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NAME

kdialog − Show KDE dialog boxes from shell scripts

SYNOPSIS

kdialog [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] [arg]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the kdialog KDE Application. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

kdialog allows to display dialog boxes from shell scripts. The syntax is very much inspired from the dialog command (which shows text mode dialogs).

OPTIONS

−−yesno text

Question message box with yes/no buttons

−−yesnocancel text

Question message box with yes/no/cancel buttons

−−warningyesno text

Warning message box with yes/no buttons

−−warningcontinuecancel text

Warning message box with continue/cancel buttons

−−warningyesnocancel text

Warning message box with yes/no/cancel buttons

−−sorry text

’Sorry’ message box

−−error text

’Error’ message box

−−msgbox text

Message Box dialog

−−inputbox text init

Input Box dialog

−−password text

Password dialog

−−textbox file [width] [height]

Text Box dialog

−−menu text [tag item] [tag item] ...

Menu dialog

−−checklist text [tag item status] ...

Check List dialog

−−radiolist text [tag item status] ...

Radio List dialog

−−title text

Dialog title

−−separate−output

Return list items on separate lines (for checklist option)

Arguments:

Generic options:

−−help−qt

Show Qt specific options

−−help−kde

Show KDE specific options

−−help−all

Show all options

−−author

Show author information

−v, −−version

Show version information

−−license

Show license information

Qt options:
−−display displayname

Use the X-server display displayname.

−−session sessionId

Restore the application for the given sessionId.

−−ncols count

Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification.

−−nograb

tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard.

−−dograb

running under a debugger can cause an implicit −nograb, use −dograb to override.

−−fn, −−font fontname

defines the application font.

-−bg, −−background color

sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated).

−−fg, −−foreground color

sets the default foreground color.

−−btn,−−button color

sets the default button color.

−−name name

sets the application name.

−−title title

sets the application title (caption).

−−visual TrueColor

forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display.

−−inputstyle inputstyle

sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespotandroot.

−−im XIM-server

set XIM server.

−−noxim

disable XIM.

−−reverse

mirrors the whole layout of widgets.

KDE options:
−−caption caption

Use caption as name in the titlebar.

−−icon icon

Use icon as the application icon.

−−miniicon icon

Use icon as the icon in the titlebar.

−−config filename

Use alternative configuration file.

−−dcopserver server

Use the DCOP Server specified by server.

−−nocrashhandler

Disable crash handler, to get core dumps.

−−waitforwm

Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager.

−−style style

sets the application GUI style.

−−geometry geometry

sets the client geometry of the main widget.

AUTHOR

KDialog was written by David Faure <faure [AT] kde.org>, Nick Thompson, Nick Thompson, Matthias Hoelzer <hoelzer [AT] kde.org> and David Gumbel <david.guembel [AT] gmx.net>.
Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the authors directly.
This manual page was prepared by Karolina Lindqvist <pgd−karolinali [AT] algonet.se> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).