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CDIALOG() Library calls CDIALOG() NAME dialog - widgets and utilities for the cdialog program SYNOPSIS cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lcdialog [ library ... ] or cc $(cdialog-config --cflags) file ... $(cdialog-config --libs) ] #include <cdialog.h> Cdialog is a program that will let you present a variety of questions or display messages using dialog boxes from a shell script. It is built from the cdialog library, which consists of several widgets as well as utility functions that are used by the widgets or the main program. DESCRIPTION This manpage documents the features from <cdialog.h> which are likely to be important to developers using the widgets directly. Some hints are also given for developing new widgets. Here is a cdialog version of Hello World: int main(void) { int status; init_dialog(stdin, stdout); status = dialog_yesno( "Hello, in dialog-format", "Hello World!", 0, 0); end_dialog(); return status; } DEFINITIONS Exit codes (passed back to the main program for its use) are defined with a "DLG_EXIT_ prefix. The efined constants can be mapped using environment variables as described in cdialog(1), e.g., DLG_EXIT_OK corresponds to $DI- ALOG_OK. Useful character constants which correspond to user input are named with the "CHR_" prefix, e.g., CHR_BACKSPACE. Colors and video attributes are categorized and associated with settings in the configuration file (see the discussion of $DIALOGRC in cdialog(1)). The DIALOG_ATR(n) macro is used for defining the references to the combined color and attribute table dlg_color_table[]. The cdialog application passes its command-line parameters to the widget functions. Some of those parameters are single values, but some of the widgets accept data as an array of values. Those include checklist/ra- diobox, menubox and formbox. When the --item-help option is given, an ex- tra column of data is expected. The USE_ITEM_HELP(), CHECKBOX_TAGS, MENUBOX_TAGS and FORMBOX_TAGS macros are used to hide this difference from the calling application. Most of the other definitions found in <cdialog.h> are used for convenience in building the library or main program. These include definitions based on the generated <dlg_config.h> header. DATA STRUCTURES All of the global data for the cdialog library is stored in a few struc- tures: DIALOG_STATE, DIALOG_VARS and DIALOG_COLORS. The corresponding dia- log_state, dialog_vars and dlg_color_table global variables should be ini- tialized to zeros, and then populated with the data to use. A few of these must be nonzero for the corresponding widgets to function. As as the case with function names, variables beginning with "dialog_" are designed for use by the calling application while variables beginning with "dlg_" are intended for lower levels, e.g., by the cdialog library. DIALOG_STATE The state variables are cdialog's working variables. It initializes those, uses them to manage the widgets. .all_subwindows This is a linked list of all subwindows created by the library. The dlg_del_window function uses this to free storage for subwindows when deleting a window. .all_windows This is a linked list of all windows created by the library. The dlg_del_window function uses this to locate windows which may be redrawn after deleting a window. .aspect_ratio This corresponds to the command-line option "--aspect-ratio". The value gives the application some control over the box dimensions when using auto sizing (specifying 0 for height and width). It represents width / height. The default is 9, which means 9 characters wide to every 1 line high. .finish_string When set to true, this allows calls to dlg_finish_string to discard the corresponding data which is created to speed up layout computations for the given string parameter. The gauge widget uses this feature. .getc_callbacks This is set up in ui_getc.c to record windows which must be polled for in- put, e.g., to handle the background tailbox widget. One window is desig- nated as the foreground or control window. .getc_redirect If the control window for DIALOG_STATE.getc_callbacks is closed, the list is transferred to this variable. Closing all windows causes the applica- tion to exit. .had_resize This is set to TRUE in dlg_will_resize or dlg_result_key when KEY_RESIZE is read, to tell cdialog to ignore subsequent ERRs. .no_mouse This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-mouse". If true, cdialog will not initialize (and enable) the mouse in init_dialog. .output This is set in the cdialog application to the stream on which the applica- tion and library functions may write text results. Normally that is the standard error, since the curses library prefers to write its data to the standard output. Some scripts, trading portability for convenience, prefer to write results to the standard output, e.g., by using the "--stdout" op- tion. .output_count This is incremented by dlg_does_output, which is called by each widget that writes text to the output. The cdialog application uses that to decide if it should also write a separator, i.e., DIALOG_STATE.separate_str, between calls to each widget. .pipe_input This is set in init_dialog to a stream which can be used by the gauge wid- get, which must be the application's standard input. The cdialog applica- tion calls init_dialog normally with input set to the standard input, but optionally based on the "--input-fd" option. Since the application cannot read from a pipe (standard input) and at the same time read the curses in- put from the standard input, it must allow for reopening the latter from either a specific file descriptor, or directly from the terminal. The ad- justed pipe stream value is stored in this variable. .screen_height The text-formatting functions use this for the number of rows used for for- matting a string. It is used by cdialog for the command-line options "--print-text-size" and "--print-text-only". .screen_initialized This is set in init_dialog and reset in end_dialog. It is used to check if curses has been initialized, and if the endwin function must be called on exit. .screen_output This is set in init_dialog to the output stream used by the curses library. Normally that is the standard output, unless that happens to not be a ter- minal (and if init_dialog can successfully open the terminal directly). .screen_width The text-formatting functions use this for the number of columns used for formatting a string. It is used by cdialog for the command-line options "--print-text-size" and "--print-text-only". .separate_str This corresponds to the command-line option "--separate-widget". The given string specifies a string that will separate the output on cdialog's output from each widget. This is used to simplify parsing the result of a dialog with several widgets. If this option is not given, the default separator string is a tab character. .tab_len This corresponds to the command-line option "--tab-len number". Specify the number of spaces that a tab character occupies if the "--tab-correct" option is given. The default is 8. .text_height The text-formatting functions set this to the number of lines used for for- matting a string. It is used by cdialog for the command-line options "--print-text-size" and "--print-text-only". .text_only Cdialog uses this in the command-line option "--print-text-only". The text-formatting functions (dlg_print_text, dlg_print_line, and dlg_print_autowrap) check this to decide whether to print the formatted text to cdialog's output or to the curses-display. Also, dlg_auto_size checks the flag, allowing it to be used before init_di- alog is called. .text_width The text-formatting functions set this to the number of columns used for formatting a string. It is used by cdialog for the command-line options "--print-text-size" and "--print-text-only". .trace_output This corresponds to the command-line option "--trace file". It is the file pointer to which trace messages are written. .use_colors This is set in init_dialog if the curses implementation supports color. .use_scrollbar This corresponds to the command-line option "--scrollbar". If true, draw a scrollbar to make windows holding scrolled data more readable. .use_shadow This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-shadow". This is set in init_dialog if the curses implementation supports color. If true, suppress shadows that would be drawn to the right and bottom of each dialog box. .visit_items This corresponds to the command-line option "--visit-items". Modify the tab-traversal of the list-oriented widgets (buildlist, checklist, radiobox, menubox, inputmenu, and treeview) to include the list of items as one of the states. This is useful as a visual aid, i.e., the cursor position helps some users. The cdialog application resets the dialog_vars data before accepting op- tions to invoke each widget. Most of the DIALOG_VARS members are set di- rectly from cdialog's command-line options: DIALOG_VARS In contrast to DIALOG_STATE, the members of DIALOG_VARS are set by command- line options in cdialog. .ascii_lines This corresponds to the command-line option "--ascii-lines. It causes line-drawing to be done with ASCII characters, e.g., "+" and "-". See DIA- LOG_VARS.no_lines. .backtitle This corresponds to the command-line option "--backtitle backtitle". It specifies a backtitle string to be displayed on the backdrop, at the top of the screen. .beep_after_signal This corresponds to the command-line option "--beep-after". If true, beep after a user has completed a widget by pressing one of the buttons. .beep_signal This corresponds to the command-line option "--beep". It is obsolete. .begin_set This is true if the command-line option "--begin y x" was used. It speci- fies the position of the upper left corner of a dialog box on the screen. .begin_x This corresponds to the x value from the command-line option "--begin y x" (second value). .begin_y This corresponds to the y value from the command-line option "--begin y x" (first value). .cancel_label This corresponds to the command-line option "--cancel-label string". The given string overrides the label used for "Cancel" buttons. .cant_kill This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-kill". If true, this tells cdialog to put the tailboxbg box in the background, printing its process id to cdialog's output. SIGHUP is disabled for the background process. .colors This corresponds to the command-line option "--colors". If true, interpret embedded "\Z" sequences in the dialog text by the following character, which tells cdialog to set colors or video attributes: * 0 through 7 are the ANSI codes used in curses: black, red, green, yel- low, blue, magenta, cyan and white respectively. * Bold is set by 'b', reset by 'B'. * Reverse is set by 'r', reset by 'R'. * Underline is set by 'u', reset by 'U'. The settings are cumulative, e.g., "\Zb\Z1" makes the following text bright red. Restore normal settings with "\Zn". .column_separator This corresponds to the command-line option "--column-separator". Cdialog splits data for radio/checkboxes and menus on the occurrences of the given string, and aligns the split data into columns. .cr_wrap This corresponds to the command-line option "--cr-wrap". If true, inter- pret embedded newlines in the dialog text as a newline on the screen. Oth- erwise, cdialog will only wrap lines where needed to fit inside the text box. Even though you can control line breaks with this, cdialog