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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/dialog/dialog.1')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/dialog/dialog.1 b/contrib/dialog/dialog.1 index fc99311..8fd4de1 100644 --- a/contrib/dialog/dialog.1 +++ b/contrib/dialog/dialog.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ '\" t -.\" $Id: dialog.1,v 1.126 2011/03/02 01:24:21 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: dialog.1,v 1.133 2011/06/29 09:39:29 tom Exp $ .\" Copyright 2005-2010,2011 Thomas E. Dickey .\" .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .RE .. . -.TH \*D 1 "" "$Date: 2011/03/02 01:24:21 $" +.TH \*D 1 "" "$Date: 2011/06/29 09:39:29 $" .SH NAME \*p \- display dialog boxes from shell scripts .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -285,8 +285,9 @@ Override the label used for "Extra" buttons. Note: for inputmenu widgets, this defaults to "Rename". . .IP "\fB--help" -Prints the help message to \fB\*p\fP's output. -The help message is printed if no options are given. +Prints the help message to the standard output and exits. +The help message is also printed if no options are given, +or if an unrecognized option is given. . .IP "\fB--help-button" Show a help-button after "OK" and "Cancel" buttons, @@ -307,6 +308,12 @@ after the item-help "HELP" information. This can be used to reconstruct the state of a checklist after processing the help request. . +.IP "\fB--hfile \fIfilename" +Display the given file using a textbox when the user presses F1. +. +.IP "\fB--hline \fIstring" +Display the given string centered at the bottom of the widget. +. .IP "\fB--ignore" Ignore options that \fB\*p\fP does not recognize. Some well-known ones such as "\fB--icon\fP" are ignored anyway, @@ -385,6 +392,10 @@ See also "\fB--ascii-lines\fR". .IP "\fB--no-mouse Do not enable the mouse. . +.IP "\fB--no-nl-expand +Do not convert "\\n" substrings of the message/prompt text into +literal newlines. +. .IP "\fB--no-ok" .IP "\fB--nook" Suppress the "OK" button in checklist, inputbox and menu box modes. @@ -420,8 +431,9 @@ Prints the size of each dialog box to \fB\*p\fP's output. .IP "\fB--print-version" Prints \fB\*p\fR's version to \fB\*p\fP's output. This may be used alone, without other options. +It does not cause \fBdialog\fP to exit by itself. . -.IP "\fB--scrollbar \fIstring" +.IP "\fB--scrollbar" For widgets holding a scrollable set of data, draw a scrollbar on its right-margin. This does not respond to the mouse. @@ -501,6 +513,7 @@ string to be displayed at the top of the dialog box. logs the command-line parameters and keystrokes to the given file. If \fBdialog\fP reads a configure file, it is logged as well. +Piped input to the \fIgauge\fP widget is logged. Use control/T to log a picture of the current dialog window. . .IP "\fB--trim" @@ -511,7 +524,8 @@ trim literal newlines and repeated blanks from message text. See also the "\fB--cr-wrap\fR" and "\fB--no-collapse\fR" options. . .IP "\fB--version" -Same as "\fB--print-version\fP". +Prints \fB\*p\fR's version to the standard output, and exits. +See also "\fB--print-version\fP". . .IP "\fB--visit-items" Modify the tab-traversal of checklist, radiobox, menubox and inputmenu @@ -1278,12 +1292,13 @@ also does not work for common options of \*p, such as the gauge box. original dialog 0.4 program. .PP \fBwhiptail\fP's manpage borrows features from \fB\*p\fP, e.g., -\fB--default-item\fP, \fB--output-fd\fP, -but oddly cites only \fB\*p\fP versions up to 0.4 as a source. +\fB--default-item\fP (2000), +\fB--output-fd\fP (2002), +but oddly cites only \fB\*p\fP versions up to 0.4 (1996) as a source. That is, its manpage refers to features which were borrowed from more recent versions of \fB\*p\fP, e.g., the \fB--gauge\fP and \fB--password\fP boxes, -as well as options such as \fB-separate-output\fP. +as well as options such as \fB-separate-output\fP (2008). Somewhat humorously, one may note that the \fBpopt\fP feature (undocumented in its manpage) of using a "--" as an escape was documented in \fB\*p\fP's manpage about |
