mirror.mirror_handler import MirrorListHandler
 from archinstall.lib.models.application import ZramAlgorithm
 from archinstall.lib.models.bootloader import Bootloader, BootloaderConfiguration
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.package_types import DEFAULT_KERNEL, Kernel
 from archinstall.lib.models.packages import Repository
 from archinstall.lib.models.pacman import PacmanConfiguration
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import User
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, info, log, logger, warn
 from archinstall.lib.packages.packages import installed_package
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.config import PacmanConfig
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.pacman import Pacman

archinstall/lib/locale/utils.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import ServiceException, SysCallError
-from archinstall.lib.output import error
+from archinstall.lib.log import error
 from archinstall.lib.utils.util import running_from_iso
 
 

archinstall/lib/log.py

@@ -3,183 +3,18 @@ import os
 import sys
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.request
-from collections.abc import Callable
-from dataclasses import asdict, is_dataclass
-from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
-from archinstall.lib.utils.encoding import unicode_ljust, unicode_rjust
+from archinstall.lib.utils.util import timestamp
-from archinstall.tui.rich import BaseRichTable
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-	from _typeshed import DataclassInstance
-
-
-class FormattedOutput:
-	@staticmethod
-	def _get_values(
-		o: DataclassInstance,
-		class_formatter: str | Callable | None = None,  # type: ignore[type-arg]  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingTypeArgument]
-		filter_list: list[str] = [],
-	) -> dict[str, Any]:
-		"""
-		the original values returned a dataclass as dict thru the call to some specific methods
-		this version allows thru the parameter class_formatter to call a dynamically selected formatting method.
-		Can transmit a filter list to the class_formatter,
-		"""
-		if class_formatter:
-			# if invoked per reference it has to be a standard function or a classmethod.
-			# A method of an instance does not make sense
-			if callable(class_formatter):
-				return class_formatter(o, filter_list)
-			# if is invoked by name we restrict it to a method of the class. No need to mess more
-			elif hasattr(o, class_formatter) and callable(getattr(o, class_formatter)):
-				func = getattr(o, class_formatter)
-				return func(filter_list)
-
-			raise ValueError('Unsupported formatting call')
-		elif hasattr(o, 'table_data'):
-			return o.table_data()
-		elif hasattr(o, 'json'):
-			return o.json()
-		elif is_dataclass(o):
-			return asdict(o)
-		else:
-			return o.__dict__  # type: ignore[unreachable]
-
-	@classmethod
-	def as_table(
-		cls,
-		obj: list[Any],
-		class_formatter: str | Callable | None = None,  # type: ignore[type-arg]
-		filter_list: list[str] = [],
-		capitalize: bool = False,
-	) -> str:
-		"""variant of as_table (subtly different code) which has two additional parameters
-		filter which is a list of fields which will be shown
-		class_formatter a special method to format the outgoing data
-
-		A general comment, the format selected for the output (a string where every data record is separated by newline)
-		is for compatibility with a print statement
-		As_table_filter can be a drop in replacement for as_table
-		"""
-		raw_data = [cls._get_values(o, class_formatter, filter_list) for o in obj]
-
-		# determine the maximum column size
-		column_width: dict[str, int] = {}
-		for o in raw_data:
-			for k, v in o.items():
-				if not filter_list or k in filter_list:
-					column_width.setdefault(k, 0)
-					column_width[k] = max([column_width[k], len(str(v)), len(k)])
-
-		if not filter_list:
-			filter_list = list(column_width.keys())
-
-		# create the header lines
-		output = ''
-		key_list = []
-		for key in filter_list:
-			width = column_width[key]
-			key = key.replace('!', '').replace('_', ' ')
-
-			if capitalize:
-				key = key.capitalize()
-
-			key_list.append(unicode_ljust(key, width))
-
-		output += ' | '.join(key_list) + '\n'
-		output += '-' * len(output) + '\n'
-
-		# create the data lines
-		for record in raw_data:
-			obj_data = []
-			for key in filter_list:
-				width = column_width.get(key, len(key))
-				value = record.get(key, '')
-
-				if '!' in key:
-					value = '*' * len(value)
-
-				if isinstance(value, (int, float)) or (isinstance(value, str) and value.isnumeric()):
-					obj_data.append(unicode_rjust(str(value), width))
-				else:
-					obj_data.append(unicode_ljust(str(value), width))
-
-			output += ' | '.join(obj_data) + '\n'
-
-		return output
-
-	@staticmethod
-	def as_columns(entries: list[str], cols: int) -> str:
-		"""
-		Will format a list into a given number of columns
-		"""
-		chunks = []
-		output = ''
-
-		for i in range(0, len(entries), cols):
-			chunks.append(entries[i : i + cols])
-
-		for row in chunks:
-			out_fmt = '{: <30} ' * len(row)
-			output += out_fmt.format(*row) + '\n'
-
-		return output
-
-
-def as_key_value_pair(
-	entries: dict[str, str | list[str] | bool],
-	ignore_empty: bool = True,
-) -> str:
-	"""
-	Formats key-values as a Rich Table:
-		key1	: value1
-		key2	: value2
-	...
-	"""
-	table = BaseRichTable()
-	table.add_column('key', style='bold', no_wrap=True)
-	table.add_column('value', style='white', max_width=70)
-
-	for label, value in entries.items():
-		if ignore_empty and not value:
-			continue
-
-		if isinstance(value, bool):
-			value = 'Yes' if value else 'No'
-
-		if isinstance(value, list):
-			value = '\n  '.join(str(val) for val in value)
-
-		table.add_row(label.title(), f': {value}')
-
-	return table.stringify()
-
-
-class Journald:
-	@staticmethod
-	def log(message: str, level: int = logging.DEBUG) -> None:
-		try:
-			import systemd.journal  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
-		except ModuleNotFoundError:
-			return
-
-		log_adapter = logging.getLogger('archinstall')
-		log_fmt = logging.Formatter('[%(levelname)s]: %(message)s')
-		log_ch = systemd.journal.JournalHandler()
-		log_ch.setFormatter(log_fmt)
-		log_adapter.addHandler(log_ch)
-		log_adapter.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-
-		log_adapter.log(level, message)
 
