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Package: dialog (1.1-20080819-1)

Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts

This application provides a method of displaying several different types of dialog boxes from shell scripts. This allows a developer of a script to interact with the user in a much friendlier manner.

The following types of boxes are at your disposal: 

 yes/no           Typical query style box with "Yes" and "No" answer buttons
 menu             A scrolling list of menu choices with single entry selection
 input            Query style box with text entry field
 message          Similar to the yes/no box, but with only an "Ok" button
 text             A scrollable text box that works like a simple file viewer
 info             A message display that allows asynchronous script execution
 checklist        Similar to the menu box, but allowing multiple selections
 radiolist        Checklist style box allowing single selections
 gauge            Typical "progress report" style box
 tail             Allows viewing the end of files (tail) that auto updates
 background tail  Similar to tail but runs in the background.
 editbox          Allows editing an existing file

Tags: User Interface: Text-based Interactive, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI, Works with: Text

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 313.7 kB1700 kB [list of files]
amd64 275.7 kB1508 kB [list of files]
armel 268.4 kB1408 kB [list of files]
avr32 (unofficial port) 278.7 kB1444 kB [list of files]
hppa 283.6 kB1460 kB [list of files]
hurd-i386 256.7 kB1404 kB [list of files]
i386 264.1 kB1420 kB [list of files]
ia64 359.3 kB1796 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-amd64 273.9 kB1066 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-i386 263.3 kB972 kB [list of files]
m68k (unofficial port) 246.5 kB1404 kB [list of files]
mips 278.6 kB1500 kB [list of files]
mipsel 277.1 kB1500 kB [list of files]
powerpc 272.5 kB1444 kB [list of files]
s390 279.7 kB1452 kB [list of files]
sparc 260.1 kB1424 kB [list of files]