The bsddialog project provides bsddialog and libbsddialog, an utility and a library to build TUI dialogs and widgets.
The version 1.0 is out!
% git clone https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog.git
% cd bsddialog
% make
% ./bsddialog --msgbox "`./bsddialog --version`" 0 0
Version 1.0 Highlights
New features: dynamic exit codes, new environments variables, generic buttons, startup theme file, --datebox-format d/m/y | m/d/y | y/m/d, other escapes for --text-escape, comments in --save-theme output file.
Important changes: --generic-button1 -> --right1-button, --generic-button2 -> right2-button, --no-names and --no-descriptions mutually exclusive.
The library has some API change (see CHANGELOG), feel free to contact me for any explanation.
CHANGELOG:
2023-08-01 Version 1.0
Utility:
* add: comments to --save-theme output file.
* add: blink, halfbright, highlight to --save-theme and --load-theme.
* add: theme.menu.[f_]prefixcolor to --save-theme and --load-theme.
* add: --datebox-format <d/m/y|m/d/y|y/m/d> to set --datebox UI.
* add: --help-print-items (--help-status becomes alias).
* add: --text-escape (--colors becomes alias).
* add: new escapes \Zd, \Zk, \Zs, \ZD, \ZK, \ZS, for --text-escape.
* add: env NO_COLOR, to set blackwhite theme.
* add: $HOME/.bsddialog.conf startup theme file.
* add: env BSDDIALOG_THEMEFILE startup theme file.
* add: --left1-button <label>.
* add: --left2-button <label>.
* add: --left3-button <label>.
* add: --right1-button <label>.
* add: --right2-button <label>.
* add: --right3-button <label>.
* add: dynamic exit codes.
- add: --error-exit-code.
- add: --ok-exit-code.
- add: --cancel-exit-code.
- add: --help-exit-code.
- add: --extra-exit-code.
- add: --timeout-exit-code.
- add: --esc-exit-code.
- add: --left1-exit-code.
- add: --left2-exit-code.
- add: --left3-exit-code.
- add: --right1-exit-code.
- add: --right2-exit-code.
- add: --right3-exit-code.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_ERROR.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_OK.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_CANCEL.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_HELP.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_EXTRA.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_TIMEOUT.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_ESC.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_LEFT1.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_LEFT2.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_LEFT3.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_RIGHT1.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_RIGHT2.
- add: env BSDDIALOG_RIGHT3.
* add: undocumented envs for bsdconfig(8) compatibility.
- env BSDDIALOG_COMPATRC for use_shadow setting.
- env BSDDIALOG_ITEM_HELP to add/set exit code.
* change: rename themes --theme <3d|blackwhite|flat>.
* change: --no-names and --no-descriptions mutually exclusive (via lia).
* change: quote only checklist output items if necessary. Previously
also radiolist item.
* change: dialogs with user input print always values except with ERROR,
ESC, Cancel. Previously the situation was quite heterogeneous.
* improve: DIAGNOSTIC messages adding fmt string errors.
* improve: disable theme setting (opt and env) with no-color terminals.
* improve: menus on|off status (strcasecmp, diagnostic, real off check).
* improve: --bikeshed with button delimiter and --date-format.
* improve: --textbox accepts button options.
* improve: Forms with Help button.
- print "HELP" (like menus).
- accept --help-list-items.
- accept --help-print-name.
* fix: --load-theme attributes.
* fix: --clear-screen with --and-dialog.
* delete: --theme <bsddialog> (partially implemented).
* delete: --esc-return-cancel (replaced by new env and option).
* delete: --generic-button1 (replaced by --right1-button).
* delete: --generic-button2 (replaced by --right2-button).
* refactor: modularize in more files (main, cli, builders, theme).
Library:
* add: bsddialog_inmode().
* add: bsddialog_clear(y) for utility --clear-screen.
* add: bsddialog_refresh() for utility terminal mode options.
* add: conf.date.format="d/m/y"|"m/d/y"|"y/m/d" to customize
bsddialog_datebox() UI (boxes) with a date format.
* add: 'const char *end' to bsddialog_gauge().
* add: draw focus on the shortcut-key-selected button at exit.
