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[whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator with i3-wm?

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From: Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: [whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator with i3-wm?
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 18:22:14 +0200

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Hello,

With the graphical installer, When only installing i3-wm as desktop
manager I got an error like:

 i3-sensible-terminal error...

because there is no terminal emulator installed by default

The workaround is trivial for users but what about to add a terminal
emulator to the installer generated list of installed packages?

Thanks! Gio'.

-- 
Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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From: Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu>
To: 36008 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [whishlist] Installer: i3-wm desktop companions
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 19:33:44 +0200

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Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu> writes:

> With the graphical installer, When only installing i3-wm as desktop
> manager I got an error like:
>
>  i3-sensible-terminal error...
>
> because there is no terminal emulator installed by default

Also it's lacking a status_command (e.g. i3status) and the dmenu_run
command (e.g. demenu package)

I've fixed this ading this

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  (packages
    (append
      (list (specification->package "i3-wm")
            (specification->package "i3status")
            (specification->package "dmenu")
            (specification->package "st")
   [...]
        
      %base-packages))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

to my config.scm

WDYT? Gio'.



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Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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From: Pronaip <pronaip <at> protonmail.com>
To: Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu>
Cc: "36008 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <36008 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: install a terminal emulator
 with i3-wm?
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 11:45:26 +0000

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Thursday, May 30, 2019 6:22 PM, Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> With the graphical installer, When only installing i3-wm as desktop
> manager I got an error like:
>
> i3-sensible-terminal error...
>
> because there is no terminal emulator installed by default
>
> The workaround is trivial for users but what about to add a terminal
> emulator to the installer generated list of installed packages?

Does Guix or the installer have a way of dealing with optional dependencies or package alternatives? That way the installer could ask the user to choose a package that provides a terminal.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu>
Cc: 36008-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: i3-wm desktop companions
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 23:10:17 +0200

Hi,

Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu> skribis:

> Also it's lacking a status_command (e.g. i3status) and the dmenu_run
> command (e.g. demenu package)
>
> I've fixed this ading this
>
>   (packages
>     (append
>       (list (specification->package "i3-wm")
>             (specification->package "i3status")
>             (specification->package "dmenu")
>             (specification->package "st")

Fixed in the installer in 676eb5880ec2fae03752513c2442aae0bda9bfc4.

This part is quite easy to modify and test, so if you have other ideas,
give them a try!

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Message #19 received at 36008-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36008-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36008: [whishlist] Installer: i3-wm desktop companions
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2019 11:34:21 +0200

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Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

[...]

> Fixed in the installer in 676eb5880ec2fae03752513c2442aae0bda9bfc4.
>
> This part is quite easy to modify and test, so if you have other ideas,
> give them a try!

Yes now I see: I'll do it for sure!

Thanks for the patch! Gio'.

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Giovanni Biscuolo

Xelera IT Infrastructures

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