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Newbe
Newbe

Reputation: 127

How do you open a file in gtkdialog using bash

I am attempting to open a config file for editing with geany by pressing a button within a gtkdialog form. I am new to bash and gtkdialog but would appreciate a push in the right direction. 

#! /bin/bash

processconfig () {

    geany config

}
export script='
<vbox>
<hbox>
<button>
  <input file>settings_VV_small.png</input>
  <variable>button1</variable>
</button>                    
</hbox>
</vbox>    
'

I=$IFS;
IFS='
'
for STATEMENTS in  $(gtkdialog --program=script); do
      eval $STATEMENTS
done 

if [[ $BUTTON1 == "true" ]]

    then
        echo "Opening Config File"
        processconfig 
    fi


IFS=$I

[ $EXIT = sure ]

Upvotes: 0

Views: 581

Answers (2)

George Vasiliou
George Vasiliou

Reputation: 6335

I don't know what is your Linux Distribution, but gtkdialog in Debian is no longer available and has been removed from Debian at 2009 with reason "unmaintained, better alternatives libraries".

Talking about "better alternatives" nowdays we have yad (apt-get install yad) , which is a fork of zenity but much more advanced.

As a result, your whole script can be replaced by two lines:

$ filetoopen=$(yad --file)
$ geany ""$filetoopen"

Studying the yad man pages, you will find million of options to tweak this gtk tool and customize your dialogs.

You can have an idea about yad dialogs here: http://smokey01.com/yad/

Upvotes: 1

Newbe
Newbe

Reputation: 127

Solved it. 

if [ "$EXIT" = "OK" ]; then
 echo "Opening Config File"
        processconfig 
else
 echo "You pressed the Cancel button." 
fi

Upvotes: 1

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