Make the first screen a language choice; Chinese gets the CJK console and zh_CN

The CJK console unpacks Noto Sans Mono CJK from the offline mirror instead
of shipping fonts in the live image, lists only US-keymap keyboards and
preselects Pinyin. The target's LANG comes through locale_config.

README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Despite the local folder name, the first argument is the Omarchy source checkout
 
 A local-source install pins `omarchy-dev` and `omarchy-settings-dev`, since the published builds share their version number but lack the local changes. `IgnorePkg` in `/etc/pacman.conf` makes updates skip them, and a `pre-refresh-pacman` hook (in the user's `~/.config/omarchy/hooks` and in `/etc/skel`) puts that line back after `omarchy refresh pacman`. `/etc/pacman.d/hooks/00-omarchy-pin-local-builds.hook` aborts any transaction that would still replace them. Remove all three to take the published packages.
 
-The configurator asks for the region on its first screen. China reruns the installer in cage + foot, a console that draws Chinese: it opens on a bilingual region screen, keeps a US keyboard, and every later screen and the install progress read in Chinese. Choosing Global there returns to the VT, which applies the chosen keymap; without a working display China continues in English on the VT. The Chinese text lives in `OMARCHY_ZH` tables beside the English it replaces.
+The configurator asks for the language on its first screen: English or Simplified Chinese. Chinese reruns the installer in cage + foot, a console that draws Chinese, with Noto Sans Mono CJK unpacked from the offline mirror's `noto-fonts-cjk`. It opens on a bilingual language screen, offers only keyboards with a US keymap (cage keeps a US layout) and preselects Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin); every later screen and the install progress read in Chinese. Choosing English there returns to the VT, which applies the chosen keymap. Without a working display or the font, Chinese continues in English on the VT. Either way a Chinese install sets the target's `LANG` to `zh_CN.UTF-8` through archinstall's `locale_config`. The language never decides the region: that follows the timezone. The Chinese text lives in `OMARCHY_ZH` tables beside the English it replaces.
 
 Use `--dev` or `--rc` to build against those package channels. Both `--dev` and `--edge` select the dev packages from the edge mirror.
 

bin/omarchy-iso-test

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 #                      or Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin)/(Traditional, Zhuyin).
 #                      OMARCHY_PATH must be the source tree used to build the ISO.
 #   --encrypt          Drive the encrypted install flow (default: unencrypted)
-#   --region REGION    Pick global (default) or cn on the first screen
+#   --language LANG    Pick en (default) or zh on the first screen; zh keeps the
+#                      preselected Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin) keyboard
 #   --provision              Drive the deferred-provisioning install flow: no user during install, the
 #                      first boot runs omarchy-provision-owner and creates it there
 #   --reuse-base       Skip the install phase if a base image already exists
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ MEMORY=8192
 INSTALL_TIMEOUT=2400
 BOOT_TIMEOUT=600
 ENCRYPT=false
-REGION=global
+INSTALL_LANGUAGE=en
 PROVISION=false
 REUSE_BASE=false
 INSTALL_ONLY=false
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ while (($#)); do
   case "$1" in
     --keyboard) KEYBOARD_LABEL="$2"; shift ;;
     --encrypt) ENCRYPT=true ;;
-    --region) REGION="$2"; shift ;;
+    --language) INSTALL_LANGUAGE="$2"; shift ;;
     --provision) PROVISION=true ;;
     --reuse-base) REUSE_BASE=true ;;
     --install-only) INSTALL_ONLY=true ;;
@@ -92,8 +93,12 @@ if [[ ! -f ${ISO:-} ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ $REGION != "global" && $REGION != "cn" ]]; then
+if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE != "en" && $INSTALL_LANGUAGE != "zh" ]]; then
-  echo "--region must be global or cn, not $REGION" >&2
+  echo "--language must be en or zh, not $INSTALL_LANGUAGE" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" && $KEYBOARD_LABEL != "English (US)" ]]; then
+  echo "--language zh takes the preselected Pinyin keyboard; drop --keyboard" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 case "$KEYBOARD_LABEL" in
@@ -103,12 +108,12 @@ esac
 
 omarchy-pkg-add qemu-full edk2-ovmf socat imagemagick tesseract tesseract-data-eng tesseract-data-chi_sim
 
