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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)