will still wrap any lines that are too long for the width of the box. Without cr- wrap, the layout of your text may be formatted to look nice in the source code of your script without affecting the way it will look in the dialog. .cursor_off_label This corresponds to the command-line option "--cursor-off-label". If true, place the terminal cursor at the end of a button instead of on the first character of the button label. This is useful to reduce visual confusion when the cursor coloration interacts poorly with the button-label text col- ors. .date_format This corresponds to the command-line option "--date-format string". If the host provides strftime, and the value is nonnull, the calendar widget uses this to format its output. .default_button This is set by the command-line option "--default-button. It is used by dlg_default_button. .default_item This corresponds to the command-line option "--default-item string". The given string is used as the default item in a checklist, form or menu box. Normally the first item in the box is the default. .defaultno This corresponds to the command-line option "--defaultno". If true, make the default value of the yes/no box a No. Likewise, treat the default but- ton of widgets that provide "OK" and "Cancel" as a Cancel. If --no-cancel was given that option overrides this, making the default button always "Yes" (internally the same as "OK"). .dlg_clear_screen This corresponds to the command-line option "--clear". This option is im- plemented in the main program, not the library. If true, the screen will be cleared on exit. This may be used alone, without other options. .erase_on_exit This corresponds to the command-line option "--erase-on-exit". If true, remove the dialog widget on program exit, erasing the entire screen to its native background color, and place the terminal cursor at the lower left corner of the screen. This is useful for making the window contents invisible at the end of a se- ries of dialog boxes. It can also be used at earlier stages of a series of invocations of cdialog, if the series may be aborted before it is fully completed. .exit_label This corresponds to the command-line option "--exit-label string". The given string overrides the label used for "EXIT" buttons. .extra_button This corresponds to the command-line option "--extra-button". If true, some widgets show an extra button, between "OK" and "Cancel" buttons, or "Yes" and "No" buttons. .extra_label This corresponds to the command-line option "--extra-label string". The given string overrides the label used for "Extra" buttons. Note: for in- putmenu widgets, this defaults to "Rename". .formitem_type This is set by the command-line option "--passwordform" to tell the form widget that its text fields should be treated like password widgets. .help_button This corresponds to the command-line option "--help-button". If true, some widgets show a help-button after "OK" and "Cancel" buttons, i.e., in check- list, radiolist and menu boxes, or the "Yes" and "No" buttons for the yesno box. If --item-help is also given, on exit the return status will be the same as for the "OK" button, and the item-help text will be written to cdialog's output after the token "HELP". Otherwise, the return status will indicate that the Help button was pressed, and no message printed. .help_file This corresponds to the command-line option "--hfile string". The given filename is passed to dialog_helpfile when the user presses F1. .help_label This corresponds to the command-line option "--help-label string". The given string overrides the label used for "Help" buttons. .help_line This corresponds to the command-line option "--hline string". The given string is displayed in the bottom of dialog windows, like a subtitle. Scrollable windows have an indicator near the left side of the widget, and a corresponding space is reserved on the right side. This limits the amount of text which can be displayed to 9 columns less than the window width. If insufficient space is available, no text is shown. .help_status This corresponds to the command-line option "--help-status". If true, and the help-button is selected, writes the checklist or radiolist information after the item-help "HELP" information. This can be used to reconstruct the state of a checklist after processing the help request. .help_tags This corresponds to the command-line option "--help-tags". If true, dlg_add_help_formitem and dlg_add_help_listitem use the item's tag value consistently rather than using the tag's help-text value when DIA- LOG_VARS.item_help is set. .input_length This is nonzero if DIALOG_VARS.input_result is allocated, versus being a pointer to the user's local variables. .input_menu This flag is set to denote whether the menubox widget implements a menu versus a inputmenu widget. .input_result This may be either a user-supplied buffer, or a buffer dynamically allo- cated by the library, depending on DIALOG_VARS.input_length: * If DIALOG_VARS.input_length is zero, this is a pointer to user buffer (on the stack, or static). The buffer size is assumed to be MAX_LEN, which is defined in <cdialog.h>. * When DIALOG_VARS.input_length is nonzero, this is a dynamically-allo- cated buffer used by the widgets to return printable results to the calling application. Certain widgets copy a result to this buffer. If the pointer is NULL, or if the length is insufficient for the result, then the cdialog library al- locates a buffer which is large enough, and sets DIALOG_VARS.input_length. Callers should check for this case if they have supplied their own buffer. .insecure This corresponds to the command-line option "--insecure". If true, make the password widget friendlier but less secure, by echoing asterisks for each character. .in_helpfile This variable is used to prevent dialog_helpfile from showing anything, e.g., if F1 were pressed within a help-file display. .iso_week This corresponds to the command-line option "--iso-week". It is used in the calendar widget to tell how to compute the starting week for the year: * by default, the calendar treats January 1 as the first week of the year. * If this variable is true, the calendar uses ISO 8601's convention. ISO 8601 numbers weeks starting with the first week in January with a Thursday in the current year. January 1 may be in the previous year. .item_help This corresponds to the command-line option "--item-help". If true, inter- pret the tags data for checklist, radiolist and menu boxes adding a column whose text is displayed in the bottom line of the screen, for the currently selected item. .keep_tite This is set by the command-line option "--keep-tite" to tell cdialog to not attempt to cancel the terminal initialization (termcap ti/te) sequences which correspond to xterm's alternate-screen switching. Normally cdialog does this to avoid flickering when run several times in a script. .keep_window This corresponds to the command-line option "--keep-window". If true, do not remove/repaint the window on exit. This is useful for keeping the win- dow contents visible when several widgets are run in the same process. Note that curses will clear the screen when starting a new process. .last_key This corresponds to the command-line option "--last-key". .max_input This corresponds to the command-line option "--max-input size". Limit in- put strings to the given size. If not specified, the limit is 2048. .no_hot_key This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-hot-list". Some widgets (buildlist, checklist, inputmenu, menu, radiolist, treeview) display a list for which the leading capital letter in each entry is ac- cepted as a hot-key, to quickly move the focus to that entry. Setting this variable to TRUE disables the feature. .no_items This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-items". Some widgets (checklist, inputmenu, radiolist, menu) display a list with two columns (a "tag" and "item", i.e., "description"). This tells cdialog to read shorter rows from data, omitting the "list". .no_label This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-label string". The given string overrides the label used for "No" buttons. .no_lines This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-lines. It suppresses line-drawing. See DIALOG_VARS.ascii_lines. .no_nl_expand This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-nl-expand". If false, dlg_trim_string converts literal "\n" substrings in a message into new- lines. .no_tags This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-tags". Some widgets (checklist, inputmenu, radiolist, menu) display a list with two columns (a "tag" and "item", also known as "description"). The tag is useful for scripting, but may not help the user. The --no-tags option (from Xdialog) may be used to suppress the column of tags from the display. Normally cdialog allows you to quickly move to entries on the displayed list, by matching a single character to the first character of the tag. When the --no-tags option is given, cdialog matches against the first char- acter of the description. In either case, the matchable character is high- lighted. Here is a table showing how the no_tags and no_items values interact: Widget Fields Shown Fields Read .no_items .no_tags -------------------------------------------------------------- buildlist item tag,item 0 0* buildlist item tag,item 0 1 buildlist tag tag 1 0* buildlist tag tag 1 1 checklist tag,item tag,item 0 0 checklist item tag,item 0 1 checklist tag tag 1 0 checklist tag tag 1 1 inputmenu tag,item tag,item 0 0 inputmenu item tag,item 0 1 inputmenu tag tag 1 0 inputmenu tag tag 1 1 menu tag,item tag,item 0 0 menu item tag,item 0 1 menu tag tag 1 0 menu tag tag 1 1 radiolist tag,item tag,item 0 0 radiolist item tag,item 0 1 radiolist tag tag 1 0 radiolist tag tag 1 1 treeview item tag,item 0 0* treeview item tag,item 0 1 treeview tag tag 1 0* treeview tag tag 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- * Xdialog does not display the tag column for the analogous buildlist and treeview widgets. Cdialog does the same on the command-line. However the library interface defaults to displaying the tag column. Your appli- cation can enable or disable the tag column as needed for each widget. .nocancel This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-cancel". If true, sup- press the "Cancel" button in checklist, inputbox and menu box modes. A script can still test if the user pressed the ESC key to cancel to quit. .nocollapse This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-collapse". Normally cdi- alog converts tabs to spaces and reduces multiple spaces to a single space for text which is displayed in a message boxes, etc. It true, that feature is disabled. Note that cdialog will still wrap text, subject to the --cr-wrap option. .nook This corresponds to the command-line option "--no-ok. Cdialog will sup- press the "ok" (or "yes") button from the widget. .ok_label This corresponds to the command-line option "--ok-label string". The given string overrides the label used for "OK" buttons. .pause_secs When set, force dlg_set_timeout to use 10 milliseconds rather than using the DIALOG_VARS.timeout_secs value. .print_siz This corresponds to the command-line option "--print-size". If true, each widget prints its size to cdialog's output when it is invoked. .quoted This corresponds to the command-line option "--quoted. Normally cdialog quotes the strings returned by checklist's as well as the