Buttondialog - nicer than xmessage
Posted: Fri 20 Jun 2008, 19:13
Buttondialog is a utility written in Freebasic.
So it easily can be extended.
The binary itself is only 31 kb in size, or 15 kb compressed with upx.
You can run it from shellscripts, if you want more options than xmessage offers.
It is run like this:
buttondialog rcfolder
rcfolder can be a folder of your choice, that contains configurationfiles.
These files define the texts, pictures, actions and some options (e.g. buttons can be arranged vertically).
A demo is included, just type in a consolewindow:
buttondialogdemo
hint for programmers:
it does not use a Gladefile, as shown here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=30525
Instead, the elements are created using native Gtk functions.
So this approach is quite flexible.
You could use /tmp/myfolder as rcfolder, and create the rcfiles in it generated by a script.
If the first button is clicked, the dialog prints
#1
to stdout, and so on.
The PET includes the files for the Demo, and the Basic-Code (GPL).
If you want to add it to a pupplett for own purposes, you need only the binary "buttondialog".
Mark
So it easily can be extended.
The binary itself is only 31 kb in size, or 15 kb compressed with upx.
You can run it from shellscripts, if you want more options than xmessage offers.
It is run like this:
buttondialog rcfolder
rcfolder can be a folder of your choice, that contains configurationfiles.
These files define the texts, pictures, actions and some options (e.g. buttons can be arranged vertically).
A demo is included, just type in a consolewindow:
buttondialogdemo
hint for programmers:
it does not use a Gladefile, as shown here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=30525
Instead, the elements are created using native Gtk functions.
So this approach is quite flexible.
You could use /tmp/myfolder as rcfolder, and create the rcfiles in it generated by a script.
If the first button is clicked, the dialog prints
#1
to stdout, and so on.
The PET includes the files for the Demo, and the Basic-Code (GPL).
If you want to add it to a pupplett for own purposes, you need only the binary "buttondialog".
Mark