-# After the region screen a China install reads in Chinese.
+# After the language screen a Chinese install reads in Chinese.
 OCR_LANGS=eng
-[[ $REGION == "cn" ]] && OCR_LANGS=eng+chi_sim
+[[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]] && OCR_LANGS=eng+chi_sim
-# region_text <english> <chinese> picks the text a screen shows in this run.
+# lang_text <english> <chinese> picks the text a screen shows in this run.
-region_text() {
+lang_text() {
-  if [[ $REGION == "cn" ]]; then
+  if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]]; then
     printf '%s' "$2"
   else
     printf '%s' "$1"
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ if [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL != "English (US)" ]]; then
   BASE_NAME+="-$(printf '%s' "$KEYBOARD_LABEL" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g')"
 fi
 $ENCRYPT && BASE_NAME+="-encrypted"
-[[ $REGION == "cn" ]] && BASE_NAME+="-cn"
+[[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]] && BASE_NAME+="-zh"
 $PROVISION && BASE_NAME+="-provision"
 BASE_DIR="$REPO_DIR/test-runs/$BASE_NAME"
 RUN_DIR="$BASE_DIR/runs/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
@@ -273,8 +278,8 @@ ocr_screen() {
   screendump "$shot"
   [[ -s $shot ]] || return 0
   magick "$shot" -colorspace gray -negate -resize 150% "$prepped" 2>/dev/null || return 0
-  # The logo and the black strip under foot throw tesseract off CJK, so China runs also read between them, without spaces.
+  # The logo and the black strip under foot throw tesseract off CJK, so Chinese runs also read between them, without spaces.
-  if [[ $REGION == "cn" ]]; then
+  if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]]; then
     magick "$shot" -gravity north -chop 0x35% -gravity south -chop 0x4% -colorspace gray -negate -resize 150% "$prepped.text.png" 2>/dev/null || return 0
     { tesseract "$prepped" - --psm 6 -l "$OCR_LANGS"; tesseract "$prepped.text.png" - --psm 6 -l "$OCR_LANGS"; } 2>/dev/null | sed 'p; s/ //g' || true
   else
@@ -686,28 +691,35 @@ drive_configurator() {
   capture_console "success-installer-00-greeter"
   press ret
 
-  # Region comes first: Global on top, China below, either one preselected.
+  # Language comes first: English on top, Chinese below.
-  wait_for_screen "Select region" 300
+  wait_for_screen "Select language" 300
-  capture_console "success-installer-01-region"
+  capture_console "success-installer-01-language"
-  if [[ $REGION == "cn" ]]; then press end; else press home; fi
+  if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]]; then press end; else press home; fi
   press ret
 
-  # Global asks for the keyboard; China reruns in cage + foot on a bilingual region screen with a US keyboard. Ctrl+C on either defers provisioning.
+  # Chinese reruns in cage + foot on a bilingual language screen, Chinese preselected.
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "keyboard layout" "选择区域")" 300
+  if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]]; then
+    wait_for_screen "选择语言" 300
+    capture_console "success-installer-01-language-cjk"
+    press ret
+  fi
+
+  # The keyboard follows; Ctrl+C there defers provisioning.
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "keyboard layout" "键盘布局")" 300
   capture_console "success-installer-01-keyboard-layout"
 
   if $PROVISION; then
     press ctrl-c # arm "prepare for another owner"
-    wait_for_screen "$(region_text "another owner" "另一位")" 30
+    wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "another owner" "另一位")" 30
     capture_console "success-installer-02-prepare-confirm"
     press ret # "Yes, prepare for another owner" is the affirmative default
 
     # Jumps straight to disk selection, then the overwrite confirm.
-    wait_for_screen "$(region_text "install disk" "安装磁盘")" 60
+    wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "install disk" "安装磁盘")" 60
     capture_console "success-installer-03-prepare-install-disk"
     press ret
 
-    wait_for_screen "$(region_text "recovery possible" "无法恢复")" 60
+    wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "recovery possible" "无法恢复")" 60
     capture_console "success-installer-04-prepare-disk-warning-encrypted"
     if ! $ENCRYPT; then
       press ctrl-c
@@ -731,27 +743,27 @@ drive_configurator() {
   press ret
 
