1.0.3¶ ↑

• Added accessor rc_file. It specifies the DIALOGRC file to use. Default is $HOME/.dialogrc

• Added accessor cancel_label. It specifies the label to use for the 'Cancel' button.

• Added accessor yes_label. It specifies the label to use for the 'Yes' button.

• Added accessor no_label. It specifies the label to use for the 'No' button.

• Added accessor help_button. It specifies that a help button should be added to the dialog.

• Added accessor help_label. It specifies the label to use for the 'Help' button.

• Added accessor extra_button. It specifies that an extra button should be added to the dialog.

• Added accessor extra_label. It specifies the label to use for the 'Extra' button.

• Fully implemented @exit_code. The @exit_code variable wasn't being set on all dialog styles.

1.0.2¶ ↑

• Added accessor notags. It can be used with checklist for example. The default value is false.

dialog = MRDialog.new() dialog.notags = true * Added accessor dialog_options. It can be used to pass any valid dialog option. man dialog and look at the OPTIONS section. It is the caller's responsibily to specify correct options, no validation will be done. Example:

dialog = MRDialog.new()
dialog.dialog_options = "--no-tags"

This ia exactly same as dialog.notags = true

(Apr-16-2016 )

1.0.1¶ ↑

• Jeweler support for making the gem.

Implemented methods for:

• 'buildlist' (--buildlist)

• 'editbox' (--editbox)

• 'form' (--form)

• 'gauge' (--gauge). Thanks to Mike Morgan.

• 'mixedform' (--mixedform)

• 'passwordform' (--mixedform)

• 'pause' (--pasue)

• 'prgbox' (--prgbox)

• 'progressbox' (--progressbox)

• 'progambox' (--programbox)

• 'treeview' (--treeview)

• Added accessors: “logger”, “clear”, “ok_label <label>”, “insecure”, “ascii_lines”

• Added methods to check dialog's exit code dialog_ok, dialog_cancel, dialog_help, dialog_extra, dialog_item_help, dialog_esc

Implemented examples for:

• buildlist

• calendar

• checklist

• editbox

• form

• fselect

• gauge

• infobox

• inputbox

• menu

• msgbox

• passwordbox

• pause

• prgbox

• progressbox

• programbox

• radiolist

• timebox

• treeview

• yesno

Note: The examples use Struct class, making the examples clean and easy to understand.

bug fixes:¶ ↑

• raise exception if 'dialog' program is not found.

• title in the option string was not quoted

• timebox syntax is different now. etc..

– muquit@muquit.com , Apr-05-2014, first cut

0.5.0¶ ↑

• original base code