 
 class Logger:
-	def __init__(self, path: Path = Path('/var/log/archinstall')) -> None:
+	def __init__(self, path: Path | None = None) -> None:
-		self._path = path
+		if path is None:
+			path = Path('/var/log/archinstall')
+
+		self._path: Path = path
 
 	@property
 	def path(self) -> Path:
@@ -212,7 +47,7 @@ class Logger:
 		self._check_permissions()
 
 		with self.path.open('a') as f:
-			ts = _timestamp()
+			ts = timestamp()
 			level_name = logging.getLevelName(level)
 			f.write(f'[{ts}] - {level_name} - {content}\n')
 
@@ -310,9 +145,20 @@ def _stylize_output(
 	return f'\033[{ansi}m{text}\033[0m'
 
 
-def _timestamp() -> str:
+def journal_log(message: str, level: int = logging.DEBUG) -> None:
-	now = datetime.now(tz=UTC)
+	try:
-	return now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+		import systemd.journal  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
+	except ModuleNotFoundError:
+		return
+
+	log_adapter = logging.getLogger('archinstall')
+	log_fmt = logging.Formatter('[%(levelname)s]: %(message)s')
+	log_ch = systemd.journal.JournalHandler()
+	log_ch.setFormatter(log_fmt)
+	log_adapter.addHandler(log_ch)
+	log_adapter.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+	log_adapter.log(level, message)
 
 
 def info(
@@ -376,7 +222,7 @@ def log(
 	if _supports_color():
 		text = _stylize_output(text, fg, bg, reset, font)
 
-	Journald.log(text, level=level)
+	journal_log(text, level=level)
 
 	if level != logging.DEBUG:
 		print(text)

archinstall/lib/menu/abstract_menu.py

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from enum import Enum
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Any, Self, override
 
