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.TH ZENITY 1 "February 1st, 2003"
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zenity \- display GTK+ dialogs
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\fBzenity\fP is a program that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return
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(either in the return code, or on standard output) the users
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input. This allows you to present information, and ask for information
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from the user, from all manner of shell scripts.
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For example, \fBzenity --question\fP will return either 0 or 1,
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depending on whether the user pressed \fIOK\fP or \fICancel\fP. \fBzenity
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--entry\fP will output on standard output what the user typed into the
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Comprehensive documentation is available in the GNOME Help Browser,
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under \fIGNOME/Utilities\fP.
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This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
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options starting with two dashes (`-').
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Display calendar dialog
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Display text entry dialog
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Display file selection dialog
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Display progress indication dialog
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Display question dialog
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Display text information dialog
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Display warning dialog
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.B \-\-window-icon=ICONPATH
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Set the calendar month
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.B \-\-date-format=STRING
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Set the format for the returned date
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.B \-\-entry-text=STRING
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File selection options
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.B \-\-filename=FILENAME
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Allow selection of multiple filenames in file selection dialog
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.B \-\-separator=SEPARATOR
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Specify separator character when returning multiple filenames
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Set the column header
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Use check boxes for first column
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Use radio buttons for first column
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.B \-\-separator=STRING
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Set output separator character
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Allow changes to text
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.B \-\-print-column=STRING
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Specify what column to print to standard output. The default is to return
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the first column. 'ALL' may be used to print all columns.
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.B \-\-percentage=INT
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Set initial percentage
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Close dialog when 100% has been reached
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.B \-\-filename=FILENAME
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Allow changes to text
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Miscellaneous options
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Show summary of options.
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Display an about dialog.
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Show version of program.
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Also the standard GTK+ options are accepted.
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Display a file selector with the title \fISelect a file to
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remove\fP. The file selected is returned on standard output.
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zenity --title="Select a file to remove" --file-selection
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Display a text entry dialog with the title \fISelect Host\fP and the
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text \fISelect the host you would like to flood-ping\fP. The entered
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text is returned on standard output.
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zenity --title "Select Host" --entry --text "Select the host you would like to flood-ping"
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Display a dialog, asking \fIMicrosoft Windows has been found! Would
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you like to remove it?\fP. The return code will be 0 (true in shell)
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if \fIOK\fP is selected, and 1 (false) if \fICancel\fP is selected.
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zenity --question --title "Alert" --text "Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?"
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Show the search results in a list dialog with the title \fISearch Results\fP
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and the text \fIFinding all header files...\fP.
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find . -name '*.h' | zenity --title "Search Results" --text "Finding all header files.." --column "Files"
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Display a weekly shopping list in a check list dialog with \fIApples\fP and \fIOranges\fP pre selected
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zenity --list --checklist --column "Buy" --column "Item" TRUE Apples TRUE Oranges FALSE Pears FALSE Toothpaste
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Display a progress dialog while searching for all the postscript files in your home directory
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find `echo $HOME` '*.ps' | zenity --progress --pulsate
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\fBZenity\fP was written by Glynn Foster <glynn.foster@sun.com>.
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This manual page was written by Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>.
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