Dialog (software)
 Dialog - editbox widget |
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| Original author(s) | Savio Lam |
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| Developer(s) | Thomas E. Dickey |
| Stable release | 1.1.20070704 / July 4, 2007 |
| Operating system | Unix, Linux, POSIX |
| Type | Shell scripts |
| License | LGPL |
| Website | Dialog project page |
Dialog is an application used in shell scripts which displays text user interface widgets. It uses the curses or ncurses library. The latter provides users with the ability to use a mouse, e.g., in an xterm.
Dialog was created by Savio Lam (first reported version 0.3 was in 1994).[1][2][3] It was further modified by several people. Since 1999 it has been maintained (and rewritten) by Thomas Dickey.[4]
At least one fork exists, a FreeBSD-only split into application and library in late 1994.[5][6] One might also consider lxdialog (part of menuconfig), except that it has been reduced to fragments that can no longer run dialog scripts.
There are several programs inspired by dialog; not all read the same scripts. The most well-known are Xdialog and whiptail.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Phil Hughes (April 1994). "Interview with Patrick Volkerding". Linux Journal. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2750.
- ^ Jeff Tranter (September 1994). "Dialog: An Introductory Tutorial". Linux Journal. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2807.
- ^ "Dialog 0.3 manual page". 1994-01-10. http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/manuals/manpages/man1/dialog.1/dialog.html.
- ^ "Dialog Change Log". http://invisible-island.net/dialog/CHANGES.
- ^ "FreeBSD CVS src/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/". http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/gnu/usr.bin/dialog/.
- ^ "FreeBSD library manual for dialog". http://www.unix.com/man-page/FreeBSD/3/DIALOG/.