* add: escapes for conf.text.highlight \Zd, \Zk, \Zs, \ZD, \ZK, \ZS.
* add: other theme flags.
- BSDDIALOG_BLINK.
- BSDDIALOG_HALFBRIGHT.
- BSDDIALOG_HIGHLIGHT.
* add: generic buttons.
- conf.button.left1_label, BSDDIALOG_LEFT1 return value.
- conf.button.left2_label, BSDDIALOG_LEFT2 return value.
- conf.button.left3_label, BSDDIALOG_LEFT3 return value.
- conf.button.right1.label, BSDDIALOG_RIGHT1 return value.
- conf.button.right2.label, BSDDIALOG_RIGHT2 return value.
- conf.button.right3.label, BSDDIALOG_RIGHT3 return value.
* add: unused bsddialog_menugroup.min_on for future features.
* add: theme.menu.f_prefixcolor and theme.menu.prefixcolor.
* improve: check (when possible) API pointers.
* improve: circolar buttons with left and right keys for msgbox, yesno,
menus, rangebox and pause.
* improve: bsddialog_textbox() handles conf.buttons.
* improve: bsddialog_datebox() a box change affects the others as well.
* improve: bsddialog_geterror() with fmt strings.
* change: API NULL strings handled like "", except gauge *sep and *end.
* change: menus and form less restrictive with text, hide text with
little screens (same behavior as other dialogs).
* change: mixedgauge BSDDIALOG_MG_BLANK does not draw minibar but prints
minilabel. The change allows mixedgauge to add sections. To restore
the previous behavior setting minilabel to "".
* change: check/set bsddialog_gauge() perc max 100.
* change: check/set bsddialog_mixedgauge() mainperc max 100.
* change: conf.menu.no_name and conf.menu.no_desc mutually exclusive.
* change: bsddialog_pause() sec -> *sec to know remaining time at exit.
* change: add *focusitem to bsddialog_form() like menus.
* change: "pointer" values are always set except when BSDDIALOG_ERROR
occurs. Examples *yy/*mm/*ss, rangebox *value.
- delete conf.menu.on_without_ok.
- delete conf.form.value_without_ok.
* rename: conf.text.highlight -> conf.text.escape.
* rename: theme.menu.namesepcolor -> theme.menu.sepnamecolor.
* rename: theme.menu.descsepcolor -> theme.menu.sepdesccolor.
* fix: bsddialog_pause() elevation bar after resize.
* fix: bsddialog_textbox() key '0'.
* fix: timebox.c checksize (boxes width).
* fix: extend menurows after shrink and enlarge.
* fix: menu pad and form pad "re-expansion" after shrink and enlarge.
* fix: shadow top-left corner (trick wresize() before wmove()).
* fix: increment bsddialog_total_progview size for more general use.
* delete: BSDDIALOG_THEME_BSDDIALOG (partially implemented).
* delete: conf.button.generic1_label (for new conf.button.right1_label).
* delete: BSDDIALOG_GENERIC1 return value (new BSDDIALOG_RIGHT1).
* delete: conf.button.generic2_label (for new conf.button.right2_label).
* delete: BSDDIALOG_GENERIC2 return value (new BSDDIALOG_RIGHT2).
* delete: bsddialog_clearterminal(), replaced by bsddialog_clear(y).
* refactor: internal implementation.
- add: internal structures to represent components.
- merge: (when possible) dialogs autosize.
- merge: (when possible) dialogs checksize.
- merge: for each dialog "build" with "update" -> <dialog>_redraw().
- merge: new_dialog() with update_dialog() -> draw_dialog().
- merge: infobox.c with messagebox.c (delete infobox.c)
- merge: bsddialog_datebox() + bsddialog_calendar() -> datebox.c
- change: flat and blackwhite real themes, 3d adapted from flat.
- improve: replace wrefresh() -> wnoutrefresh()/doupdate().
- improve: replace prefresh() -> pnoutrefresh()/doupdate().
- improve: menu split code to build private items.
- improve: form split code to build private items.
- delete: -Wno-implicit-fallthrough.
Extra Info
- Manual Utility bsddialog(1).
- Manual Library bsddialog(3).
- README and examples https://gitlab.com/alfix/bsddialog.
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