This project provides bsddialog and libbsddialog, an utility and a library to build scripts and tools with TUI dialogs and widgets.
FreeBSD and Linux:
% git clone https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog.git
% cd bsddialog
% make
% ./bsddialog --msgbox "Hello World!" 8 20
Output:
Dialogs:
--calendar, --checklist, --datebox, --form, --gauge, --infobox, --inputbox, --menu, --mixedform, --mixedgauge, --msgbox, --passwordbox, --passwordform, --pause, --radiolist, --rangebox, --textbox, --timebox, --treeview, --yesno.
Manual
Examples:
% ./bsddialog --backtitle "TITLE" --title msgbox --msgbox "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --theme blackwhite --title msgbox --msgbox "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --begin-y 2 --default-no --title yesno --yesno "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --ascii-lines --pause "Hello World!" 8 50 10
% ./bsddialog --checklist "Space to select" 0 0 0 Name1 Desc1 off Name2 Desc2 on
% ./bsddialog --title yesno --hline "bsddialog" --yesno "Hello World!" 5 25
% ./bsddialog --extra-button --help-button --yesno "Hello World!" 0 0
and Examples in the Public Domain to build new projects:
% sh ./examples_utility/calendar.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/checklist.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/datebox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/form.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/gauge.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/infobox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/inputbox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/menu.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/mixedform.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/mixedgauge.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/msgbox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/passwordbox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/passwordform.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/pause.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/radiolist.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/rangebox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/timebox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/yesno.sh
API
Manual
Examples:
Examples in the Public Domain to build new projects:
% cd examples_library
% sh compile
% ./calendar
% ./checklist
% ./datebox
% ./form
% ./gauge
% ./infobox
% ./menu
% ./mixedgauge
% ./mixedlist
% ./msgbox
% ./pause
% ./radiolist
% ./rangebox
% ./theme
% ./timebox
% ./yesno
- menubar feature.
- key callback.
- Right-To-Left text.
- some terminal does not hide the cursor, move it bottom-right before to getch.
- refactor backtitle: add WINDOW *dialog.backtitle for multiline and fix expanding screen.
- refactor bottomdesc: add WINDOW *dialog.bottomdesc to fix expandig screen.
- accessibility https://wiki.freebsd.org/Accessibility/Wishlist/Base.
- add bool conf.menu.depthlines.
- implement custom getopt_long().
- refactor/redesign gauge().
- improve grey lines expanding terminal (maybe redrawwin() in hide_dialog()).
- more restrictive strtol() and strtoul().
- implement global buttons handler.
- doc: external tutorial, theming guide.
- implement menutype.min_on.
- improve refresh at startup, avoid dialog refresh before drawing text.
- add debug API: bsddialog_debug(y,x,refresh,"fmt",...).
- add mouse support.
- use alarm(2) for bsddialog_pause.
- delete form fieldlen constraint, hide or truncate long field in little screens.
- improve --inputbox autosizing, consider also input length.
- fix --form "" 0 0 0 Label 1 0 Init 1 12 0 0 (with 0 editable field).
- fix --mixedform "" 0 0 0 Label 1 0 Init 1 12 0 0 2 (with 0 editable field).
- add text customization to --hmsg help-message
- check --passwordform fieldlen like --form and --mixedform.