From 734d3eaf7182b509127093faf34d45c927841348 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 01:41:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Enhance inputbox to pass initial prompt (optional)

---
 gnu/usr.bin/dialog/TESTS/inputbox | 2 +-
 gnu/usr.bin/dialog/dialog.c       | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/TESTS/inputbox b/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/TESTS/inputbox
index 902798f0f584..6e1e33a3c01b 100755
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/TESTS/inputbox
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/TESTS/inputbox
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ width of the input box, in that case, the \n\
 input field will be automatically scrolled. \n\
 You can use BACKSPACE, LEFT, RIGHT, HOME, END \n\
 to correct errors. \n\n\
-Try inputing your name below:" 16 51 2> /tmp/inputbox.tmp.$$
+Try inputing your name below:" 16 51 "John Smith" 2> /tmp/inputbox.tmp.$$
 
 retval=$?
 
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/dialog.c b/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/dialog.c
index ead70f0f3dd3..bc4edad7fa03 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/dialog.c
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/dialog.c
@@ -289,10 +289,14 @@ int main(int argc, unsigned char *argv[])
     return retval;
   }
   else if (!strcmp(argv[offset+1], "--inputbox")) {
-    if (argc-offset != 5) {
+    if (argc-offset != 5 && argc-offset != 6) {
       Usage(argv[0]);
       exit(-1);
     }
+    if (argc-offset == 6)
+      strcpy(result, argv[offset+5]);
+    else
+      *result = '\0';
     init_dialog();
     retval = dialog_inputbox(title, argv[offset+2], atoi(argv[offset+3]),
 			     atoi(argv[offset+4]), result);
@@ -333,7 +337,7 @@ void Usage(unsigned char *name)
 \n  --msgbox    <text> <height> <width>\
 \n  --prgbox    \"<command line>\" <height> <width>\
 \n  --infobox   <text> <height> <width>\
-\n  --inputbox  <text> <height> <width>\
+\n  --inputbox  <text> <height> <width> [<init string>]\
 \n  --textbox   <file> <height> <width>\
 \n  --menu      <text> <height> <width> <menu height> <tag1> <item1>...\
 \n  --checklist <text> <height> <width> <list height> <tag1> <item1> <status1>...\