item-help text. If true, cdialog will quote all string results. .reorder This corresponds to the command-line option "--reorder. By default, the buildlist widget uses the same order for the output (right) list as for the input (left). If true, cdialog will use the order in which a user adds se- lections to the output list. .separate_output This corresponds to the command-line option "--separate-output". If true, checklist widgets output result one line at a time, with no quoting. This facilitates parsing by another program. .single_quoted This corresponds to the command-line option "--single-quoted". If true, use single-quoting as needed (and no quotes if unneeded) for the output of checklist's as well as the item-help text. If this option is not set, cdi- alog uses double quotes around each item. The latter requires occasional use of backslashes to make the output useful in shell scripts. .size_err This corresponds to the command-line option "--size-err". If true, check the resulting size of a dialog box before trying to use it, printing the resulting size if it is larger than the screen. (This option is obsolete, since all new-window calls are checked). .sleep_secs This corresponds to the command-line option "--sleep secs". This option is implemented in the main program, not the library. If nonzero, this is the number of seconds after to delay after processing a dialog box. .tab_correct This corresponds to the command-line option "--tab-correct". If true, con- vert each tab character of the text to one or more spaces. Otherwise, tabs are rendered according to the curses library's interpretation. .time_format This corresponds to the command-line option "--time-format string". If the host provides strftime, and the value is nonnull, the timebox widget uses this to format its output. .timeout_secs This corresponds to the command-line option "--timeout secs". If nonzero, timeout input requests (exit with error code) if no user response within the given number of seconds. .title This corresponds to the command-line option "--title title". Specifies a title string to be displayed at the top of the dialog box. .trim_whitespace This corresponds to the command-line option "--trim". If true, eliminate leading blanks, trim literal newlines and repeated blanks from message text. .week_start This corresponds to the command-line option "--week-start". It is used in the calendar widget to set the starting day for the week. The string value can be * a number (0 to 6, Sunday through Saturday using POSIX) or * the special value "locale" (this works with systems using glibc, pro- viding an extension to the locale command, the first_weekday value). * a string matching one of the abbreviations for the day of the week shown in the calendar widget, e.g., "Mo" for "Monday". .yes_label This corresponds to the command-line option "--yes-label string". The given string overrides the label used for "Yes" buttons. WIDGETS Functions that implement major functionality for the command-line cdialog program, e.g., widgets, have names beginning "dialog_". All dialog boxes have at least three parameters: title the caption for the box, shown on its top border. height the height of the dialog box. width the width of the dialog box. Other parameters depend on the box type. dialog_buildlist implements the "--buildlist" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int list_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of rows in items. char ** items is an array of strings which is viewed either as a list of rows tag item status or tag item status help depending on whether dialog_vars.item_help is set. int order_mode is reserved for future enhancements dialog_calendar implements the "--calendar" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * subtitle is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the height excluding the fixed-height calendar grid. int width is the overall width of the box, which is adjusted up to the calendar grid's minimum width if needed. int day is the initial day of the week shown, counting zero as Sunday. If the value is negative, the current day of the week is used. int month is the initial month of the year shown, counting one as January. If the value is negative, the current month of the year is used. int year is the initial year shown. If the value is negative, the current year is used. dialog_checklist implements the "--checklist" and "--radiolist" options depending on the flag parameter. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int list_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of rows in items. int items is an array of strings which is viewed either as a list of rows tag item status or tag item status help depending on whether dialog_vars.item_help is set. flag is either FLAG_CHECK, for checklists, or FLAG_RADIO for radiolists. dialog_dselect implements the "--dselect" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * path is the preselected value to show in the input-box, which is used also to set the directory- and file-windows. int height is the height excluding the minimum needed to show the dialog box framework. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. dialog_editbox implements the "--editbox" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * file is the name of the file from which to read. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. dialog_form implements the "--form" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int form_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of rows in items. int items is an array of strings which is viewed either as a list of rows Name NameY NameX Text TextY TextX FLen ILen or Name NameY NameX Text TextY TextX FLen ILen Help depending on whether dialog_vars.item_help is set. dialog_fselect implements the "--fselect" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * path is the preselected value to show in the input-box, which is used also to set the directory- and file-windows. int height is the height excluding the minimum needed to show the dialog box framework. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. dialog_gauge implements the "--gauge" option. Alternatively, a simpler or customized gauge widget can be set up using dlg_allocate_gauge, dlg_reallocate_gauge, dlg_update_gauge and dlg_free_gauge. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int percent is the percentage to show in the progress bar. dialog_inputbox implements the "--inputbox" or "--password" option, depending on the value of password. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. const char * init is the initial value of the input box, whose length is taken into ac- count when auto-sizing the width of the dialog box. int password if true, causes typed input to be echoed as asterisks. dialog_helpfile implements the "--hfile" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * file is the name of a file containing the text to display. This function is internally bound to F1 (function key "1"), passing dia- log_vars.help_file as a parameter. The cdialog program sets that variable when the --hfile option is given. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. dialog_menu implements the "--menu" or "--inputmenu" option depending on whether dia- log_vars.input_menu is set. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int menu_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of rows in items. int items is an array of strings which is viewed either as a list of rows tag item or tag item help depending on whether dialog_vars.item_help is set. dialog_mixedform implements the "--mixedform" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int form_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of rows in items. int items is an array of strings which is viewed either as a list of rows Name NameY NameX Text TextY TextX FLen ILen Ityp or Name NameY NameX Text TextY TextX FLen ILen Ityp Help depending on whether dialog_vars.item_help is set. dialog_mixedgauge implements the "--mixedgauge" option const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the caption text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int percent is the percentage to show in the progress bar. int item_no is the number of rows in items. int items is an array of strings which is viewed as a list of tag and item val- ues. The tag values are listed, one per row, in the list at the top of the widget. The item values are decoded: digits 0 through 9 are the following strings 0 Succeeded 1 Failed 2 Passed 3 Completed 4 Checked 5 Done 6 Skipped 7 In Progress 8 (blank) 9 N/A A string with a leading "-" character is centered, marked with "%". For example, "-75" is displayed as "75%". Other strings are displayed as is. dialog_msgbox implements the "--msgbox" or "--infobox" option depending on whether pauseopt is set. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int pauseopt if true, an "OK" button will be shown, and the dialog will wait for it to complete. With an "OK" button, it is denoted a "msgbox", without an "OK" button, it is denoted an "infobox". dialog_pause implements the "--pause" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int seconds is the timeout to use for the progress bar. dialog_prgbox implements the "--prgbox" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. If empty or null, no prompt is shown. const char * command is the name of the command to execute. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int pauseopt if true, an "OK" button will be shown, and the dialog will wait for it to complete. dialog_progressbox implements the "--progressbox" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. If empty or null, no prompt is shown. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. dialog_rangebox implements the "--rangebox" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. If empty or null, no prompt is shown. int height is the desired height of the widget. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the widget. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int min_value is the minimum value to allow. int max_value is the maximum value to allow. int default_value is the default value, if no change is made. dialog_tailbox implements the "--tailbox" or "--tailboxbg" option depending on whether bg_task is set. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * file is the name of the file to display in the dialog. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int bg_task if true, the window is added to the callback list in dialog_state, and the application will poll for the window to be updated. Otherwise an "OK" button is added to the window, and it will be closed when the button is activated. dialog_textbox implements the "--textbox" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * file is the name of the file to display in the dialog. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. dialog_timebox implements the "--timebox" option. See dlg_auto_size for layout using height and width parameters. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * subtitle is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. * If zero, the height is based on the screen size. * If greater than zero, the requested height is added to the minimum box size. int width is the desired width of the box. * If zero, the height is based on the screen size. * If greater than zero, the requested width is constrained by the minimum box size and the width of the buttons. int hour is the initial hour shown. If the value is negative, the current hour is used. Returns DLG_EXIT_ERROR if the value specified is greater than or equal to 24. int minute is the initial minute shown. If the value is negative, the current minute is used. Returns DLG_EXIT_ERROR if the value specified is greater than or equal to 60. int second is the initial second shown. If the value is negative, the current second is used. Returns DLG_EXIT_ERROR if the value specified is greater than or equal to 60. dialog_treeview implements the "--treeview" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int list_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of rows in items. char ** items is the list of items, contain tag, name, and optionally help strings (if dialog_vars.item_help is set). The initial selection state for each item is also in this list. int flag flag is either FLAG_CHECK, for checklists (multiple selections), or FLAG_RADIO for radiolists (a single selection). dialog_yesno implements the "--yesno" option. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. UTILITY FUNCTIONS Most functions that implement lower-level functionality for the command- line cdialog program or widgets, have names beginning "dlg_". Bowing to longstanding usage, the functions that initialize the display and end it are named init_dialog and end_dialog. The only non-widget function whose name begins with "dialog_" is dia- log_version, which returns the version number of the library as a string. A few functions are prefixed "_dlg_", because they are required for inter- nal use, but not intended as part of the library application programming interface. Here is a brief summary of the utility functions and their parameters: dlg_add_callback Add a callback, used to allow polling input from multiple tailbox widgets. DIALOG_CALLBACK *p contains the callback information. dlg_add_callback_ref Like dlg_add_callback, but passes a reference to the DIALOG_CALLBACK as well as a pointer to a cleanup function which will be called when the asso- ciated input ends. DIALOG_CALLBACK **p points to the callback information. This is a reference to the pointer so that the caller's pointer can be zeroed when input ends. DIALOG_FREEBACK func function to call when input ends, e.g., to free caller's additional data. dlg_add_help_formitem This is a utility function used enforce consistent behavior for the DIA- LOG_VARS.help_tags and DIALOG_VARS.item_help variables. int *result this is updated to DLG_EXIT_ITEM_HELP if DIALOG_VARS.item_help is set. char **tag the tag- or help-text is stored here. DIALOG_FORMITEM *item contains the list item to use for tag- or help-text. dlg_add_help_listitem This is a utility function used enforce consistent behavior for the DIA- LOG_VARS.help_tags and DIALOG_VARS.item_help variables. int *result this is updated to DLG_EXIT_ITEM_HELP if DIALOG_VARS.item_help is set. char **tag the tag- or help-text is stored here. DIALOG_LISTITEM *item contains the list item to use for tag- or help-text. dlg_add_last_key Report the last key entered by the user. This implements the --last-key command-line option, using dialog_vars.last_key. int mode controls the way the last key report is separated from other results: -2 (no separator) -1 (separator after the key name) 0 (separator is optionally before the key name) 1 (same as -1) dlg_add_quoted Add a quoted string to the result buffer (see dlg_add_result). If no quotes are necessary, none are used. If dialog_vars.single_quoted is set, single-quotes are used. Otherwise, double-quotes are used. char * string is the string to add. dlg_add_result Add a string to the result buffer dialog_vars.input_result. char * string is the string to add. dlg_add_separator Add an output-separator to the result buffer dialog_vars.input_result. If dialog_vars.output_separator is set, use that. Otherwise, if dia- log_vars.separate_output is set, use newline. If neither is set, use a space. dlg_add_string Add a quoted or unquoted string to the result buffer (see dlg_add_quoted) and dlg_add_result), according to whether dialog_vars.quoted is true. char * string is the string to add. dlg_align_columns Copy and reformat an array of pointers to strings, aligning according to the column separator dialog_vars.column_separator. If no column separator is set, the array will be unmodified; otherwise it is copied and reformat- ted. Caveat: This function is only implemented for 8-bit characters. char **target This is the array to reformat. It points to the first string to mod- ify. int per_row This is the size of the struct for each row of the array. int num_rows This is the number of rows in the array. dlg_allocate_gauge Allocates a gauge widget. Use dlg_update_gauge to display the result. const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int percent is the percentage to show in the progress bar. dlg_asciibox returns its parameter transformed to the corresponding "+" or "-", etc., for the line-drawing characters used in cdialog. If the parameter is not a line-drawing or other special character such as ACS_DARROW, it returns 0. chtype ch is the parameter, usually one of the ACS_xxx constants. dlg_attr_clear Set window to the given attribute. WINDOW * win is the window to update. int height is the number of rows to update. int width is the number of columns to update. chtype attr is the attribute, e.g., A_BOLD. dlg_auto_size Compute window size based on the size of the formatted prompt and minimum dimensions for a given widget. Cdialog sets dialog_state.text_height and dialog_state.text_width for the formatted prompt as a side-effect. Normally cdialog writes the formatted prompt to the curses window, but it will write the formatted prompt to the output stream if dia- log_state.text_only is set. const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. const char * prompt is the message text which will be displayed in the widget, used here to determine how large the widget should be. If the value is NULL, cdialog allows the widget to use the whole screen, i.e., if the values referenced by height and/or width are zero. int * height is the nominal height. Cdialog checks the referenced value and may update it: * if the value is negative, cdialog updates it to the available height of the screen, after reserving rows for the window border and shadow, as well as taking into account dialog_vars.begin_y and dialog_vars.begin_set. * if the value is zero, cdialog updates it to the required height of the window, taking into account a (possibly) multi-line prompt. * if the value is greater than zero, cdialog uses it internally, but restores the value on return. int * width is the nominal width. Cdialog checks the referenced value and may up- date it: * if the value is negative, cdialog updates it to the available width of the screen, after reserving rows for the window border and shadow, as well as taking into account dialog_vars.begin_x and dialog_vars.begin_set. * if the value is zero, cdialog updates it to the required width of the window, taking into account a (possibly) multi-line prompt. * if the value is greater than zero, cdialog uses it internally, but restores the value on return. int boxlines is the number of lines to reserve in the vertical direction. int mincols is the minimum number of columns to use. dlg_auto_sizefile Like dlg_auto_size, but use a file contents to decide how large the widget should be. const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. const char * file is the name of the file. int * height is the nominal height. If it is -1, use the screen's height (after subtracting dia- log_vars.begin_y if dialog_vars.begin_set is true). If it is greater than zero, limit the referenced value to the screen- height after verifying that the file exists. int * width is the nominal width. If it is -1, use the screen's width (after subtracting dialog_vars.be- gin_x if dialog_vars.begin_set is true). If it is greater than zero, limit the referenced value to the screen- width after verifying that the file exists. int boxlines is the number of lines to reserve on the screen for drawing boxes. int mincols is the number of columns to reserve on the screen for drawing boxes. dlg_beeping If dialog_vars.beep_signal is nonzero, this calls beep once and sets dia- log_vars.beep_signal to zero. dlg_boxchar returns its chtype parameter transformed as follows: * if neither dialog_vars.ascii_lines nor dialog_vars.no_lines is set. * if dialog_vars.ascii_lines is set, returns the corresponding "+" or "-", etc., for the line-drawing characters used in cdialog. * otherwise, if dialog_vars.no_lines is set, returns a space for the line-drawing characters. * if the parameter is not a line-drawing or other special character such as ACS_DARROW, it returns the parameter unchanged. dlg_box_x_ordinate returns a suitable x-ordinate (column) for a new widget. If dia- log_vars.begin_set is 1, use dialog_vars.begin_x; otherwise center the wid- get on the screen (using the width parameter). int width is the width of the widget. dlg_box_y_ordinate returns a suitable y-ordinate (row) for a new widget. If dialog_vars.be- gin_set is 1, use dialog_vars.begin_y; otherwise center the widget on the screen (using the height parameter). int height is the height of the widget. dlg_buildlist This is an alternate interface to the buildlist widget which allows the ap- plication to read the list item states back directly without putting them in the output buffer. const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int list_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of rows in items. DIALOG_LISTITEM * items is the list of items, contain tag, name, and optionally help strings (if dialog_vars.item_help is set). The initial selection state for each item is also in this list. const char * states This is a list of characters to display for the given states. Nor- mally a buildlist provides true (1) and false (0) values, which the widget displays as "*" and space, respectively. An application may set this parameter to an arbitrary null-terminated string. The widget determines the number of states from the length of this string, and will cycle through the corresponding display characters as the user presses the space-bar. int order_mode is reserved for future enhancements int * current_item The widget sets the referenced location to the index of the current display item (cursor) when it returns. dlg_button_count Count the buttons in the list. const char ** labels is a list of (pointers to) button labels terminated by a null pointer. dlg_button_key If a key was bound to one of the button-codes in dlg_result_key, fake a button-value and an "Cancel" key to cause the calling widget to return the corresponding status. See dlg_ok_buttoncode, which maps settings for ok/extra/help and button number into exit-code. dlg_button_layout Make sure there is enough space for the buttons by computing the width re- quired for their labels, adding margins and limiting based on the screen size. const char ** labels is a list of (pointers to) button labels terminated by a null pointer. int * limit the function sets the referenced limit to the width required for the buttons (limited by the screen size) if that is wider than the passed- in limit. dlg_button_sizes Compute the size of the button array in columns. const char ** labels is a list of (pointers to) button labels terminated by a null pointer. int vertical is true if the buttons