+from archinstall.lib.log import error
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Selection
-from archinstall.lib.output import error
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 from archinstall.tui.components import InstanceRunnable
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup

archinstall/lib/menu/menu_helper.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from archinstall.lib.output import FormattedOutput
+from archinstall.lib.utils.format import as_table
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class MenuHelper[ValueT]:
 		display_data: dict[str, ValueT | str | None] = {}
 
 		if data:
-			table = FormattedOutput.as_table(data)
+			table = as_table(data)
 			rows = table.split('\n')
 
 			# these are the header rows of the table

archinstall/lib/mirror/mirror_handler.py

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import time
 import urllib.parse
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, info
 from archinstall.lib.models import MirrorRegion
 from archinstall.lib.models.mirrors import MirrorStatusEntryV3, MirrorStatusListV3
 from archinstall.lib.networking import fetch_data_from_url
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, info
 from archinstall.lib.pathnames import MIRRORLIST
 
 

archinstall/lib/mirror/mirror_menu.py

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ from archinstall.lib.models.mirrors import (
 	SignOption,
 )
 from archinstall.lib.models.packages import Repository
-from archinstall.lib.output import FormattedOutput
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
+from archinstall.lib.utils.format import as_table
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import ResultType
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class MirrorMenu(AbstractSubMenu[MirrorConfiguration]):
 			return None
 
 		custom_mirrors: list[CustomRepository] = item.value
-		output = FormattedOutput.as_table(custom_mirrors)
+		output = as_table(custom_mirrors)
 		return output.strip()
 
 	def _prev_custom_servers(self, item: MenuItem) -> str | None:

archinstall/lib/models/bootloader.py

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Any, Self, override
 
+from archinstall.lib.log import warn
 from archinstall.lib.models.config import SubConfig
-from archinstall.lib.output import warn
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 
 

archinstall/lib/models/device.py

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ from parted import Disk, Geometry, Partition
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ValidationInfo, field_serializer, field_validator
 
 from archinstall.lib.hardware import SysInfo
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.config import SubConfig
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import Password
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 
 ENC_IDENTIFIER = 'ainst'

archinstall/lib/models/mirrors.py

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Self, TypedDict, override
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationInfo, field_validator, model_validator
 
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.config import SubConfig
 from archinstall.lib.models.packages import Repository
 from archinstall.lib.networking import DownloadTimer, ping
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

archinstall/lib/models/network.py

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import NotRequired, Self, TypedDict, override
 
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.config import SubConfig
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 
 

archinstall/lib/network/wifi_handler.py

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ from typing import assert_never, override
 
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import SysCallError
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.network import WifiConfiguredNetwork, WifiNetwork
 from archinstall.lib.network.wpa_supplicant import WpaSupplicantConfig
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 from archinstall.tui.components import ConfirmationScreen, InputScreen, InstanceRunnable, LoadingScreen, NotifyScreen, TableSelectionScreen, tui
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup

archinstall/lib/network/wpa_supplicant.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.models.network import WifiNetwork
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 
 
 @dataclass

archinstall/lib/networking.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import DownloadTimeout, SysCallError
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, info
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error, info
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.pacman import Pacman
 
 

archinstall/lib/packages/packages.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
 
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import SysCallError
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Loading, Notify, Selection
 from archinstall.lib.models.packages import AvailablePackage, LocalPackage, PackageGroup, Repository
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.pacman import Pacman
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup

archinstall/lib/packages/util.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
 
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.packages.packages import check_package_upgrade
 
