Draft:Yet Another Dialog

Yet Another Dialog
Yet Another Dialog
	Yet Another Dialog Test Program
Developer(s)	Victor Ananjevsky
Initial release	November 2009
Repository	https://github.com/v1cont/yad
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like
License	GNU General Public License 3.0
Website	https://github.com/v1cont/yad

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Yet Another Dialog, abbreviated as YAD is a free software program that allows usage of GUI dialogs in shell scripts. It is a more advanced version of Zenity and contains more types of dialogs and more custom buttons. The program is written in GTK, just like Zenity. It allows the execution of GTK dialog boxes in shell scripts.

Description

Similarly to the utilities whiptail, dialog, and zenity, YAD allows the creation of GUI in shell scripts with great ease, though it has a bit lower functionality than full-fledged GTK. ^[3] It follows the usual GNU command line syntax, by using two dashes for options (--), and includes a wide range of features that enables user-friendly interfaces in shell scripts.

Platform Compatibility

YAD is mainly designed for Unix-like systems, but there are have been other ways found. Users have built it in custom ways by using WebKit to enable yad --html dialogs. Some have used GtkSourceView for syntax highlighting in their programs which include display of source code.^[4]

Examples

Dialog Test Program

yad --text="Yet Another Dialog" --title="YAD"

App Selection Dialog

APP = $(yad --app --button="Extra Custom Button")
yad --title="The app you clicked" --text="$APP"

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References

[1] ttps://github.com/v1cont

[2] ttps://github.com/v1cont/yad/blob/master/ChangeLog.old

[3] yad-guide.ingk.se

[4] ttps://yad-guide.ingk.se/settings/settings.html#_sourceview

[5] ttps://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/yad/yad.1.en#app

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