   # Normal flow: user step comes before disk selection.
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Username" "用户名")" 120
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Username" "用户名")" 120
   type_text "$GUEST_USER"
   capture_console "success-installer-02-username"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Password" "密码")" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Password" "密码")" 60
   type_text "$GUEST_PASSWORD"
   capture_console "success-installer-03-password"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Must match" "确认")" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Must match" "确认")" 60
   type_text "$GUEST_PASSWORD"
   capture_console "success-installer-04-password-confirmation"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Full name" "姓名")" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Full name" "姓名")" 60
   type_text "Omarchy Test"
   capture_console "success-installer-05-full-name"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Email address" "邮箱")" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Email address" "邮箱")" 60
   type_text "test"
   if [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL == "Japanese" ]]; then
     press bracket_left
@@ -764,30 +776,30 @@ drive_configurator() {
   capture_console "success-installer-06-email"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Hostname" "主机名")" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Hostname" "主机名")" 60
   type_text "$GUEST_HOSTNAME"
   capture_console "success-installer-07-hostname"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Timezone" "时区")" 180 # tzupdate geo-guess can take a moment
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Timezone" "时区")" 180 # tzupdate geo-guess can take a moment
   capture_console "success-installer-08-timezone"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "look right" "正确")" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "look right" "正确")" 60
   capture_console "success-installer-09-review"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "install disk" "安装磁盘")" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "install disk" "安装磁盘")" 60
   capture_console "success-installer-10-install-disk"
   press ret # the single virtio disk
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "installation mode\|recovery possible" "安装方式\|无法恢复")" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "installation mode\|recovery possible" "安装方式\|无法恢复")" 60
-  if ocr_screen | grep -qi "$(region_text "installation mode" "安装方式")"; then
+  if ocr_screen | grep -qi "$(lang_text "installation mode" "安装方式")"; then
     capture_console "success-installer-11-install-mode"
     press ret # "Full disk install" is preselected
   fi
 
-  wait_for_screen "$(region_text "recovery possible" "无法恢复")" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "recovery possible" "无法恢复")" 60
   capture_console "success-installer-12-disk-warning-encrypted"
   if ! $ENCRYPT; then
     press ctrl-c # toggles the confirm to the unencrypted flow
@@ -891,8 +903,8 @@ wait_for_install() {
   while true; do
     text=$(ocr_screen)
 
-    # OCR cannot read the Chinese reboot button, so China matches the title above it.
+    # OCR cannot read the Chinese reboot button, so Chinese runs match the title above it.
-    if grep -qi "$(region_text "Reboot Now" "安装完成")" <<<"$text"; then
+    if grep -qi "$(lang_text "Reboot Now" "安装完成")" <<<"$text"; then
       log "Install finished. Confirming the reboot prompt."
       capture_console "success-installer-15-reboot"
       press ret
@@ -908,7 +920,7 @@ wait_for_install() {
       return 0
     fi
 
-    if grep -qi "$(region_text "installation stopped" "安装已停止")" <<<"$text"; then
+    if grep -qi "$(lang_text "installation stopped" "安装已停止")" <<<"$text"; then
       capture_console "failure-installer-installation-stopped"
       echo "Install failed — screenshot saved to $RUN_DIR" >&2
       return 1

builder/build-iso.sh

@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ cp "/tmp/$NODE_FILENAME" "$build_cache_dir/airootfs/opt/packages/"
 # The selected omarchy-settings package is needed here so its post_install hook
 # drops Omarchy's plymouthd.conf into /etc/plymouth before mkarchiso builds the
 # live initramfs.
-# cage, foot and the two fonts give China installs a console that draws Chinese.
+# cage and foot give Chinese installs a console that draws Chinese.
-arch_packages=(linux-t2 git gum jq openssl plymouth ttfx tzupdate omarchy-keyring "$OMARCHY_SETTINGS_PACKAGE" lvm2 cryptsetup parted cage foot ttf-jetbrains-mono wqy-microhei)
+arch_packages=(linux-t2 git gum jq openssl plymouth ttfx tzupdate omarchy-keyring "$OMARCHY_SETTINGS_PACKAGE" lvm2 cryptsetup parted cage foot)
 printf '%s\n' "${arch_packages[@]}" >> "$build_cache_dir/packages.x86_64"
 
 # The live ISO boots linux-t2 (see airootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-t2.preset), so

configs/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh

@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ warm_offline_mirror &
 warm_pid=$!
 trap 'kill "$warm_pid" 2>/dev/null' EXIT
 