 

archinstall/lib/pacman/pacman.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import RequirementError
-from archinstall.lib.output import error, info, warn
+from archinstall.lib.log import error, info, warn
 from archinstall.lib.pathnames import PACMAN_CONF
 from archinstall.lib.plugins import plugins
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr

archinstall/lib/plugins.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import urllib.request
 from importlib import metadata
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from archinstall.lib.output import error, info, warn
+from archinstall.lib.log import error, info, warn
 from archinstall.lib.version import get_version
 
 plugins = {}

archinstall/lib/profile/profiles_handler.py

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, NotRequired, TypedDict
 
 from archinstall.default_profiles.profile import CustomSetting, GreeterType, Profile
 from archinstall.lib.hardware import GfxDriver, GfxPackage
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error, info
 from archinstall.lib.models.profile import ProfileConfiguration
 from archinstall.lib.networking import fetch_data_from_url
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, info
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

archinstall/lib/translationhandler.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from typing import override
 
 from archinstall.lib.command import SysCommand
 from archinstall.lib.exceptions import SysCallError
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.utils.util import running_from_iso
 
 

archinstall/lib/utils/format.py

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from dataclasses import asdict, is_dataclass
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+
+from archinstall.lib.utils.encoding import unicode_ljust, unicode_rjust
+from archinstall.tui.rich import BaseRichTable
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+	from _typeshed import DataclassInstance
+
+
+def as_key_value_pair(
+	entries: dict[str, str | list[str] | bool],
+	ignore_empty: bool = True,
+) -> str:
+	"""
+	Formats key-values as a Rich Table:
+		key1	: value1
+		key2	: value2
+	...
+	"""
+	table = BaseRichTable()
+	table.add_column('key', style='bold', no_wrap=True)
+	table.add_column('value', style='white', max_width=70)
+
+	for label, value in entries.items():
+		if ignore_empty and not value:
+			continue
+
+		if isinstance(value, bool):
+			value = 'Yes' if value else 'No'
+
+		if isinstance(value, list):
+			value = '\n  '.join(str(val) for val in value)
+
+		table.add_row(label.title(), f': {value}')
+
+	return table.stringify()
+
+
+def as_columns(entries: list[str], cols: int) -> str:
+	"""
+	Will format a list into a given number of columns
+	"""
+	chunks: list[list[str]] = []
+	output = ''
+
+	for i in range(0, len(entries), cols):
+		chunks.append(entries[i : i + cols])
+
+	for row in chunks:
+		out_fmt = '{: <30} ' * len(row)
+		output += out_fmt.format(*row) + '\n'
+
+	return output
+
+
+def _get_values(
+	o: DataclassInstance,
+	class_formatter: str | Callable | None = None,  # type: ignore[type-arg]  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingTypeArgument]
+	filter_list: list[str] = [],
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+	"""
+	the original values returned a dataclass as dict thru the call to some specific methods
+	this version allows thru the parameter class_formatter to call a dynamically selected formatting method.
+	Can transmit a filter list to the class_formatter,
+	"""
+	if class_formatter:
+		# if invoked per reference it has to be a standard function or a classmethod.
+		# A method of an instance does not make sense
+		if callable(class_formatter):
+			return class_formatter(o, filter_list)
+		# if is invoked by name we restrict it to a method of the class. No need to mess more
+		elif hasattr(o, class_formatter) and callable(getattr(o, class_formatter)):
+			func = getattr(o, class_formatter)
+			return func(filter_list)
+
+		raise ValueError('Unsupported formatting call')
+	elif hasattr(o, 'table_data'):
+		return o.table_data()
+	elif hasattr(o, 'json'):
+		return o.json()
+	elif is_dataclass(o):
+		return asdict(o)
+	else:
+		return o.__dict__  # type: ignore[unreachable]
+
+
+def as_table(
+	obj: list[Any],
+	class_formatter: str | Callable | None = None,  # type: ignore[type-arg]
+	filter_list: list[str] = [],
+	capitalize: bool = False,
+) -> str:
+	"""variant of as_table (subtly different code) which has two additional parameters
+	filter which is a list of fields which will be shown
+	class_formatter a special method to format the outgoing data
+
+	A general comment, the format selected for the output (a string where every data record is separated by newline)
+	is for compatibility with a print statement
+	As_table_filter can be a drop in replacement for as_table
+	"""
+	raw_data = [_get_values(o, class_formatter, filter_list) for o in obj]
+
+	# determine the maximum column size
+	column_width: dict[str, int] = {}
+	for o in raw_data:
+		for k, v in o.items():
+			if not filter_list or k in filter_list:
+				column_width.setdefault(k, 0)
+				column_width[k] = max([column_width[k], len(str(v)), len(k)])
+
+	if not filter_list:
+		filter_list = list(column_width.keys())
+
+	# create the header lines
+	output = ''
+	key_list = []
+	for key in filter_list:
+		width = column_width[key]
+		key = key.replace('!', '').replace('_', ' ')
+
+		if capitalize:
+			key = key.capitalize()
+
+		key_list.append(unicode_ljust(key, width))
+
+	output += ' | '.join(key_list) + '\n'
+	output += '-' * len(output) + '\n'
+
+	# create the data lines
+	for record in raw_data:
+		obj_data = []
+		for key in filter_list:
+			width = column_width.get(key, len(key))
+			value = record.get(key, '')
+
+			if '!' in key:
+				value = '*' * len(value)
+
+			if isinstance(value, (int, float)) or (isinstance(value, str) and value.isnumeric()):
+				obj_data.append(unicode_rjust(str(value), width))
+			else:
+				obj_data.append(unicode_ljust(str(value), width))
+
+		output += ' | '.join(obj_data) + '\n'
+
+	return output

