Re: Looking for dialog-like interface for terminal and X

From: Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez (jkerouac_at_bgsec.com)
Date: 08/31/04

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    Adrian Davis wrote:
    >>There is ncurses-based program called 'dialog' which takes care of user
    >>interface from shell script. A modified version is used for Linux
    >>kernel compile.
    >>
    >>I'm looking for something like 'dialog', which works on both terminal
    >>and in X. There must be many X-based and Ncurses-based widget packages
    >>out there. Any pointer or URL ?
    >>
    >>Background:
    >> I'm trying to add some user interface ability into Bash shell.
    >> Straight wrapper around 'dialog' is too much of plagiarism. :-)
    >
    >
    > If you want to put a GUI on a Bash shell script you may find SATSHELL
    > (http://www.satisoft.com/satshell) useful. However, this doesn't work
    > for character based terminals.
    >
    > Regards,
    > =Adrian=

    I think there's a graphical version of dialog call Xdialog based on GTK,
    but I don't know if it's actively being developed now. 

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