new template files for users to customize the install

airootfs/root/endeavouros-skel-liveuser/src/etc/skel/user-commands-before.bash

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This file can contain commands that will be executed (as root) before
+# calamares is started. So here you may configure various settings of calamares.
+#
+# NOTE! This is an advanced feature, so you need to know *exactly* what
+# you are doing. Otherwise bad things can happen...
+# Sound knowledge of calamares, bash language, and linux commands is required
+# for a meaningful customization.
+#
+# If you add commands to this file, start the whole install process fresh
+# with terminal command 'eos-welcome' after saving this file.
+#
+# Tip: save your customized commands into a file on an internet server
+# and fetch that file with command:
+#
+#     wget -O ~/user-commands-before.bash "URL-referring-the-file"
+#
+# Note: this file is supported in ISOs *after* Galileo Neo!
+#
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Now *you* can add your commands into function _IsoConfig below.
+#
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_IsoConfig() {
+    ## Add your ISO configurations here.
+    ## This is executed as root before calamares is started.
+
+    local -r install_mode="$1"          # 'online' or 'offline'
+
+    ## Now your commands. Some examples:
+    #
+    # Set KDE-Desktop as default:
+    # printf "\ndefault: KDE-Desktop\n" >> /etc/calamares/modules/packagechooser.conf
+    # ...
+}
+
+## Execute the commands if the parameter list is valid:
+
+case "$1" in
+    offline | online) _IsoConfig "$1" ;;
+esac

airootfs/root/endeavouros-skel-liveuser/src/etc/skel/user_commands.bash

@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# This file can contain commands that will be executed at the end of
-# EndeavourOS install (online mode only) on the target system.
-# The commands will be executed as root.
+# This file can contain commands that will be executed (as root) at the end of
+# EndeavourOS install (in online mode only) on the target system.
 #
-# This allows you to customize the installed system in several ways!
+# NOTE! This is an advanced feature, so you need to know exactly
+# what you are doing. Otherwise bad things can happen...
+# Sound knowledge of bash language and linux commands is required
+# for a meaningful customization.
 #
-# If you add commands to this file, start the install process after
-# saving this file.
+# If you add commands to this file, start the whole install process fresh
+# with terminal command 'eos-welcome' after saving this file.
 #
 # Tip: save your customized commands into a file on an internet server
 # and fetch that file with command:
 #
 #     wget -O ~/user_commands.bash "URL-referring-the-file"
 #
+# Here you may customize the installed system in several ways.
+#
 # Ideas for customization:
 #   - install packages
 #   - remove packages
@@ -35,40 +39,36 @@
 #     The 'makepkg' command suffers from the same limitation.
 #     This essentially blocks installing AUR packages here.
 #
-# Advanced tip (for ISOs since year 2022):
-#    To write files directly into $HOME, you can find the new username
-#    as the first parameter given to user_commands.bash, e.g.
-#        username="$1"
-#    Then you may write files under folder
-#        /home/$username
+# Tip: if you write new files into the home directory of the new user,
+# make sure to properly set the file permissions too.
 #
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Now *you* can add your commands into the two functions below.
+# Now *you* can add your commands into function _PostInstallCommands below.
 #
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-_IsoConfig() {
-    # ISO configurations here.
-    # This runs before calamares is started.
-
-    local -r install_mode="$1"          # 'online' or 'offline'
-    # ...
-    # ls /home/liveuser
-}
-
 _PostInstallCommands() {
-    # Post-install commands here.
-    # This runs near the end of calamares execution.
+    ## Add your "late-install" commands here.
+    ## This is executed as root near the end of calamares execution.
 
     local -r username="$1"              # new user you created for the target
-    # ...
-    # echo "# Hello world!" >> /home/$username/.bashrc
+
+    ## Now your commands. Some examples:
+    #
+    # echo "## Hello world!"           >> /home/$username/.bashrc
+    # echo "export FUNCNEST=100"       >> /home/$username/.bashrc
+    # echo "alias pacdiff=eos-pacdiff" >> /home/$username/.bashrc
+    # chmod $username:$username           /home/$username/.bashrc
+    #
     # pacman -S --noconfirm --needed geany chromium libreoffice-fresh
+    # ...
 }
 
+## Execute the commands if the parameter list is valid:
+
 case "$1" in
-    --iso-config)        _IsoConfig "$2" ;;
-    offline | online)    _IsoConfig "$1" ;;            # after Galileo neo!
+    --iso-config)        ;;  # not supported here!
+    offline | online)    ::  # not supported here!
     *)                   _PostInstallCommands "$1" ;;
 esac