[CentOS] dialog boxes on X

Jim Perrin jperrin at gmail.com
Tue Aug 21 20:48:30 UTC 2007


On 8/21/07, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote:

Something in your mail client seems to really hate threading properly.

> Jim - on my 4.5 system this is what gdialog says...
>
> gdialog --help
> gdialog is a compatibility wrapper around zenity, provided to hopefully
> allow older scripts to run. If you are reading this message, you should
> probably be using zenity directly
>
> type: 'zenity --help' or 'man zenity' for more information

This is odd. I get nothing of the sort on my centos5 box, but I
suppose it could be a version difference. Here, I get the following:

[jperrin at insanity ~]$ gdialog --help
cdialog (ComeOn Dialog!) version 1.0-20051107
Copyright (C) 2005 Thomas E. Dickey
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

* Display dialog boxes from shell scripts *

Usage: dialog <options> { --and-widget <options> }
where options are "common" options, followed by "box" options

Special options:
  [--create-rc "file"]
Common options:
  [--aspect <ratio>] [--backtitle <backtitle>] [--begin <y> <x>]
  [--cancel-label <str>] [--clear] [--colors] [--cr-wrap]
  [--default-item <str>] [--defaultno] [--exit-label <str>]
  [--extra-button] [--extra-label <str>] [--help-button]
  [--help-label <str>] [--help-status] [--ignore] [--input-fd <fd>]
  [--insecure] [--item-help] [--keep-window] [--max-input <n>]
  [--no-cancel] [--no-collapse] [--no-kill] [--no-label <str>]
  [--no-shadow] [--ok-label <str>] [--output-fd <fd>] [--print-maxsize]
  [--print-size] [--print-version] [--separate-output]
  [--separate-widget <str>] [--shadow] [--single-quoted] [--size-err]
  [--sleep <secs>] [--stderr] [--stdout] [--tab-correct] [--tab-len <n>]
  [--timeout <secs>] [--title <title>] [--trim] [--visit-items]
  [--version] [--yes-label <str>]
Box options:
  --calendar     <text> <height> <width> <day> <month> <year>
  --checklist    <text> <height> <width> <list height> <tag1> <item1>
<status1>...
  --form         <text> <height> <width> <form height> <label1> <l_y1>
<l_x1> <item1> <i_y1> <i_x1> <flen1> <ilen1>...
  --fselect      <filepath> <height> <width>
  --gauge        <text> <height> <width> [<percent>]
  --infobox      <text> <height> <width>
  --inputbox     <text> <height> <width> [<init>]
  --inputmenu    <text> <height> <width> <menu height> <tag1> <item1>...
  --menu         <text> <height> <width> <menu height> <tag1> <item1>...
  --msgbox       <text> <height> <width>
  --passwordbox  <text> <height> <width> [<init>]
  --pause        <text> <height> <width> <seconds>
  --radiolist    <text> <height> <width> <list height> <tag1> <item1>
<status1>...
  --tailbox      <file> <height> <width>
  --tailboxbg    <file> <height> <width>
  --textbox      <file> <height> <width>
  --timebox      <text> <height> <width> <hour> <minute> <second>
  --yesno        <text> <height> <width>

Auto-size with height and width = 0. Maximize with height and width = -1.
Global-auto-size if also menu_height/list_height = 0.


Nothing about zenity at all.

-- 
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell



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