---
name: "nxdialog"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nxdialog"
version: "2:3.5.99.27-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nxdialog"
---

# nxdialog(1)

NX Dialog Helper

## NAME

nxdialog - NX Dialog Helper

## SYNOPSIS

**nxdialog** *\[-h\] \[--dialog DIALOG\_TYPE\] \[--message TEXT\]*\
          *\[--caption CAPTION\] \[--display DISPLAY\] \[--parent AGENTPID\]*\
          *\[--window WINDOW\] \[--class DLGCLASS\] \[--local\]*\
          *\[--allowmultiple\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**nxdialog** is a GUI helper that can be used with nxagent to provide user interaction on certain events inside nxagent. It adds graphical widgets (menus, dialog boxes, etc.) to nxagent that allow a smarter user interaction with the agent.

**nxagent** is not using **nxdialog** by default, set the *$NX\_CLIENT* environment variable to make the **nxdialog** path known to **nxagent**.

If you want to disable **nxdialog** usage in **nxagent**, then make sure that the *$NX\_CLIENT* environment variable is unset.

## COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show this help message and exit.

- **--dialog DIALOG\_TYPE**

  Type of dialog to show, one of "yesno", "ok", "error", "panic", "quit", "pulldown", "yesnosuspend".

- **--message *TEXT***

  Message text to display in the dialog.

- **--caption CAPTION**

  Window title of the dialog.

- **--display DISPLAY**

  X11 display where the dialog should be shown (default: *$DISPLAY*).

- **--parent AGENTPID**

  PID of the nxagent. The agent PID can be 0 for testing **nxdialog**.

- **--window WINDOW**

  X11 id of window where to embed the pulldown dialog type.

- **--class DLGCLASS**

  Class of the message (info, warning, error) default: info) \[currently unimplemented\].

- **--local**

  Specify that proxy mode is used \[currently unimplemented\].

- **--allowmultiple**

  Allow launching more than one dialog with the same message \[currently unimplemented\].

## AUTHOR

The **nxdialog** application has been derived from Google's NeatX client application by Ulrich Sibiller \<uli42@gmx.de\>.

This manual has been written by Mike Gabriel \<mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de\> for the X2Go Project (https://wiki.x2go.org) and the Arctica Project (https://arctica-project.org).