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--- newt-0.51.6-old/whiptail.1 2004-09-20 21:53:28 +0100
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-.TH WHIPTAIL 1 "20 September 2003" "Whiptail Version 0.51"
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+.TH WHIPTAIL 1 "20 September 2004" "Whiptail Version 0.51.6"
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whiptail \- display dialog boxes from shell scripts
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-is a program that will let you to present a variety of questions or
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+is a program that will let you present a variety of questions or
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display messages using dialog boxes from a shell script. Currently,
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these types of dialog boxes are implemented:
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Direct output to the given file descriptor. Most
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-write to the standard error, but error messages may also be
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+write to standard error, but error messages may also be
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written there, depending on your script.
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.BI \-\-title " title"
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columns will be displayed. The string specified by
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-is displayed inside the dialog box. If this string is too long to be fitted
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+is displayed inside the dialog box. If this string is too long to be fit
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in one line, it will be automatically divided into multiple lines at
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appropriate places. The
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key can be used to correct typing errors. If the input string is longer than
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-can be fitted in the dialog box, the input field will be scrolled. On exit,
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+the width of the dialog box, the input field will be scrolled. On exit,
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the input string will be printed on
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.BI \-\-passwordbox " text height width [init]"
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.RB "A " password " box is similar to an input box, except the text the user"
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enters is not displayed. This is useful when prompting for passwords or other
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-sensative information. Be aware that if anything is passed in "init", it
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+sensitive information. Be aware that if anything is passed in "init", it
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will be visible in the system's process table to casual snoopers. Also, it
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is very confusing to the user to provide them with a default password they
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cannot see. For these reasons, using "init" is highly discouraged.
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keys, the first letter of the
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entries displayed in the menu at one time, but the menu will be
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scrolled if there are more entries than that. When
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.IP "\fB\-\-checklist \fItext height width list-height \fR[ \fItag item status \fR] \fI..."
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.RB "A " checklist " box is similar to a " menu " box in that there are"
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multiple entries presented in the form of a menu.
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-You may select an item using the SPACEW key. Instead of choosing
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-one entry among the entries, each entry can be turned on or off by the
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-user. The initial on/off state of each entry is specified by
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+You can select and deselect items using the SPACE key.
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+The initial on/off state of each entry is specified by
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On exit, a list of the
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.IP "\fB\-\-gauge \fItext height width percent\fR"
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.RB "A " gauge " box displays a meter along the bottom of the box.
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-The meter indicates the percentage. New percentages are read from
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+The meter indicates a percentage. New percentages are read from
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standard input, one integer per line. The meter is updated
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to reflect each new percentage. If stdin is XXX, then subsequent
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lines up to another XXX are used for a new prompt.
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