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     <th>--calenda</th>
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     <th>--calendar</th>
 
     <td>Display calendar dialog</td>
 
     <td>Display calendar dialog</td>
 
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     <th></th>
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     <th>--error</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display error dialog</td>
 
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  </tr>
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
     <th></th>
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     <th>--file-selection</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display file selection dialog</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
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  <tr>
     <th></th>
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     <th>--info</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display info dialog</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
  <tr>
 
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     <th></th>
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     <th>--list</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display list dialog</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
     <th></th>
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     <th>--notification</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display notification icon</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
     <th></th>
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     <th>--progress</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display progress indication dialog</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
     <th></th>
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     <th>--question</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display question dialog</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
     <th></th>
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     <th>--text-info</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display text information dialog</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
       <tr>
 
       <tr>
     <th></th>
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     <th>--warning</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display warning dialog</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
     <th></th>
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     <th>--scale</th>
     <td></td>
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     <td>Display scale dialog</td>
 
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  </tr>
 
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      --error
 
              Display error dialog
 
 
      --file-selection
 
              Display file selection dialog
 
 
      --info Display info dialog
 
 
      --list Display list dialog
 
 
      --notification
 
              Display notification icon
 
 
      --progress
 
              Display progress indication dialog
 
 
      --question
 
              Display question dialog
 
 
      --text-info
 
              Display text information dialog
 
 
      --warning
 
              Display warning dialog
 
 
      --scale
 
              Display scale dialog
 

Revision as of 12:03, 27 January 2010

Definition of Zenity

Zenity is a Linux / Unix command that uses dialog boxes to make shell script more graphical to end-users.

Here is a link to the Wikipedia definition of the Zenity command: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenity

Features of Zenity

There are many different types of dialog boxes that the Zenity command can create. The following is a table that uses options (starting with -- symbol immediately followed by a word to indicate the type dialog box to create:

--calendar Display calendar dialog
--entry Display text entry dialog
--error Display error dialog
--file-selection Display file selection dialog
--info Display info dialog
--list Display list dialog
--notification Display notification icon
--progress Display progress indication dialog
--question Display question dialog
--text-info Display text information dialog
--warning Display warning dialog
--scale Display scale dialog