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:
- arg
-
Arguments - depending on main option
Generic options:
- --help
-
Show help about 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
- --
-
End of options
Qt options:
- --display displayname
-
Use the X-server display displayname.
- --session sessionId
-
Restore the application for the given sessionId.
- --cmap
-
Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display.
- --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.
- --sync
-
switches to synchronous mode for debugging.
- --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 <[email protected]>, Nick Thompson, Nick Thompson, Matthias Hoelzer <[email protected]> and David Gumbel <[email protected]>.
Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the authors directly.
This manual page was prepared by Karolina Lindqvist <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).