+# The CJK console's font comes from the offline mirror's noto-fonts-cjk, not the live image.
+unpack_cjk_font() {
+  local packages=(/var/cache/omarchy/mirror/offline/noto-fonts-cjk-*.pkg.tar.zst)
+  if ((${#packages[@]} != 1)) || [[ ! -f ${packages[0]} ]]; then
+    echo "Expected one noto-fonts-cjk package in the offline mirror, found: ${packages[*]}" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  bsdtar -xf "${packages[0]}" -C / usr/share/fonts/noto-cjk/NotoSansCJK-Regular.ttc
+}
+
 cd /root
 # Autoinstall: a cidata drive carrying the configurator's own output files
 # stands in for the wizard. omarchy-cidata-load copies them into /root and
@@ -102,7 +112,7 @@ if /usr/local/bin/omarchy-cidata-load; then
   echo "Autoinstall configuration found on cidata drive; skipping the configurator."
   export OMARCHY_UI_INTERACTIVE=no
 else
-  # China moves to cage + foot, which draw Chinese; Global moves back to the VT, which applies keymaps.
+  # Chinese moves to cage + foot, which draw Chinese; English moves back to the VT, which applies keymaps.
   cjk_relaunch=10
   vt_return=11
   if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]]; then
@@ -115,17 +125,23 @@ else
     cjk_runtime=/run/omarchy-cjk-console
     mkdir -p -m 700 "$cjk_runtime"
     rm -f "$cjk_runtime/cjk-console-started" "$cjk_runtime/return-to-vt"
+    if ! unpack_cjk_font; then
+      echo "The Chinese font could not be unpacked from the offline mirror; continuing in English."
+      unset OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH
+      OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE=zh ./configurator && status=0 || status=$?
+      continue
+    fi
     cage_status=0
-    env -u OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$cjk_runtime OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE=1 OMARCHY_INSTALL_REGION=cn \
+    env -u OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$cjk_runtime OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE=1 OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE=zh \
       LANG=C.UTF-8 WLR_RENDERER=pixman cage -- foot -c /usr/share/omarchy-iso/foot.ini "$0" || cage_status=$?
     if [[ -f $cjk_runtime/return-to-vt ]]; then
-      OMARCHY_INSTALL_REGION=global ./configurator && status=0 || status=$?
+      OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE=en ./configurator && status=0 || status=$?
     elif [[ -f $cjk_runtime/cjk-console-started ]]; then
       exit "$cage_status"
     else
       echo "The Chinese console could not start (cage exit $cage_status); continuing in English."
       unset OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH
-      OMARCHY_INSTALL_REGION=cn ./configurator && status=0 || status=$?
+      OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE=zh ./configurator && status=0 || status=$?
     fi
   done
   if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]] && ((status == vt_return)); then

configs/airootfs/root/configurator

@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ OMARCHY_ZH+=(
   ["Hostname"]="主机名"
   ["Keyboard"]="键盘"
   ["Region"]="区域"
-  ["Global"]="全球"
-  ["China"]="中国"
   ["[Skipped]"]="[已跳过]"
   ["Yes"]="是"
   ["No, change it"]="否，去修改"
@@ -271,15 +269,24 @@ notice() {
 
 # STEP 1: KEYBOARD LAYOUT
 
-# .automated_script.sh moves China into the CJK console and Global back to the VT, which applies keymaps.
+# The target's LANG follows the language picked on the first screen.
-apply_region_language() {
+target_lang() {
-  if [[ $region == "cn" && -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH:-} ]]; then
+  if [[ $language == "zh" ]]; then
+    echo zh_CN.UTF-8
+  else
+    echo en_US.UTF-8
+  fi
+}
+
+# .automated_script.sh moves Chinese into the CJK console and English back to the VT, which applies keymaps.
+apply_language() {
+  if [[ $language == "zh" && -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH:-} ]]; then
     exit "$OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH"
   fi
-  if [[ $region == "global" && -n ${OMARCHY_VT_RETURN:-} ]]; then
+  if [[ $language == "en" && -n ${OMARCHY_VT_RETURN:-} ]]; then
     exit "$OMARCHY_VT_RETURN"
   fi
-  if [[ $region == "cn" && -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]]; then
+  if [[ $language == "zh" && -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]]; then
     export OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANG=zh
   else
     unset OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANG
@@ -299,16 +306,14 @@ keyboard_form() {
     say --foreground 8 "$(omarchy_text "Press Ctrl+C to prepare this machine for another owner.")"
     echo
 
