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2003-02-05 Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>
* data/zenity.1: Added a simple man page.
* data/Makefile.am: Install the man page.
2003-02-03 Glynn Foster <glynn.foster@sun.com>
* src/about.c: Raise on mouse click

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EXTRA_DIST = $(images_DATA) $(clothes_DATA)
man_MANS = zenity.1
EXTRA_DIST = $(images_DATA) $(clothes_DATA) $(man_MANS)

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.TH ZENITY 1 "February 1st, 2003"
.SH NAME
zenity \- display GTK+ dialogs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B zenity
.RI [ options ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBzenity\fP is a program that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return
(either in the return code, or on standard output) the users
input. This allows you to present information, and ask for information
from the user, from all manner of shell scripts.
.PP
For example, \fBzenity --question\fP will return either 0 or 1,
depending on whether the user pressed \fIYes\fP or \fINo\fP. \fBzenity
--entry\fP will output on standard output what the user typed into the
text entry field.
.PP
Comprehensive documentation is available in the GNOME Help Browser,
under \fIGNOME/Utilities\fP.
.SH OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
.PP
Dialog options
.TP
.B \-\-calendar
Display calendar dialog
.TP
.B \-\-entry
Display text entry dialog
.TP
.B \-\-error
Display error dialog
.TP
.B \-\-file-selection
Display file selection dialog
.TP
.B \-\-info
Display info dialog
.TP
.B \-\-list
Display list dialog
.TP
.B \-\-progress
Display progress indication dialog
.TP
.B \-\-question
Display question dialog
.TP
.B \-\-text-info
Display text information dialog
.TP
.B \-\-warning
Display warning dialog
.PP
General options
.TP
.B \-\-title=TITLE
Set the dialog title
.TP
.B \-\-window-icon=ICONPATH
Set the window icon
.PP
Calendar options
.TP
.B \-\-text=STRING
Set the dialog text
.TP
.B \-\-day=INT
Set the calendar day
.TP
.B \-\-month=INT
Set the calendar month
.TP
.B \-\-year=INT
Set the calendar year
.TP
.B \-\-date-format=STRING
Set the format for the returned date
.PP
Text entry options
.TP
.B \-\-text=STRING
Set the dialog text
.TP
.B \-\-entry-text=STRING
Set the entry text
.TP
.B \-\-hide-text
Hide the entry text
.PP
Error options
.TP
.B \-\-text=STRING
Set the dialog text
.PP
File selection options
.TP
.B \-\-filename=FILENAME
Set the filename
.PP
Info options
.TP
.B \-\-text=STRING
Set the dialog text
.PP
List options
.TP
.B \-\-column=STRING
Set the column header
.TP
.B \-\-checklist
Use check boxes for first column
.TP
.B \-\-radiolist
Use radio buttons for first column
.TP
.B \-\-separator=STRING
Set output separator character
.TP
.B \-\-editable
Allow changes to text
.PP
Progress options
.TP
.B \-\-text=STRING
Set the dialog text
.TP
.B \-\-percentage=INT
Set initial percentage
.TP
.B \-\-pulsate
Pulsate progress bar
Question options
.TP
.B \-\-text=STRING
Set the dialog text
.PP
Text options
.TP
.B \-\-filename=FILENAME
Open file
.TP
.B \-\-editable
Allow changes to text
.PP
Warning options
.TP
.B \-\-text=STRING
Set the dialog text
.PP
Miscellaneous options
.TP
.B \-?, \-\-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-\-about
Display an about dialog.
.TP
.B \-\-version
Show version of program.
.PP
Also the standard GTK+ options are accepted.
.SH EXAMPLES
Display a file selector with the title \fISelect a file to
remove\fP. The file selected is returned on standard output.
.IP
zenity --title="Select a file to remove" --file-selection
.PP
Display a text entry dialog with the title \fISelect Host\fP and the
text \fISelect the host you would like to flood-ping\fP. The entered
text is returned on standard output.
.IP
zenity --title "Select Host" --entry --text "Select the host you would like to flood-ping"
.PP
Display a dialog, asking \fIMicrosoft Windows has been found! Would
you like to remove it?\fP. The return code will be 0 (true in shell)
if \fIOK\fP is selected, and 1 (false) if \fICancel\fP is selected.
.IP
zenity --question --title "Alert" --text "Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?"
.SH AUTHOR
\fBZenity\fP was written by Glynn Foster <glynn.foster@sun.com>. This
manual page was written by Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBgdialog\fP(1), \fBdialog\fP(1)