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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/README b/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/README deleted file mode 100644 index 975bdac..0000000 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,161 +0,0 @@ - - dialog - Display dialog boxes in shell script (version 0.3) - =========================================================== - -This is a program that will enable you to present a variety of questions or -display messages using dialog boxes from a shell script. Currently, these -types of dialog boxes are implemented: yes/no box, menu box, input box, -message box, text box, info box, checklist box. The idea of writing this -program came from the fact that most questions asked in a shell script (and -many interactive programs as well) can be classified into these few types: - - - 1) One that requires the user to answer either yes or no. - - 2) One that presents a number of options for the user to choose. - - 3) One that requires the user to input a string. - - 4) One that displays a message and optionally wait for a key press - before continuing. - - 5) One that presents a list of options that can be turned on or off. - - -The program 'dialog' can, say for example, be called in a shell script to -present the first type of questions like this: - - - if dialog --yesno <question text> <height> <width> - then - ... - fi - - - e.g. if dialog --yesno "Do you want to continue?" 7 51 - then - echo "Continuing..." - else - echo "Aborting..." - fi - - -I've included a sample shell script for each type of boxes in the directory -samples. The program requires ncurses to compile. Running 'dialog' without -arguments will display the usage. - - - -FEATURES --------- - - * Friendly dialog box interface with buttons, etc. - - * Auto wrap around of question text if it's too long to fit on - one line. - - * "\n" can be inserted in question text to control line breaking - explicitly. The real newline character '\n' can also be used. - - * run-time configruation of color settings and other options using - a configuration file. - - - -WHAT'S NEW SINCE VERSION 0.21? ------------------------------- - - * some changes for faster screen update. - - * much more flexible color settings. Can use all 16 colors - (8 normal, 8 highlight) of the Linux console. - - * added run-time configuration using configuration file. - - * some minor bug fixes and cleanups for menubox, checklist and - textbox. - - * added a man page. - - * some changes for easier porting to other Unix systems (tested - on Ultrix, SunOS and HPUX) - - - -INSTALLATION ------------- - - 1. cd ./src - - 2. Go to step 3 if your system has ncurses (e.g. Linux). - Edit Makefile and remove -DHAVE_NCURSES from DEFS. Also - remove rc.c from SRCS and rc.o from OBJS. Change LIBS as - appropriate (Usually, it should be '-lcurses -ltermcap'). - Go to step 6. - - 3. Edit Makefile and remove -DBROKEN_WSCRL from DEFS if you - are using ncurses 1.8.3 or newer. Menu scrolling should - be faster. DON'T REMOVE IT IF YOU ARE NOT USING AT LEAST - VERSION 1.8.3 OF NCURSES. - - 4. Edit dialog.h and change USE_SHADOW to FALSE if you don't - want shadowed dialog boxes. Also change USE_COLORS to - FALSE if you don't want colors. Note that 'dialog' will - check if the terminal supports colors, and will use mono - settings if it doesn't, so USE_COLORS won't do any harm - even if you have a mono display. Also note that USE_SHADOW - implies USE_COLORS. These two options can be changed at - run-time using the run-time configuration file (see below). - - 5. Edit colors.h to change default color definitions if you - don't like the defaults. These are only compiled in defaults, - you can change them at run-time using the run-time - configuration file. - - 6. 'make depend; make install' will compile and install the - binaries in /usr/local/bin (change BINDIR in Makefile if - you want to install elsewhere). - - 7. 'make install.man' will install the man page to - /usr/local/man (change MANDIR in Makefile if you want to - install elsewhere). - - 8. You can then try the sample shell scripts in the samples - directory (make sure the environment variable DIALOG is - not set, the scripts use it to find the dialog binary, if - it's not set, "../src/dialog" will be used). - - 9. Don't forget to mail me (mail address at end of this file) - if you find any bugs, have some good color settings to - contribute or just want to tell me that you like it, Don't - mail me if you don't like it :-) - - - -RUN-TIME CONFIGURATION ----------------------- - - 1. Create a sample configuration file by typing: - - "dialog --create-rc <file>" - - 2. At start, 'dialog' determines the settings to use as follows: - - a) if environment variable DIALOGRC is set, it's value - determines the name of the configuration file. - - b) if the file in (a) can't be found, use the file - $HOME/.dialogrc as the configuration file. - - c) if the file in (b) can't be found, use compiled in - defaults. - - 3. Edit the sample configuration file and copy it to some place - that 'dialog' can find, as stated in step 2 above. - - - - -Comments and bug reports welcome. - -- Savio Lam (lam836@cs.cuhk.hk) |