are arranged in a column rather than a row. int * longest Return the total number of columns in the referenced location. int * length Return the longest button's columns in the referenced location. dlg_button_to_char Find the first uppercase character in the label, which we may use for an abbreviation. If the label is empty, return -1. If no uppercase character is found, return 0. Otherwise return the uppercase character. Normally dlg_draw_buttons and dlg_char_to_button use the first uppercase character. However, they keep track of all of the labels and if the first has already been used in another label, they will continue looking for an- other uppercase character. This function does not have enough information to make that check. const char * label is the label to test. dlg_button_x_step Compute the step-size needed between elements of the button array. const char ** labels is a list of (pointers to) button labels terminated by a null pointer. int limit is the maximum number of columns to allow for the buttons. int * gap store the nominal gap between buttons in the referenced location. This is constrained to be at least one. int * margin store the left+right total margins (for the list of buttons) in the referenced location. int * step store the step-size in the referenced location. dlg_calc_list_width Calculate the minimum width for the list, assuming none of the items are truncated. int item_no is the number of items. DIALOG_LISTITEM * items contains a name and text field, e.g., for checklists or radiobox lists. The function returns the sum of the widest columns needed for of each of these fields. If dialog_vars.no_items is set, the text fields in the list are ig- nored. dlg_calc_listh Calculate new height and list_height values. int * height on input, is the height without adding the list-height. On return, this contains the total list-height and is the actual widget's height. int * list_height on input, is the requested list-height. On return, this contains the number of rows available for displaying the list after taking into ac- count the screen size and the dialog_vars.begin_set and dia- log_vars.begin_y variables. int item_no is the number of items in the list. dlg_calc_listw This function is obsolete, provided for library-compatibility. It is re- placed by dlg_calc_list_width. int item_no is the number of items. char ** items is a list of character pointers. int group is the number of items in each group, e.g., the second array index. dlg_char_to_button Given a list of button labels, and a character which may be the abbrevia- tion for one, find it, if it exists. An abbreviation will be the first character which happens to be capitalized in the label. If the character is found, return its index within the list of labels. Otherwise, return DLG_EXIT_UNKNOWN. int ch is the character to find. const char ** labels is a list of (pointers to) button labels terminated by a null pointer. dlg_checklist This entrypoint provides the --checklist or --radiolist functionality with- out the limitations of cdialog's command-line syntax (compare to dia- log_checklist). const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int list_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of items. DIALOG_LISTITEM * items This is a list of the items to display in the checklist. const char * states This is a list of characters to display for the given states. Nor- mally a checklist provides true (1) and false (0) values, which the widget displays as "*" and space, respectively. An application may set this parameter to an arbitrary null-terminated string. The widget determines the number of states from the length of this string, and will cycle through the corresponding display characters as the user presses the space-bar. int flag This is should be one of FLAG_CHECK or FLAG_RADIO, depending on whether the widget should act as a checklist or radiobox. int * current_item The widget sets the referenced location to the index of the current display item (cursor) when it returns. dlg_check_scrolled given a function key (or other key that was mapped to a function key), check if it is one of the up/down scrolling functions: DLGK_PAGE_FIRST, DLGK_PAGE_LAST, DLGK_GRID_UP, DLGK_GRID_DOWN, DLGK_PAGE_PREV or DLGK_PAGE_NEXT. Some widgets use these key bindings for scrolling the prompt-text up and down, to allow for display in very small windows. The function returns 0 (zero) if it finds one of these keys, and -1 if not. int key is the function-key to check int last is the number of lines which would be used to display the scrolled prompt in an arbitrarily tall window. It is used here to check limits for the offset value. int page this is the available height for writing scrolled text, which is smaller than the window if it contains buttons. bool * show on return, holds TRUE if dlg_print_scrolled should be used to redis- play the prompt text. int * offset on entry, holds the starting line number (counting from zero) last used for dlg_print_scrolled. On return, holds the updated starting line number. dlg_clear Set window to the default cdialog screen attribute. This is set in the rc- file with screen_color. dlg_clr_result Free storage used for the result buffer (dialog_vars.input_result). The corresponding pointer is set to NULL. dlg_color_count Return the number of colors that can be configured in cdialog. dlg_color_setup Initialize the color pairs used in cdialog. dlg_count_argv Count the entries in an argument vector. argv Points to the argument vector. dlg_count_columns Returns the number of columns used for a string. This is not necessarily the number of bytes in a string. const char * string is the string to measure. dlg_count_real_columns Returns the number of columns used for a string, accounting for "\Z" se- quences which can be used for coloring the text if dialog_vars.colors is set. This is not necessarily the number of bytes in a string. const char * string is the string to measure. dlg_count_wchars Returns the number of wide-characters in the string. const char * string is the string to measure. dlg_create_rc Create a configuration file, i.e., write internal tables to a file which can be read back by cdialog as an rc-file. const char * filename is the name of the file to write to. dlg_ctl_size If dialog_vars.size_err is true, check if the given window size is too large to fit on the screen. If so, exit with an error reporting the size of the window. int height is the window's height int width is the window's width dlg_default_button If dialog_vars.default_button is positive, return the button-index for that button code, using dlg_ok_buttoncode to test indices starting with zero. Otherwise (or if no match was found for the button code), return zero. dlg_default_formitem If dialog_vars.default_item is not null, find that name by matching the name field in the list of form items. If found, return the index of that item in the list. Otherwise, return zero. DIALOG_FORMITEM * items is the list of items to search. It is terminated by an entry with a null name field. dlg_default_item This function is obsolete, provided for library-compatibility. It is re- placed by dlg_default_formitem and dlg_default_listitem. char ** items is the list of items to search. int llen is the number of items in each group, e.g., the second array index. dlg_defaultno_button If dialog_vars.defaultno is true, and dialog_vars.nocancel is not, find the button-index for the "Cancel" button. Otherwise, return the index for "OK" (always zero). dlg_del_window Remove a window, repainting everything else. WINDOW * win is the window to remove. dlg_der_window create a derived window, e.g., for an input area of a widget WINDOW * win is the parent window int height is the subwindow's height int width is the subwindow's width int y is the subwindow's top-row int x is the subwindow's left-column dlg_does_output This is called each time a widget is invoked which may do output. It in- crements dialog_state.output_count, so the output function in cdialog can test this and add a separator. dlg_draw_arrows Draw up/down arrows on a window, e.g., for scrollable lists. It calls dlg_draw_arrows2 using the menubox_color and menubox_border_color attrib- utes. WINDOW * dialog is the window on which to draw an arrow. int top_arrow is true if an up-arrow should be drawn at the top of the window. int bottom_arrow is true if an down-arrow should be drawn at the bottom of the window. int x is the zero-based column within the window on which to draw arrows. int top is the zero-based row within the window on which to draw up-arrows as well as a horizontal line to show the window's top. int bottom is the zero-based row within the window on which to draw down-arrows as well as a horizontal line to show the window's bottom. dlg_draw_arrows2 Draw up/down arrows on a window, e.g., for scrollable lists. WINDOW * dialog is the window on which to draw an arrow. int top_arrow is true if an up-arrow should be drawn at the top of the window. int bottom_arrow is true if an down-arrow should be drawn at the bottom of the window. int x is the zero-based column within the window on which to draw arrows. int top is the zero-based row within the window on which to draw up-arrows as well as a horizontal line to show the window's top. int bottom is the zero-based row within the window on which to draw down-arrows as well as a horizontal line to show the window's bottom. chtype attr is the window's background attribute. chtype borderattr is the window's border attribute. dlg_draw_bottom_box Draw a partial box at the bottom of a window, e.g., to surround a row of buttons. It is designed to merge with an existing box around the whole window (see dlg_draw_box), so it uses tee-elements rather than corner-ele- ments on the top corners of this box. WINDOW * win is the window to update. dlg_draw_bottom_box2 Draw a partial box at the bottom of a window, e.g., to surround a row of buttons. It is designed to merge with an existing box around the whole window (see dlg_draw_box2), so it uses tee-elements rather than corner-ele- ments on the top corners of this box. WINDOW * win is the window to update. chtype on_left is used to color the upper/left edges of the box, i.e., the tee-ele- ment and horizontal line chtype on_right is used to color the right edge of the box, i.e., the tee-element chtype on_inside is used to fill-color the inside of the box dlg_draw_box Draw a rectangular box with line drawing characters. WINDOW * win is the window to update. int y is the top row of the box. int x is the left column of the box. int height is the height of the box. int width is the width of the box. chtype boxchar is used to color the right/lower edges. It also is fill-color used for the box contents. chtype borderchar is used to color the upper/left edges. dlg_draw_box2 Draw a rectangular box with line drawing characters. WINDOW * win is the window to update. int y is the top row of the box. int x is the left column of the box. int height is the height of the box. int width is the width of the box. chtype boxchar is used to fill-color for the box contents. chtype borderchar is used to color the upper/left edges. chtype borderchar2 is used to color the right/lower edges. dlg_draw_buttons Print a list of buttons at the given position. WINDOW * win is the window to update. int y is the starting row. int x is the starting column. const char ** labels is a list of (pointers to) button labels terminated by a null pointer. int selected