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zenity(1)							   User Commands							 zenity(1)

NAME
zenity, gdialog - display simple GNOME dialogs SYNOPSIS
zenity --calendar [--title=title] [--window-icon=path] [--width=width] [--height=height] [--timeout=seconds] [--text=text] [--day=number] [--month=number] [--year=number] [--date-format=format] zenity --entry [--title=title] [--window-icon=path] [--width=width] [--height=height] [--timeout=seconds] [--text=text] [--entry-text=text] [--hide-text] zenity --error | --info | --question | --warning [--title=title] [--window-icon=path] [--width=width] [--height=height] [--timeout=seconds] [--text=text] [--nowrap] zenity --file-selection [--title=title] [--window-icon=path] [--width=width] [--height=height] [--timeout=seconds] [--filename=path] [--multiple] [--directory] [--save] [--separator=character] [--confirm-overwrite] zenity --list [--title=title] [--window-icon=path] [--width=width] [--height=height] [--timeout=seconds] --column=text [--checklist] [--radiolist] [--separator=character] [--multiple] [--editable] [--print-column=number] [--hide-column=number] zenity --notification [--window-icon=path] [--timeout=seconds] [--text=text] [--listen] zenity --progress [--title=title] [--window-icon=path] [--width=width] [--height=height] [--timeout=seconds] [--text=text] [--percent- age=number] [--pulsate] [--auto-close] [--auto-kill] zenity --scale [--title=title] [--window-icon=path] [--width=width] [--height=height] [--timeout=seconds] [--text=text] [--value=number] [--min-value=number] [--max-value=number] [--step=number] [--print-partial] [--hide-value] zenity --text-info [--title=title] [--window-icon=path] [--width=width] [--height=height] [--timeout=seconds] [--filename=path] [--editable] zenity --about | - -help | --usage | --version | - GTK+_options DESCRIPTION
The zenity application displays simple GNOME dialogs. You can use Zenity to create scripts that interact graphically with the user. gdia- log(1) has been deprecated and is now a wrapper script around Zenity, and will preserve compatibility with older scripts. OPTIONS
Zenity supports several different types of options. Zenity Miscellaneous Options The following miscellaneous options are supported: --about Display the About Zenity dialog, which provides information about the Zenity application, including the version number and the author. --version Display the version number of Zenity. Help Options The following help options are supported: -?, --help Display help text. --help-* Display help text on specific dialogs. GTK+ Options Zenity supports the standard GTK+ options. For more information about the GTK+ options, execute the zenity --help-gtk- command. Dialog Options The following dialog options are supported: --calendar Display a calendar dialog. --entry Display a text entry dialog. --error Display an error dialog. --file-selection Display a file-selection dialog. --info Display an informational dialog. --list Display a list dialog. --notification Display a notification icon. --progress Display a progress indication dialog. --question Display a question dialog. --scale Display a scale dialog. --text-info Display a text information dialog. --warning Display a warning dialog. General Dialog Options The following general dialog options are supported: --title=title Set the dialog title. --window-icon=path Set the dialog window icon with a full path to an image. --width=width Set the dialog width. --height=height Set the dialog height. --timeout=seconds Set the dialog timeout in seconds. Calendar Dialog Options The following calendar dialog options are supported: --text=text Set the dialog text. --day=number Set the calendar day. --month=number Set the calendar month. --year=number Set the calendar year. --date-format=format Set the date format to return at the command line. The default format depends on your locale. The format must be of strftime style, for example %A %d/%m/%y. Text-Entry Dialog Options The following text-entry dialog options are supported: --text=text Set the dialog text. --entry-text=text Set the dialog entry text. --hide-text Use asterisks to hide the entry text. Error, Info, Question and Warning Dialog Options The following error, info, question and warning dialog options are supported: --text=text Set the dialog text. --nowrap Do not enable text wrapping in the dialog. File-Selection Dialog Options The following file-selection dialog options are supported: --filename=path Set the file or directory to select by default. --multiple Allow multiple selections. --directory Activate directory-only selection. --save Activate save mode file selection. --separator=character Set the separator character to return at the command line. This option is used only when the dialog allows multi- ple selections. --confirm-overwrite Confirm overwrite of files. List Dialog Options The following list dialog options are supported: --text=text Set the dialog text. --column=text Set the text of a column. --checklist Specify that the first column contains check boxes. --radiolist Specify that the first column contains radio buttons. --separator=character Set the separator character to return at the command line. This option is used only when the dialog allows multi- ple selections. --editable Specify that the dialog contents are editable. --print-column=number Specify which column to print on return. --hide-column=number Specify which columns should be hidden from view. Notification Options The following notification dialog options are supported: --text=text Set the dialog text. --listen Listen for commands on standard input. Commands include 'message', 'tooltip', 'icon', and 'visible' separated by a colon. For example, "message:Hello world", "icon:/path/to/icon", or "visible:false". Progress-Indication Dialog Options The following progress-indication dialog options are supported: --text=text Set the dialog text. --percentage=number Set the initial percentage of the progress bar. --pulsate Specify that the progress bar pulsates until an EOF character is read from the command line. --auto-close Close the dialog automatically when 100% has been reached. --auto-kill Kill the parent process if cancel button is pressed. Scale Dialog Options The following scale dialog options are supported: --text=text Set the dialog text. --value=number Set the initial value. --min-value=number Set the minimum value of the scale. --max-value=number Set the maximum value of the scale. --step=number Set the step size of the scale. --print-partial Set the values of the scale as they are selected. --hide-value Set the value of the scale from view. Text-Informational Dialog Options The following text-informational dialog options are supported: --filename=path Set the file to display in the dialog. --editable Specify that the dialog contents are editable. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching Zenity Using the List Dialog example% zenity --list --title="Choose bugs you wish to view" --text="Select items from the list below." --column="Bug Number" --column="Severity" --column="Description" 992383 Normal "GtkTreeView crashes on multiple selections" 293823 High "GNOME Dictionary does not handle proxy" 393823 Critical "Menu editing does not work in GNOME 2.0" Example 2: Launching Zenity Using the Progress Dialog example% find . -name '*.bk' | zenity --progress --title="Finding backups" --pulsate Example 3: Launching Zenity Using the Text Informational Dialog example% zenity --text-info --title="OpenSolaris License" --filename="/usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE" ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of zenity: ZENITY_OK, DIALOG_OK Set the return value for OK. ZENITY_CANCEL, DIALOG_CANCEL Set the return value for Cancel. ZENITY_ERROR, DIALOG_ERROR Set the return value for Error. ZENITY_ESC, DIALOG_ESC Set the return value for Escape. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: -1 Error 0 OK 1 Cancel, Escape FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/zenity Executable for Zenity. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-dialog | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volitile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Zenity Manual Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. attributes(5), environ(5), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007. SunOS 5.11 15 Nov 2007 zenity(1)
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