archinstall/lib/utils/util.py

@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import secrets
 import string
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
-from archinstall.lib.output import FormattedOutput
 from archinstall.lib.pathnames import ARCHISO_MOUNTPOINT
+from archinstall.lib.utils.format import as_columns
+
+
+def timestamp() -> str:
+	now = datetime.now(tz=UTC)
+	return now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
 
 
 def running_from_iso() -> bool:
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ def format_cols(items: list[str], header: str | None = None) -> str:
 	else:
 		col = 4
 
-	text += FormattedOutput.as_columns(items, col)
+	text += as_columns(items, col)
 	# remove whitespaces on each row
 	text = '\n'.join(t.strip() for t in text.split('\n'))
 	return text

archinstall/main.py

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from archinstall.lib.args import ArchConfigHandler, SubCommand
 from archinstall.lib.disk.utils import disk_layouts
 from archinstall.lib.hardware import SysInfo
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error, info, logger, share_install_log, warn
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Confirmation
 from archinstall.lib.network.wifi_handler import WifiHandler
 from archinstall.lib.networking import ping
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, info, logger, share_install_log, warn
 from archinstall.lib.packages.util import check_version_upgrade
 from archinstall.lib.pacman.pacman import Pacman
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr, translation_handler

archinstall/scripts/guided.py

@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ from archinstall.lib.disk.utils import disk_layouts
 from archinstall.lib.general.general_menu import PostInstallationAction, select_post_installation
 from archinstall.lib.global_menu import GlobalMenu
 from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer, accessibility_tools_in_use, run_custom_user_commands
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error, info
 from archinstall.lib.menu.util import delayed_warning
 from archinstall.lib.mirror.mirror_handler import MirrorListHandler
 from archinstall.lib.models import Bootloader
 from archinstall.lib.models.device import DiskLayoutType, EncryptionType
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import User
 from archinstall.lib.network.network_handler import install_network_config
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, info
 from archinstall.lib.packages.util import check_version_upgrade
 from archinstall.lib.profile.profiles_handler import profile_handler
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr

archinstall/scripts/minimal.py

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ from archinstall.lib.configuration import ConfigurationOutput
 from archinstall.lib.disk.disk_menu import DiskLayoutConfigurationMenu
 from archinstall.lib.disk.filesystem import FilesystemHandler
 from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error, info
 from archinstall.lib.menu.util import delayed_warning
 from archinstall.lib.models import Bootloader
 from archinstall.lib.models.profile import ProfileConfiguration
 from archinstall.lib.models.users import Password, User
 from archinstall.lib.network.network_handler import install_network_config
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, info
 from archinstall.lib.profile.profiles_handler import profile_handler
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 from archinstall.tui.components import tui

