10-18-2001
Thanks RWB for a nice comprehensive answer. And the link was very usefull.
Thanks again.
S.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
gpe-question
GPE-QUESTION(1) gpe-question GPE-QUESTION(1)
NAME
gpe-question - GPE interface for asking questions from shell scripts.
SYNOPSIS
gpe-question [---icon] name {--question "Question text"} {--buttons icon1:text1} [icon2:text2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
gpe-question provides dialogues to raise a question within the GPE Palmtop Environment with cancel and ok buttons.
OPTIONS
--question STRING
The question to ask the user via the dialogue.
--buttons type:label
The type and label of the button(s) to be shown. Repeat for additional buttons.
EXAMPLES
gpe-question "test" --question "Do you want to check first?" --buttons YES:yes NO:no
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
AUTHOR
Moray Allen
Author.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007 Neil Williams
Debian 1 January 16, 2007 GPE-QUESTION(1)