BSDDialog 0.2

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

Intro

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

Utility: https://alfonsosiciliano.gitlab.io/posts/2021-12-07-bsddialog.html

Library: https://alfonsosiciliano.gitlab.io/posts/2022-01-16-libbsddialog.html

Screenshots: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alfonsosiciliano/albums/72157720215006074

Getting Started

FreeBSD:

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

Output:

Utility

Dialogs:

--checklist, --datebox, --form, --gauge, --inputbox, --menu, --mixedform, --mixedgauge, --msgbox, --passwordbox, --passwordform, --pause, --radiolist, --rangebox, --textbox, --timebox, --treeview, --yesno.

Manual

bsddialog(1)

Examples:

% ./bsddialog --backtitle "TITLE" --title msgbox --msgbox "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --theme blackwhite --title msgbox --msgbox "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --begin-y 2 --default-no --title yesno --yesno "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --ascii-lines --pause "Hello World!" 8 50 10
% ./bsddialog --checklist "Space to select" 0 0 0 Name1 Desc1 off Name2 Desc2 on
% ./bsddialog --title yesno --hline "bsddialog" --yesno "Hello World!" 5 25
% ./bsddialog --extra-button --help-button --yesno "Hello World!" 0 0

and Examples in the Public Domain to build new projects:

% 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/pause.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/radiolist.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/timebox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/yesno.sh

Library

API