archinstall/scripts/only_hd.py

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ from archinstall.lib.disk.filesystem import FilesystemHandler
 from archinstall.lib.disk.utils import disk_layouts
 from archinstall.lib.global_menu import GlobalMenu
 from archinstall.lib.installer import Installer
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug, error
 from archinstall.lib.menu.util import delayed_warning
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 from archinstall.tui.components import tui
 

archinstall/tui/components.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from textual.widgets.option_list import Option
 from textual.widgets.selection_list import Selection
 from textual.worker import WorkerCancelled
 
-from archinstall.lib.output import debug
+from archinstall.lib.log import debug
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
 from archinstall.tui.menu_item import MenuItem, MenuItemGroup
 from archinstall.tui.result import Result, ResultType

tests/test_share_log.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import pytest
 from hypothesis import HealthCheck, given, settings
 from hypothesis import strategies as st
 
-from archinstall.lib.output import share_install_log
+from archinstall.lib.log import share_install_log
 
 urls = st.builds(
 	'{}://{}.{}/{}'.format,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def test_file_not_found(
 ) -> None:
 	missing_log = tmp_path / sub_path / 'install.log'
 
-	with patch('archinstall.lib.output.logger._path', new=missing_log):
+	with patch('archinstall.lib.log.logger._path', new=missing_log):
 		assert share_install_log(paste_url, max_byte) is None
 
 
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def test_file_not_found(
 def test_empty_file(log_file: Path, paste_url: str, max_byte: int | None) -> None:
 	log_file.write_bytes(b'')
 
-	with patch('archinstall.lib.output.logger._path', new=log_file.parent):
+	with patch('archinstall.lib.log.logger._path', new=log_file.parent):
-		# with patch('archinstall.lib.output.logger', _fake_logger(log_file)):
+		# with patch('archinstall.lib.log.logger', _fake_logger(log_file)):
 		assert share_install_log(paste_url, max_byte) is None
 
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_successful_upload(log_file: Path, resp_url: str, paste_url: str, max_by
 	fake_response = BytesIO(resp_url.encode())
 
 	with (
-		patch('archinstall.lib.output.logger._path', new=log_file.parent),
+		patch('archinstall.lib.log.logger._path', new=log_file.parent),
 		patch('urllib.request.urlopen', return_value=fake_response),
 	):
 		result = share_install_log(paste_url, max_byte)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_truncation(log_file: Path, resp_url: str, paste_url: str, max_byte: int
 	exptected_byte = len(content) if max_byte is None else max_byte
 
 	with (
-		patch('archinstall.lib.output.logger._path', new=log_file.parent),
+		patch('archinstall.lib.log.logger._path', new=log_file.parent),
 		patch('urllib.request.urlopen', return_value=fake_response) as mock_open,
 	):
 		_ = share_install_log(paste_url, max_byte)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def test_network_error(log_file: Path, paste_url: str, max_byte: int | None) ->
 	log_file.write_text('some log content')
 
 	with (
-		patch('archinstall.lib.output.logger._path', new=log_file.parent),
+		patch('archinstall.lib.log.logger._path', new=log_file.parent),
 		patch('urllib.request.urlopen', side_effect=urllib.error.URLError('no network')),
 	):
 		assert share_install_log(paste_url, max_byte) is None
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def test_unexpected_response(log_file: Path, paste_url: str, max_byte: int | Non
 	fake_response = BytesIO(b'ERROR: something went wrong')
 
 	with (
-		patch('archinstall.lib.output.logger._path', new=log_file.parent),
+		patch('archinstall.lib.log.logger._path', new=log_file.parent),
 		patch('urllib.request.urlopen', return_value=fake_response),
 	):
 		assert share_install_log(paste_url, max_byte) is None