is the index within the list of the selected button. int vertical is true if the buttons are arranged in a column rather than a row. int limit is the number of columns (or rows if vertical) allowed for the dis- play. dlg_draw_helpline draw the text in dialog_vars.help_line at the bottom of the given window. WINDOW * dialog is the window to modify. bool decorations if true, allow room for the scrolling arrows. dlg_draw_scrollbar If dialog_state.use_scrollbar is set, draw a scrollbar on the right margin of windows holding scrollable data. Also (whether or not the scrollbar is drawn), annotate the bottom margin of the window with the percentage of data by the bottom of that window, and call dlg_draw_arrows2 to put markers on the window showing when more data is available. WINDOW * win is the window in which the data is scrolled. Because left, right, top, bottom are passed as parameters, this window can contain addi- tional data. long first_data is the zero-based index to the first row of data in the current win- dow. long this_data is the zero-based index to the current row of data. long next_data is the zero-based index to the next data after the current row. long total_data is the total number of rows of data. int left is the zero-based left margin/column of the window. The up/down ar- rows are draw inset by 5 columns from this point. int right is the zero-based right margin/column of the window. The scrollbar is drawn flush against this column. int top is the zero-based row within the window on which to draw up-arrows as well as a horizontal line to show the window's top. int bottom is the zero-based row within the window on which to draw down-arrows as well as a horizontal line to show the window's bottom. chtype attr is the window's background attribute. chtype borderattr is the window's border attribute. dlg_draw_shadow Draw shadows along the right and bottom edge of a window to give it a 3-di- mensional look. (The height, etc., may not be the same as the window's ac- tual values). WINDOW * win is the window to update. int height is the height of the window. int width is the width of the window. int y is the top row of the window. int x is the left column of the window. dlg_draw_title Draw a title centered at the top of the window. WINDOW * win is the window to update. const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. dlg_dummy_menutext This is a utility function which supports the --inputmenu option of the cdialog program. If dialog_vars.input_menu is set, dialog_menu passes this pointer to dlg_menu as the rename_menutext parameter. Otherwise, it passes dlg_dummy_menutext. The function should only return DLG_EXIT_ERROR. DIALOG_LISTITEM * items is the list of menu items int current is the index of the currently-selected item char * newtext is the updated text for the menu item dlg_dump_keys Write all user-defined key-bindings to the given stream, e.g., as part of dlg_create_rc. FILE * fp is the stream on which to write the bindings. dlg_dump_window_keys Write all user-defined key-bindings to the given stream, e.g., as part of dlg_create_rc. FILE * fp is the stream on which to write the bindings. WINDOW * win is the window for which bindings should be dumped. If it is null, then only built-in bindings are dumped. dlg_eat_argv Remove one or more items from an argument vector. int * argcp in/out parameter giving the length of the argument vector. char *** argvp in/out parameter pointing to the argument vector. int start starting index. int count number of arguments to remove. dlg_edit_offset Given the character-offset in the string, returns the display-offset where cdialog should position the cursor. In this context, "characters" may be multicolumn, since the string can be a multibyte character string. char * string is the string to analyze int offset is the character-offset int x_last is a limit on the column positions that can be used, e.g., the win- dow's size. dlg_edit_string Updates the string and character-offset, given various editing characters or literal characters which are inserted at the character-offset. Returns true if an editing change was made (and the display should be updated), and false if the key was something like KEY_ENTER, which is a non-editing ac- tion outside this function. char * string is the (multibyte) string to update int * offset is the character-offset int key is the editing key int fkey is true if the editing key is a function-key bool force is used in a special loop case by calling code to force the return value of this function when a function-key code 0 is passed in. dlg_exit Given an internal exit code, check if the corresponding environment vari- able is set. If so, remap the exit code to match the environment variable. Finally call exit with the resulting exit code. int code is the internal exit code, e.g., DLG_EXIT_OK, which may be remapped. The cdialog program uses this function to allow shell scripts to remap the exit codes so they can distinguish ESC from ERROR. dlg_exitcode2s Returns the name of an exit-code, e.g., "OK" for DLG_EXIT_OK. int code is an exit-code for cdialog as defined in <cdialog.h>. dlg_exitname2n Returns an exit-code as the reverse of dlg_exitcode2n, e.g., 0 (DLG_EXIT_OK) for the "OK" string. const char * name is the name of an exit-code for cdialog as defined in <cdialog.h> but omitting the "DLG_EXIT_" prefix. dlg_exit_buttoncode Map the given button index for dlg_exit_label into cdialog's exit-code. int button is the button index dlg_exit_label Return a list of button labels. If dialog_vars.extra_button is true, re- turn the result of dlg_ok_labels. Otherwise, return a list with the "Exit" label and (if dialog_vars.help_button is set) the "Help" button as well. dlg_exiterr Quit program killing all tailboxbg widgets. const char * fmt is the format of the printf-like message to write. ... are the variables to apply to the fmt format. dlg_find_index Given the character-offset to find in the list, return the corresponding array index. const int *list contains a list of character-offsets, i.e., indices into a string that denote the beginning of multibyte characters. int limit is the last index into list to search. int to_find is the character-offset to find. dlg_finish_string If DIALOG_STATE.finish_string is true, this function discards data used to speed up layout computations. const char * string is the address of the string whose data should be discarded. The ad- dress rather than contents is used as the unique identifier because some of the caching is used for editable input-fields. dlg_flush_getc Cancel the local data saved by dlg_last_getc. dlg_editbox This entrypoint provides the --editbox functionality without the limita- tions of cdialog's command-line syntax (compare to dialog_editbox). const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. char *** list is a pointer to an array of char * pointers. The array is allocated by the caller, and so are the strings to which it points. The dlg_ed- itbox function may reallocate the array and the strings. int * rows points to the nominal length of list. The referenced value is updated iflist is reallocated. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. dlg_form This entrypoint provides the --form functionality without the limitations of cdialog's command-line syntax (compare to dialog_form). const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int form_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of items. DIALOG_FORMITEM * items This is a list of the items to display in the form. int * current_item The widget sets the referenced location to the index of the current display item (cursor) when it returns. dlg_free_columns Free data allocated by dlg_align_columns. char **target This is the array which was reformatted. It points to the first string to free. int per_row This is the size of the struct for each row of the array. int num_rows This is the number of rows in the array. dlg_free_formitems Free memory owned by a list of DIALOG_FORMITEM's. DIALOG_FORMITEM * items is the list to free. dlg_free_gauge Remove the gauge widget from the screen and free its associated memory. void *objptr points to the gauge widget. dlg_getc Read a character from the given window. Handle repainting here (to sim- plify things in the calling application). Also, if input-callback(s) are set up, poll the corresponding files and handle the updates, e.g., for dis- playing a tailbox. Returns the key-code. WINDOW * win is the window within which to read. int * fkey as a side-effect, set this to true if the key-code is really a func- tion-key. dlg_getenv_num Get a number from the environment: * If the caller provides a pointer in the second parameter, return suc- cess/failure for the function return, and the actual value via the pointer. Use this for decoding arbitrary numbers, e.g., negative or zero. * If the caller does not provide a pointer, return the decoded value for the function-return. Use this when only values greater than zero are useful. char * name is the name of the environment-variable to retrieve. int * value is the optional pointer to a return-value. dlg_getenv_str Get a string from the environment, rejecting those which are entirely blank. char * name is the name of the environment-variable to retrieve. dlg_get_attrs extract the video attributes from the given window. WINDOW * win is the window from which to get attributes. dlg_getc_callbacks passes the given key-code ch to the current window that has established a callback. If the callback returns zero, remove it and try the next window. If no more callbacks remain, return. If any callbacks were found, return true, otherwise false. int ch is the key-code int fkey is true if the key is a function-key int * result is used to pass an exit-code to the caller, which should pass that via dlg_exit. dlg_index_columns Build a list of the display-columns for the given multibyte string's char- acters. const char * string is the string to analyze dlg_index_wchars Build an index of the wide-characters in the string, so the caller can eas- ily tell which byte-offset begins a given wide-character. const char * string is the string to analyze dlg_item_help Draw the string for the dialog_vars.item_help feature. const char * txt is the help-message dlg_keep_tite This performs the check and modifications for the command-line option "--keep-tite", used in init_dialog as well as for the command-line option --erase-on-exit. FILE * output is the output stream used for displaying widgets. It is either stdout or stderr, depending on the --stdout option. dlg_killall_bg If cdialog has callbacks active, purge the list of all that are not marked to keep in the background. If any remain, run those in a background process. int * retval stores the exit-code to pass back to the caller. dlg_last_getc returns the most recent character that was read via dlg_getc. dlg_limit_columns Given a column limit, count the number of wide characters that can fit into that limit. The offset is used to skip over a leading character that was already written. const char * string is the string to analyze int limit is the column limit int offset is the starting offset from which analysis should continue dlg_lookup_key Check for a key-binding. If there is no binding associated with the wid- get, it simply returns the given curses-key. Otherwise, it returns the re- sult of the binding WINDOW * win is the window on which the binding is checked int curses_key is the curses