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  <articleinfo>
    <title>Zenity Manual</title>
    <copyright>
	    <year>2003</year>
	    <holder>Sun Microsystems</holder>
    </copyright>

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	    <year>2003</year>
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    <publisher>
	    <publishername>GNOME Documentation Project</publishername>
    </publisher>

    <releaseinfo>Version 1.0 of Zenity Manual</releaseinfo>

    <legalnotice id="feedback">
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		    application or this documentation, please see the
		    <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:gnome-feedback">
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    <authorgroup>
	    <author>
		    <firstname>Glynn</firstname>
		    <surname>Foster</surname>
		    <affiliation>
			    <orgname>GNOME Documentation Project</orgname>
		    </affiliation>
            </author>
    </authorgroup>

    <revhistory>
	    <revision>
		    <revnumber>1.0</revnumber>
		    <date>18-01-2003</date>
		    <revdescription>
			    <para role="author">Glynn Foster</para>
			    <para role="publisher">
				    GNOME Documentation Project
			    </para>
		    </revdescription>
            </revision>
    </revhistory>
  </articleinfo>
  
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<!-- ==== Introduction ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-introduction">
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>
    	&app; allows allows you to display simple dialogs from the 
	command line or from shell scripts.
    </para>

    <para>
    	The following list of dialogs are available with &app;:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--calendar</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display a Calendar dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--entry</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display a Text Entry dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--error</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display an Error dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--info</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display an Informational dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--file-selection</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display a File Selection dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--list</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display a List dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--progress</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display a Progress dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--question</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display a Question dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--text-info</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display a Text Information dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--warning</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display a Warning dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== General Options ====== -->
  <sect1 id="zenity-basic-use">
    <title>Basic Use</title>

    <para>
	&app; can only be used to create relatively simple dialogs, but is especially useful
	when used in scripts. When a user has completed an action requested of them, and the 
	dialog closes, &app; prints any text specific to the dialog to standard error and
	an exit code is returned. Information about what text is printed to standard error will be 
	detailed in the individual dialog sections.
    </para>

    <para>
	When using &app;, make sure that any arguments to the command line options are surrounded by
	a set of quotes ' ' or " " as in <command>&app; --calendar --dialog-title="Holiday Planner"
	</command>, for example. If you do not use quotes, then it is likely that you will get
	unexpected results.
    </para>

    <para>
    	For some of the dialogs, &app; supports the use of keyboard mnemonics. This allows you to
	use an '_' before the letter you want the mnemonic for, as in "_Please choose a name:", for
	example.
    </para>

    <para>
    	The following exit codes are observed by &app;:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>0</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>The user has pressed either 'OK' or 'Close'.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
     	
      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>1</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>The user has pressed either 'Cancel' or closed the dialog through the window functions.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>-1</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>An unexpected error has occurred.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== General Options ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-general-options">
    <title>General Options</title>

    <para>
    	Each dialog shares some general command line options. If these
	are not provided, there are some default values that depend on
	the type of dialog being displayed.
    </para>

    <para>
    	The following list of general options are available:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--title</varname>=TITLE</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the title of a dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--window-icon</varname>=ICON_PATH</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the icon that should appear in the window frame of the dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--width</varname>=WIDTH</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the width of the dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--height</varname>=HEIGHT</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the height of the dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== Calendar Options ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-calendar-options">
    <title>Calendar</title>

    <para>
	To create a Calendar dialog, use <command>--calendar</command>. &app; will return the 
	date selected to standard error. If the day, month and year are not specified at the
	command line, &app; will pre-select the current date in the Calendar dialog.
    </para>
    <para>
	The following list of options are available for the Calendar dialog:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--text</varname>=TEXT</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the text to appear in the Calendar dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
     	
      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--day</varname>=DAY</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the day to be pre-selected in the Calendar dialog. This must be a
	        number between 1 and 31.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--month</varname>=MONTH</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the day to be pre-selected in the Calendar dialog. This must be
	  	a number between 1 and 12.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--year</varname>=YEAR</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the year to be pre-selected in the Calendar dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--date-format</varname>=FORMAT</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the format to be returned from the Calendar dialog after
	  	the selection has been made. This defaults to a format depending
		on your locale. The format must be of <command>strftime</command>
		style eg. "%A %d/%m%y"</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <figure id="zenity-calendar-screenshot">
      <title>Calendar dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-calendar-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; Calendar dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>


    <para>
    	The following script shows an example of how to use the Calendar dialog:

		<programlisting>
		#!/bin/sh

		if zenity --calendar --dialog-title="Calendar selection" --text="Select a date from below" --day=18 --month=1 --year=2003
		  then echo $?
		  else echo "No date selected"
		fi
		</programlisting>
    </para>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== Text Entry Options ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-text-entry-options">
    <title>Text Entry</title>

    <para>
	To create a Text Entry dialog, use <command>--text-entry</command>. &app; returns the 
	contents of the text entry to standard error. 
    </para>	
    <para>	
    	The following list of options are available for the Text Entry dialog:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--text</varname>=TEXT</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the text to appear in the Text Entry dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--entry-text</varname>=TEXT</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the text to appear in the entry field of the Text Entry dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--hide-text</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify that the text in the entry field of the Text Entry dialog be hidden.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <figure id="zenity-entry-screenshot">
      <title>Text Entry dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-entry-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; Text Entry dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
    	The following script shows an example of how to use the Text Entry dialog:

		<programlisting>
		#!/bin/sh

		if zenity --entry --dialog-title="Add a new entry" --text="Enter your _Password" --hide-text
		  then echo $?
		  else echo "No password entered"
		fi
		</programlisting>
    </para>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== Message Options ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-message-options">
    <title>Messages</title>

    <para>
	There are 4 types of message dialogs in &app; - Error, Informational, Question and Warning. To
	create an Error dialog, use <command>--error</command>. To create an Informational dialog, use
	<command>--info</command>. To create a Question dialog, use <command>--question</command>. To
	create a Warning dialog, use <command>--question</command>. 
    </para>	
    <para>	
	The following list of options are available for the message dialogs.
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--text</varname>=TEXT</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the text to appear in the message dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <figure id="zenity-error-screenshot">
      <title>Error dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-error-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; Error dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <figure id="zenity-information-screenshot">
      <title>Informational dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-information-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; Informational dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <figure id="zenity-question-screenshot">
      <title>Question dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-question-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; Question dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <figure id="zenity-warning-screenshot">
      <title>Warning dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-warning-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; Warning dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
    	The following script shows an example of how to use the Warning message dialog:

		<programlisting>
		#!/bin/bash

		FILE_TYPE=$(file -b $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS|awk '{ print $1}')

		if [ "$FILE_TYPE" != "PNG" ]; then
		  zenity --warning --text="Could not rotate image :" --hide-text
		fi
		</programlisting>
    </para>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== File Selection Options ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-file-selection-options">
    <title>File Selection</title>

    <para>
	To create a File Selection dialog, use <command>--file-selection</command>. &app; returns 
	the file or directory selected to standard error. 
    </para>
    <para>
	The following list of options are available for the File Selection dialog:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--filename</varname>=FILENAME</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the file or directory to be pre-selected in the File Selection dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <figure id="zenity-fileselection-screenshot">
      <title>File Selection dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-fileselection-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; File Selection dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
    	The following script shows an example of how to use the File Selection dialog:

		<programlisting>
		#!/bin/sh

		FILE=`zenity --file-selection --dialog-title="Select a file"'

		case $? in
		         0)
			  	echo "\"$FILE\" selected.";;
		         1)
			        echo "No file selected.";;
			-1)
			        echo "No file selected.";;
		esac
		</programlisting>
    </para>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== List Options ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-list-options">
    <title>Lists</title>

    <para>
	To create a List dialog, use <command>--list</command>. &app; returns the entries of 
	the first columns selected to standard error. If <command>--checklist</command> or 
	<command>--radiolist</command> is used, then &app; will return the entries of the
	second columns selected to standard error. 
    </para>

    <para>
	
	With the List dialog, you must specify the number of columns to be displayed by 
	specifying the column headers. To fill data into this dialog, you may specify
	entries column by column, row by row. If you are using a checklist or a radiolist
	then your first pieces of data for each row must be either 'TRUE' or 'FALSE'. See
	examples below for how to fill data into this dialog. The List dialog may also be
	filled by providing data from standard input, column by column, row by row, each
	seperated by a newline, however the column headers must appear with the 
	<command>--column</command> option.
    </para>