-    omarchy_prompt_region && status=0 || status=$?
+    omarchy_prompt_language && status=0 || status=$?
     if ((status == 0)); then
-      apply_region_language
+      apply_language
-      # cage keeps its US layout, so the CJK console offers no other.
+      local layouts=$OMARCHY_KEYBOARD_LAYOUTS selected="English (US)"
-      if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]]; then
+      [[ $language == "zh" ]] && selected="Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin)"
-        keyboard="us"
+      # cage keeps its US layout, so the CJK console offers only US-keymap keyboards.
-        keyboard_label="English (US)"
+      [[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]] && layouts=$(awk -F'|' '$2 == "us"' <<<"$layouts")
-      else
+      OMARCHY_KEYBOARD_LAYOUTS=$layouts omarchy_prompt_keyboard "$selected" && status=0 || status=$?
-        omarchy_prompt_keyboard && status=0 || status=$?
-      fi
     fi
     ((status == 0)) && break
 
@@ -385,10 +390,10 @@ user_step() {
 
     # The timezone selects the region (mirrors and repositories), using the
     # same lookup as the orchestrator. Global installs get no extra row.
-    local summary_region region_row=""
+    region=$(cd /usr/share/omarchy-iso 2>/dev/null && python -m orchestrator.region "$timezone") || region="global"
-    summary_region=$(cd /usr/share/omarchy-iso 2>/dev/null && python -m orchestrator.region "$timezone") || summary_region="global"
+    region_row=""
-    if [[ $summary_region != "global" ]]; then
+    if [[ $region != "global" ]]; then
-      region_row="\n$(omarchy_text Region),$summary_region"
+      region_row="\n$(omarchy_text Region),$region"
     fi
 
     # Add manual padding since gum table -p doesn't respect padding
@@ -937,7 +942,7 @@ run_partition_execute() {
     "locale_config": {
         "kb_layout": "$keyboard",
         "sys_enc": "UTF-8",
-        "sys_lang": "en_US.UTF-8"
+        "sys_lang": "$(target_lang)"
     },
     "mirror_config": {
         "custom_repositories": [],
@@ -1139,15 +1144,15 @@ select_installation() {
 
 defer_provisioning=false
 install_target="full_disk"
-# A rerun arrives with the console language chosen; otherwise Global.
+# A rerun arrives with the language chosen; otherwise English.
-region="${OMARCHY_INSTALL_REGION:-global}"
+language="${OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE:-en}"
 
 # Let the live VT reach its settled width before the first screen so the logo
 # isn't measured against the transient 80-column boot console.
 wait_for_stable_terminal
 
-if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_INSTALL_REGION:-} ]]; then
+if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE:-} ]]; then
-  apply_region_language
+  apply_language
 else
   greeter
 fi
@@ -1336,7 +1341,7 @@ cat <<-_EOF_ >user_configuration.json
     "locale_config": {
         "kb_layout": "$keyboard",
         "sys_enc": "UTF-8",
-        "sys_lang": "en_US.UTF-8"
+        "sys_lang": "$(target_lang)"
     },
     "mirror_config": {
         "custom_repositories": [],

configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/foot.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# The China installer's console: the VT's Tokyo Night palette, with CJK from wqy-microhei.
+# The Chinese installer's console: the VT's Tokyo Night palette, with Noto Sans Mono CJK from the offline mirror.
 [main]
-font=JetBrains Mono:size=13,WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono:size=13
+font=Noto Sans Mono CJK SC:size=13
 
 [colors-dark]
 background=1a1b26

test/unit/install-text-zh-test.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# Every installer text needs an OMARCHY_ZH entry, or a China install shows it in English.
+# Every installer text needs an OMARCHY_ZH entry, or a Chinese install shows it in English.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ for text in "${texts[@]}"; do
 done
 printf 'ok - every installer and dashboard text has a Chinese entry\n'
 
-for action in "View full log" "Drop to shell" "Reboot" "Power off" "Upload log for support" "Global" "China"; do
+for action in "View full log" "Drop to shell" "Reboot" "Power off" "Upload log for support"; do
   [[ -n ${OMARCHY_ZH[$action]:-} ]] || fail "labels passed through variables have Chinese entries" "missing: $action"
 done
 printf 'ok - labels passed through variables have Chinese entries\n'