key-code int * dialog_key is the corresponding cdialog internal code (see DLG_KEYS_ENUM in dlg_key.h). dlg_max_input Limit the parameter according to dialog_vars.max_input int max_len is the value to limit. If it is less than or equal to zero, the re- turn value is the maximum value for dialog_vars.max_input. dlg_match_char Match a given character against the beginning of the string, ignoring case of the given character. The matching string must begin with an uppercase character. int ch is the character to check const char * string is the string to search dlg_menu This entrypoint provides the --menu functionality without the limitations of cdialog's command-line syntax (compare to dialog_menu). const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int menu_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of items. DIALOG_LISTITEM * items This is a list of the items to display in the form. int * current_item The widget sets the referenced location to the index of the current display item (cursor) when it returns. DIALOG_INPUTMENU rename_menutext If this is not dlg_dummy_menutext, the widget acts like an inputmenu widget, providing an extra "Rename" button, which activates an edit feature on the selected menu item. dlg_move_window Moves/resizes the given window to the given position and size. WINDOW *win is the window to move/resize. WINDOW *height is the height of the resized window. WINDOW *width is the width of the resized window. WINDOW *y y-ordinate to use for the repositioned window. WINDOW *x x-ordinate to use for the repositioned window. dlg_mouse_bigregion Retrieve the big-region under the pointer. int y is the row on which the mouse click occurred int x is the column on which the mouse click occurred dlg_mouse_free_regions Free the memory associated with mouse regions. dlg_mouse_mkbigregion Creates a region on which the mouse-clicks will return a specified code. int y is the top-row of the region. int x is the left-column of the region. int height is the height of the region. int width is the width of the region. int code is a code used to make the region unique within a widget int step_x is used in modes 2 (columns) and 3 (cells) to determine the width of a column/cell. int step_y is currently unused int mode is used to determine how the mouse position is translated into a code (like a function-key): 1 index by lines 2 index by columns 3 index by cells dlg_mouse_mkregion int y is the top-row of the region. int x is the left-column of the region. int height is the height of the region. int width is the width of the region. int code is a code used to make the region unique within a widget dlg_mouse_region Retrieve the frame under the mouse pointer int y is the row of the mouse-click int x is the column of the mouse-click dlg_mouse_setbase Sets a base for subsequent calls to dlg_mouse_mkregion, so they can make regions relative to the start of a given window. int x is the left-column for the base int y is the top-row for the base dlg_mouse_setcode Sets a value used internally by dlg_mouse_mkregion which is added to the code parameter. By providing different values, e.g., multiples of KEY_MAX, it is possible to support multiple "big" regions in a widget. The buildlist widget uses this feature to recognize mouse-clicks in the left/right panes. int code is the value to add to dlg_mouse_mkregion's code parameter. dlg_mouse_wgetch is a wrapper for dlg_getc which additionally maps mouse-clicks (if the curses library supports those) into extended function-keys which encode the position according to the mode in dlg_mouse_mkbigregion. Returns the cor- responding key-code. WINDOW * win is the window on which to perform the input int * fkey the referenced location is set to true if the key-code is an actual or extended (mouse) function-key. dlg_mouse_wgetch_nowait This is a non-blocking variant of dlg_mouse_wgetch. WINDOW * win is the window on which to perform the input int * fkey the referenced location is set to true if the key-code is an actual or extended (mouse) function-key. dlg_need_separator Check if an output-separator is needed. If dialog_vars.output_separator is set, return true. Otherwise, if dialog_vars.input_result is nonempty, re- turn true. If neither, return false. dlg_new_modal_window Create a modal window, optionally with a shadow. The shadow is created if dialog_state.use_shadow is true. WINDOW * parent is the parent window (usually the top-level window of a widget) int height is the window's height int width is the window's width int y is the window's top-row int x is the window's left-column dlg_new_window Create a window, optionally with a shadow. The shadow is created if dia- log_state.use_shadow is true. int height is the window's height int width is the window's width int y is the window's top-row int x is the window's left-column dlg_next_button Return the next index in the list of labels. const char ** labels is a list of (pointers to) button labels terminated by a null pointer. int button is the current button-index. dlg_next_ok_buttonindex Assuming that the caller is using dlg_ok_labels to list buttons, find the next index in the list of buttons. int current is the current index in the list of buttons int extra if negative, provides a way to enumerate extra active areas on the widget. dlg_ok_buttoncode Map the given button index for dlg_ok_labels into cdialog's exit-code. int button is the button-index (which is not necessarily the same as the index in the list of labels). dlg_ok_button_key Calls dlg_button_key with the "Cancel" button disabled, e.g., for the textbox widget. dlg_ok_label Returns a list with the "Ok" label, and if dialog_vars.help_button is true, the "Help" label as well. dlg_ok_labels Return a list of button labels for the OK/Cancel group of widgets. dlg_ordinate Decode the string as an integer, decrement if greater than zero to make a curses-ordinate from a dialog-ordinate. dlg_parse_bindkey Parse the parameters of the "bindkeys" configuration-file entry. This ex- pects widget name which may be "*", followed by curses key definition and then cdialog key definition. char * params is the parameter string to parse. dlg_parse_rc Parse the configuration file and set up variables. dlg_popen Open a pipe which ties the standard error and output together. The popen function captures only the standard output of a command. const char *command The shell command to run. const char *type Like popen, "r" is used to read, and "w" is used to write. dlg_prev_button Return the previous index in the list of labels. const char ** labels is a list of (pointers to) button labels terminated by a null pointer. int button is the current button index dlg_print_line Print one line of the prompt in the window within the limits of the speci- fied right margin. The line will end on a word boundary and a pointer to the start of the next line is returned, or a NULL pointer if the end of *prompt is reached. WINDOW *win is the window to update. chtype *attr holds the starting attributes, and is updated to reflect the final at- tributes applied to the string. const char *prompt is the string to print int lm is the left margin. int rm is the right margin int *x returns the ending x-ordinate. dlg_print_listitem This is a helper function used for the various "list" widgets, e.g., check- list, menu, buildlist, treeview. Each list-widget has "tag" and "descrip- tion" values for each item which can be displayed. If dialog_vars.no_tags is true, the "tag" value is not shown. The first character of the first value shown (tag or description) is highlighted to indicate that the widget will match it for quick navigation. WINDOW *win the window in which to display the text const char *text the value to display int climit the number of columns available for printing the text bool first true if this is the first call (for "tag" and "description"), and the first character of the value should be highlighted. int selected nonzero if the text should be displayed using the "selected" colors dlg_print_nowrap Print the line within the given width, without wrapping. Fill the remain- der of the width with spaces. WINDOW *win the window in which to display the text const char *lin the value to display int width the number of columns available for printing the text, including a margin. dlg_print_scrolled This is a wrapper for dlg_print_autowrap which allows the user to scroll too-long prompt text up/down. See dlg_check_scrolled for a function which updates the offset variable used as a parameter here. It complements this function; you need both. If pauseopt is set, this function returns an updated last parameter, needed for dlg_check_scrolled calls. WINDOW * win is the window to update. const char * prompt is the string to print int offset is the starting line-number to write wrapped text. int height is the available height for writing the wrapped text int width is the width that the wrapping should occur in int pauseopt is true if the extra functionality for scrolling should be enabled. If false, this calls dlg_print_autowrap without doing any scrolling. dlg_prev_ok_buttonindex Find the previous button index in the list from dlg_ok_labels. int current is the current index int extra if negative provides a way to enumerate extra active areas on the wid- get. dlg_print_autowrap Print a string of text in a window, automatically wrap around to the next line if the string is too long to fit on one line. Note that the string may contain embedded newlines. The text is written starting at the top of the window. WINDOW * win is the window to update. const char * prompt is the string to print int height is the nominal height the wrapped string is limited to int width is the width that the wrapping should occur in dlg_print_size If dialog_vars.print_siz is true, print the given height/width (from a wid- get) to dialog_state.output, e.g., Size: height, width. int height is the window's height int width is the window's width dlg_print_text Print up to cols columns from text, optionally rendering cdialog's escape sequences for attributes and color. WINDOW * win is the window to update. const char * txt is the string to print int col is the column limit chtype * attr holds the starting attributes, and is updated to reflect the final at- tributes applied to the string. dlg_progressbox implements the "--prgbox" and "--progressbox" options. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. If empty or null, no prompt is shown. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int pauseopt if true, an "OK" button will be shown, and the dialog will wait for it to complete. With an "OK" button, it is denoted a "programbox", with- out an "OK" button, it is denoted a "progressbox". FILE * fp is the file pointer, which may be a pipe or a regular file. dlg_put_backtitle Display the background title if dialog_vars.backtitle is non-null. The background title is shown at the top of the screen. dlg_reallocate_gauge Allocates or reallocates a gauge widget (see dlg_allocate_gauge). Use dlg_update_gauge to display the result. void ** objptr If the pointer referenced by this parameter is null, the function cre- ates a new gauge widget using dlg_allocate_gauge. Otherwise, it up- dates the title and cprompt values, reusing the window from the previ- ous call on this function. As a side-effect, the function stores the updated object-pointer via the objptr parameter. const char * title is the title string to display at the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is adjusted to use the available screen size. int percent is the percentage to show in the progress bar. dlg_register_buttons The widget developer should call this function after dlg_register_window, for the list of button labels associated with the widget. One may bind a key to a button, e.g., "OK" for DLGK_OK, WINDOW * win is the window with which to associate the buttons const char * name is the widget's binding name (usually the name of the widget). const char ** buttons is the list of buttons dlg_register_window For a given named widget's window, associate a binding table. WINDOW * win is the window with which to associate the buttons const char * name is the widget's binding name (usually the name of the widget). DLG_KEYS_BINDING * binding is the binding table dlg_remove_callback Remove a callback. DIALOG_CALLBACK * p contains the callback information. dlg_renamed_menutext This is a utility function which supports the --inputmenu option of the cdialog program. If dialog_vars.input_menu is set, dialog_menu passes this pointer to dlg_menu as the rename_menutext parameter. Otherwise, it passes dlg_dummy_menutext. The function should add "RENAMED" to dialog_vars.input_result , followed by the menu item's name and the newtext value (with a space separating the three items), and return DLG_EXIT_EXTRA. DIALOG_LISTITEM * items is the list of menu items int current is the index of the currently-selected item char * newtext is the updated text for the menu item dlg_reset_timeout Calls wtimeout with the value saved for a window in the last call to dlg_set_timeout. dlg_restore_vars Restore cdialog's variables from the given variable (see dialog_save_vars). DIALOG_VARS * save is the variable from which to restore. The DIALOG_VARS.input_length and DIALOG_VARS.input_result members are treated specially, since these are used by a widget to pass data to the caller. They are not modified by this function. dlg_result_key Test a cdialog internal keycode to see if it corresponds to one of the push buttons on the widget such as "OK". This is only useful if there are user- defined key bindings, since there are no built-in bindings that map di- rectly to DLGK_OK, etc. Return true if a mapping was done. int dialog_key is the cdialog key to test int fkey is true if this is a function key int * resultp store the result of the mapping in the referenced location. dlg_save_vars Save cdialog's variables into the given variable (see dlg_restore_vars). DIALOG_VARS * save is the variable into which to save. dlg_set_focus Set focus on the given window, making it display above other windows on the screen. WINDOW * parent is the parent window (usually the top-level window of a widget) WINDOW * win is the window on which to place focus (usually a subwindow of a wid- get) dlg_set_result Setup a fixed-buffer for the result in dialog_vars.input_result const char * string is the new contents for the result dlg_set_timeout Calls wtimeout to establish a preferred timeout for nonblocking reads, e.g., to allow the gauge widget to handle window-resizing events. The dlg_may_resize function temporarily overrides this value, to allow it to skip over the error codes returned while the ncurses library processes win- dow-resizing events. It restores the value established in this call by calling dlg_restore_timeout. WINDOW * win is the window whose input-timeout should be set bool will_getc is true if the widget is expected to read keyboard characters. Some (such as the gauge widget) do not. dlg_show_string Displays the string, shifted as necessary, to fit within the box and show the current character-offset. WINDOW * win is the window within which to display const char * string is the string to display int offset is the starting (character, not bytes) offset chtype attr is the window attribute to use for the string int y_base beginning row on screen int x_base beginning column on screen int x_last number of columns on screen bool hidden if true, do not echo input bool force if true, force repaint dlg_strclone duplicate the string, like strdup. const char * cprompt is the string to duplicate dlg_strcmp compare two strings, ignoring case. const char * a is one string const char * b is the other string dlg_string_to_argv Convert a string to an argument vector returning an index (which must be freed by the caller). The string is modified: * Blanks between arguments are replaced by nulls. * Normally arguments are separated by blanks; however you can double- quote an argument to enclose blanks. The surrounding double-quotes are removed from the string. * A backslash preceding a double-quote within double-quotes is removed. * A backslash preceding a newline outside double-quotes is removed. * Except for special cases, backslashes are preserved in the strings, since other cdialog functions interpret backslashes, e.g., for colors. char *blob is the string to convert. dlg_sub_window create a subwindow, e.g., for an input area of a widget WINDOW * win is the parent window int height is the subwindow's height int width is the subwindow's width int y is the subwindow's top-row int x is the subwindow's left-column dlg_tab_correct_str If the dialog_vars.tab_correct is true, convert tabs to single spaces. Re- turn the converted result. The caller is responsible for freeing the string. char * prompt is the string to convert dlg_trace If the parameter is non-null, opens a trace file with that name and stores the file pointer in dialog_state.trace. dlg_trace_2n logs a numeric value as a comment. char * name is the name to log in the comment. int value is the value to log in the comment. dlg_trace_2s logs a string value as a comment. If the value contains embedded newlines, the comment is continued with "#+" markers. char * name is the name to log in the comment. int value is the value to log in the comment. dlg_trace_chr If dialog_state.trace is set, translate the parameters into a printable representation, log it on a "chr" line. int ch is the nominal keycode value. int fkey is nonzero if the value is really a function key. Some of these may be values declared in the DLG_KEYS_ENUM. dlg_trace_msg Write a formatted message to the trace file. const char * fmt is the format of the printf-like message to write. ... are the variables to apply to the fmt format. Use the DLG_TRACE macro for portability, in case the trace feature is not compiled into the library. It uses an extra level of parentheses to work with a variable number of parameters, e.g., DLG_TRACE(("this is dialog version %s\n", dialog_version())); dlg_trace_va_msg Write a formatted message to the trace file. const char *fmt is the format of the printf-like message to write. va_list ap are the variables to apply to the fmt format. This is used in dlg_exiterr to capture error messages in the trace file: va_start(ap, fmt); dlg_trace_msg("## Error: "); dlg_trace_va_msg(fmt, ap); va_end(ap); Unlike dlg_trace_msg, an extra macro is not needed. dlg_ttysize Returns the screensize without using curses. That allows the function to be used before initializing the screen. dlg_trace_win If dialog_state.trace is set, log a printable picture of the given window. dlg_treeview This is an alternate interface to 'treeview' which allows the application to read the list item states back directly without putting them in the out- put buffer. const char * title is the title on the top of the widget. const char * cprompt is the prompt text shown within the widget. int height is the desired height of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int width is the desired width of the box. If zero, the height is based on the screen size. int list_height is the minimum height to reserve for displaying the list. If zero, it is computed based on the given height and width. int item_no is the number of rows in items. DIALOG_LISTITEM * items is the list of items, contain tag, name, and optionally help strings (if dialog_vars.item_help is set). The initial selection state for each item is also in this list. const char * states This is a list of characters to display for the given states. Nor- mally a buildlist provides true (1) and false (0) values, which the widget displays as "*" and space, respectively. An application may set this parameter to an arbitrary null-terminated string. The widget determines the number of states from the length of this string, and will cycle through the corresponding display characters as the user presses the space-bar. int * depths This is a list of depths of each item in the tree. It is a separate parameter from items to allow reuse of the existing functions. int flag is either FLAG_CHECK, for checklists (multiple selections), or FLAG_RADIO for radiolists (a single selection). int * current_item The widget sets the referenced location to the index of the current display item (cursor) when it returns. dlg_trim_string The cdialog program uses this in each widget to adjust the message string, which may contain the newline character (referred to as '\n') and/or the special substring "\n" (which can be translated into a newline character). There are several optional features: * Unless dialog_vars.nocollapse is set, each tab is converted to a space before other processing. * If dialog_vars.no_nl_expand is not set, and the string has "\n" sub- strings: * The function changes embedded "\n" substrings to '\n' characters. The function preserves extra spaces after these substitutions. For instance, spaces following a newline (substring or character) are preserved to use as an indentation. * If dialog_vars.cr_wrap is set, the function preserves '\n' newline characters. Otherwise, each '\n' newline character is converted to a space. * Otherwise, if dialog_vars.trim_whitespace is set: * This function strips all extra spaces to simplify justification. * If dialog_vars.cr_wrap is set, the function preserves '\n' newline characters. Otherwise, each '\n' newline character is converted to a space. * Finally (if dialog_vars.no_nl_expand is set, or the string does not contain "\n" substrings, and dialog_vars.trim_whitespace is not set): * Unless dialog_vars.nocollapse is set, sequences of spaces are re- duced to a single space. char * src is the string to trim dlg_unregister_window Remove the bindings for a given window. WINDOW * win is the window from which to remove bindings dlg_update_gauge Update a gauge widget to show a different percentage value. void *objptr points to the gauge object to update. int percent is the new percentage value to display. dlg_will_resize This filters out bursts of KEY_RESIZE values. Call this after dlg_getc re- turns KEY_RESIZE, to improve performance. dlg_yes_buttoncode Map the given button index for dlg_yes_labels into cdialog's exit-code. int button is the button index dlg_yes_labels Return a list of buttons for Yes/No labels. end_dialog End use of cdialog functions. init_dialog Do some initialization for cdialog. FILE *input is the real tty input of cdialog. Usually it is the standard input, but if --input-fd option is used, it may be anything. FILE *output is where cdialog will send its result. Usually it is the standard er- ror, but if --stdout or --output-fd is used, it may be anything. AUTHORS Thomas E. Dickey SEE ALSO cdialog(1). 2025-12-22 CDIALOG()
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | DEFINITIONS | DATA STRUCTURES | DIALOG_STATE | DIALOG_VARS | WIDGETS | UTILITY FUNCTIONS | AUTHORS | SEE ALSO
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