freebsd/contrib/bsddialog

BSDDialog

Work In Progress!

This project provides bsddialog and libbsddialog, an utility and a library to build scripts and tools with TUI Widgets.

Description: https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2021-04-2021-06/#_bsddialog_tui_widgets

Getting Started

FreeBSD:

% git clone https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog.git
% cd bsddialog
% make
% ./bsddialog --msgbox "Hello World!" 8 20

If you are using XFCE install devel/ncurses

% sudo pkg install ncurses
% git clone https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog.git
% cd bsddialog
% make -DPORTNCURSES
% ./bsddialog --msgbox "Hello World!" 8 20

Linux:

% git clone https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog.git
% cd bsddialog
% make -GNUMakefile
% ./bsddialog --msgbox "Hello World!" 8 20

Output:

Examples utility:

% ./bsddialog --title msgbox --msgbox "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --theme default --title msgbox --msgbox "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --begin-y 2 --title yesno --yesno "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --ascii-lines --pause "Hello World!" 8 50 5
% ./bsddialog --checklist "Space to select" 0 0 0 Name1 Desc1 off Name2 Desc2 on Name3 Desc3 off
% ./bsddialog --backtitle "TITLE" --title yesno --hline "bsddialog" --yesno "Hello World!" 5 25
% ./bsddialog --extra-button --help-button --defaultno --yesno "Hello World!" 0 0

and

% sh ./examples_utility/buildlist.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/checklist.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/radiolist.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/treeview.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/yesno.sh

Examples library:

% cd examples_library
% sh compile
% ./buildlist
% ./compile
% ./datebox
% ./form
% ./infobox
% ./menu
% ./mixedlist
% ./msgbox
% ./pause
% ./radiolist
% ./rangebox
% ./sade
% ./theme
% ./timebox
% ./treeview
% ./yesno

Use Cases:

• portconfig

Features

Common Options:

--ascii-lines, --aspect ratio (for infobox, msgbox and yesno), --backtitle backtitle, --begin-x x (--begin y y), (--begin y x), --cancel-label string, -clear (test with multiple widgets), --colors, --date-format format, --default-button string, --defaultno, --default-item string, --exit-label string, --extra-button, --extra-label string, --hfile filename (for completed widgets), --help, --help-button, --help-label string, --help-status, --help-tags, --hline string, --ignore, --insecure, --item-help, --max-input size, --no-cancel, --nocancel, --no-label string, --no-items, --no-lines, --no-ok, --nook, --no-shadow, --no-tags, --ok-label string, --output-fd fd, --output-separator string, --print-version, --print-size (todo move lib -> utility), --quoted (quotes all != dialog), --print-maxsize, --shadow, --single-quoted (add --quote-with ch?), --separator string (alias --output-separator string), --separate-output (rename --separate-output-withnl?), --sleep secs, --stderr, --stdout, --theme string ("bsddialog", "dialog", "blackwhite"), --time-format format, --title title, --version, --yes-label string.

Widgets:

infobox (do not clear the screen), msgbox, yesno (dialog renames "yes/no" -> "ok/cancel" with --extra-button --help-button). checklist, radiolist, menu, mixedlist, treeview, textbox, mixedgauge, datebox, timebox, gauge, rangebox, pause.

Without resize:

form, inputbox, mixedform, passwordbox, passwordform.

Without autosize, resize, F1:

buildlist

TODO

Common Options:

Option	Status	Note
--cr-wrap	In progress	text
--no-collapse	In progress	text
--no-nl-expand	In progress	text
--trim	In progress	text

To evaluate / Not planned in the short term / not in bsdinstall:

--create-rc file, --iso-week, --no-mouse, --print-text-only str h w, --print-text-size str h w, --reorder, -scrollbar, --separate-widget string, --size-err, --timeout secs,--trace filename, --visit-items, --week-start day, --keep-tite, --keep-window, --last-key, --no-kill, --column-separator string, --input-fd fd, --tab-correct, --tab-len n

Widgets:

To evaluate / Not planned in the short term:

tailbox (textbox/fseek), tailboxbg, dselect, fselect, inputmenu, editbox, calendar (use datebox), prgbox, programbox, progressbox.