# BSDDialog 0.3

This project provides **bsddialog** and **libbsddialog**, an utility
and a library to build scripts and tools with TUI dialogs and widgets.


## Intro

Briefly:
<https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2021-04-2021-06/bsddialog/>

Utility:
<https://alfonsosiciliano.gitlab.io/posts/2021-12-07-bsddialog.html>

Library:
<https://alfonsosiciliano.gitlab.io/posts/2022-01-16-libbsddialog.html>

Screenshots:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/alfonsosiciliano/albums/72157720215006074>


## Getting Started

FreeBSD:

```
% git clone https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog.git
% cd bsddialog
% make
% ./bsddialog --msgbox "Hello World!" 8 20
```

Linux:

```
% git clone https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog.git
% cd bsddialog
% make -f GNUMakefile
% ./bsddialog --msgbox "Hello World!" 8 20
```

Output:

![screenshot](screenshot.png)


## Utility

**Dialogs:**

--checklist, --datebox, --form, --gauge, --inputbox, --menu, --mixedform,
--mixedgauge, --msgbox, --passwordbox, --passwordform, --pause, --radiolist,
--rangebox, --textbox, --timebox, --treeview, --yesno.

**Manual**

 - [bsddialog(1)](https://alfonsosiciliano.gitlab.io/posts/2022-01-26-manual-bsddialog.html)


**Examples**:

```
% ./bsddialog --backtitle "TITLE" --title msgbox --msgbox "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --theme blackwhite --title msgbox --msgbox "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --begin-y 2 --default-no --title yesno --yesno "Hello World!" 5 30
% ./bsddialog --ascii-lines --pause "Hello World!" 8 50 10
% ./bsddialog --checklist "Space to select" 0 0 0 Name1 Desc1 off Name2 Desc2 on
% ./bsddialog --title yesno --hline "bsddialog" --yesno "Hello World!" 5 25
% ./bsddialog --extra-button --help-button --yesno "Hello World!" 0 0
```

and [Examples](https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog/-/tree/main/examples_utility)
in the _Public Domain_ to build new projects:
```
% sh ./examples_utility/checklist.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/form.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/gauge.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/infobox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/inputbox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/menu.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/mixedform.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/mixedgauge.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/msgbox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/passwordbox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/passwordform.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/pause.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/radiolist.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/timebox.sh
% sh ./examples_utility/yesno.sh
```

## Library

**API**

 - [bsddialog.h](https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog/-/blob/main/lib/bsddialog.h)
 - [bsddialog\_theme.h](https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog/-/blob/main/lib/bsddialog_theme.h)


**Manual**

 - [bsddialog(3)](https://alfonsosiciliano.gitlab.io/posts/2022-01-15-manual-libbsddialog.html)


**Examples**:

[Examples](https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog/-/tree/main/examples_library)
in the _Public Domain_ to build new projects:
```
% cd examples_library
% sh compile
% ./checklist
% ./datebox
% ./form
% ./infobox
% ./menu
% ./mixedlist
% ./msgbox
% ./pause
% ./radiolist
% ./rangebox
% ./theme
% ./timebox
% ./yesno
```


## TODO and Ideas
 
 - menubar feature
 - key callback
 - Right-To-Left text