    <para>
	The following list of options are available for the List dialog:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--column</varname>=COLUMN</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the column headers to appear in the List dialog. This option must be 
	        called for each column that you want to appear in the dialog.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--checklist</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify if the first column should contain check boxes in the List dialog.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--radiolist</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify if the first column should contain radio boxes in the List dialog.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--editable</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Allow the displayed items to be edited.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--seperator</varname>=SEPERATOR</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify what seperator character should be used when the List dialog returns the selected entries. The
	        default character is '\'. If you want to specify a newline, use '\n'.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <figure id="zenity-list-screenshot">
      <title>List Selection dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-list-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; List dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
    	The following commandline shows an example of how to use the List dialog:
		<programlisting>
		zenity --list --dialog-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"
		</programlisting>
    </para>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== Progress Options ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-progress-options">
    <title>Progress</title>

    <para>
	To create a Progress dialog, use <command>--progress</command>. Zenity reads data from
	standard input line by line, determining whether it should update the text (if the
	line is prefixed with a '#') or the percentage (if the line is a digit).
    </para>
	
    <para>
	The following list of options are available for the Progress dialog:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--text</varname>=TEXT</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the text to appear in the Progress dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--percentage</varname>=PERCENTAGE</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the initial percentage that should be set in the Progress dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--pulsate</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify if the Progress dialog should pulsate until an EOF character is read
	        from standard input.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <figure id="zenity-progress-screenshot">
      <title>Progress dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-progress-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; Progress dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
    	The following script shows an example of how to use the Progress dialog:
		<programlisting>
		#!/bin/sh
		(
		echo "10" ; sleep 1
		echo "# Updating mail logs" ; sleep 1
		echo "20" ; sleep 1
		echo "# Resetting cron jobs" ; sleep 1
		echo "50" ; sleep 1
		echo "This line will just be ignored" ; sleep 1
		echo "75" ; sleep 1
		echo "# Rebooting system" ; sleep 1
		echo "100" ; sleep 1
		) |
		zenity --progress --dialog-title="Update System Logs" --text="Scanning mail logs..." --percentage=0

		if [ "$?" = -1 ] ; then
			zenity --error --text="Update cancelled."
		fi
		</programlisting>
    </para>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== Text Information Options ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-text-options">
    <title>Text Information</title>

    <para>
	To create a Text Information dialog, use <command>--text-info</command>. 
    </para>
	
    <para>
	The following list of options are available for the Text Information dialog:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--filename</varname>=FILENAME</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Specify the file to be loaded in the Text Information dialog.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--editable</varname></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Allow the displayed text to be edited and returned to standard error when the dialog is closed.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <figure id="zenity-text-screenshot">
      <title>Text Information dialog example</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/zenity-text-screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
	  </imageobject>
	  <textobject>
	    <phrase>&app; Text Information dialog example</phrase>
	  </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
    </figure>

    <para>
    	The following script shows an example of how to use the Text Infomation dialog:
		<programlisting>
		#!/bin/sh

		FILE=`zenity --file-selection --dialog-title="Select a file"'

		case $? in
		         0)
			  	zenity --text-info --dialog-title=$FILE --editable 2>/tmp/tmp.txt
							
		         1)
			        echo "No file selected.";;
			-1)
				echo "No file selected.";;
		esac
		</programlisting>
    </para>

  </sect1>

<!-- ==== Miscellaneous Options ====== -->

  <sect1 id="zenity-miscellaneous-options">
    <title>Miscellaneous</title>

    <para>
	The following list of options are also available for &app;:
    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--about</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Display some information about &app;.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><varname>--version</varname></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>Print the version number of &app;.</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect1>

<!-- ================ Application License ================= -->
  <sect1 id="license">
	  <title>License</title>
	  <para>
		  This program is free software; you can redistribute
		  it and/or modify it under the terms of the 
		  <ulink type="help" url="gnome-help:gpl">
			  <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle>
	          </ulink>
		  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 
		  version 2 of the License, of (at your option) any later
		  version.
	  </para>
	  <para>
		  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
		  useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
		  implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
		  PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
		  <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle>
		  for more details.
          </para>
	  <para>
		  A copy of the 
		  <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle>
		  is included as an appendix to the 
		  <citetitle>GNOME Users Guide</citetitle>
		  . You may also obtain a copy of the 
		  <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle>
		  from the Free Software Foundation by visiting
		  <ulink type="http" url="http://www.fsf.org">
			  their Web site
		  </ulink>
		  or by writing to 
		  <address>Free Software Foundation, Inc.
			  <street>59 Temple Place</street> - Suite 330
			  <city>Boston</city>,
			  <state>MA</state>
			  <postcode>02111-1307</postcode>
			  <country>USA</country>
		  </address>
	  </para>
  </sect1>

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