{"id":6884,"date":"2022-12-18T12:10:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T12:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=6884"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:01:40","slug":"zenity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/zenity\/","title":{"rendered":"Zenity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While writing my error warning routines, I was pointed at zenity<\/em>. Here are my notes …
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This might best be read in conjunction with my articles on notify-send<\/a> and event monitoring<\/a>. Zenity seems to be part of Gnome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. https:\/\/help.gnome.org\/users\/zenity\/stable\/index.html.en<\/a>\u00a0and man zenity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=how+to+use+zenity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. https:\/\/www.howtoforge.com\/how-to-display-gui-dialogs-in-bash-script-using-zenity\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. About Zenity<\/a>\u00a0from real tech talk, a preview of the command line modes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/zenity-creates-graphical-gtk-dialog-boxes-in-command-line-and-shell-scripts\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. https:\/\/saurabhkharkate05.medium.com\/zenity-command-in-linux-b9e4ef45f2b2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. https:\/\/dottech.org\/196977\/use-zenity-to-make-simple-graphical-shell-scripts-in-linux\/<\/a>, the picture comes from this, and it is a screen capture from a Sun Microsystems system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. https:\/\/linux.die.net\/man\/1\/zenity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. https:\/\/commandmasters.com\/commands\/zenity-linux\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/18234920\/control-the-size-of-the-content-in-a-zenity-window<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Passing string parameters in a script becamse a pain in the bum, i used https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/7454526\/variable-containing-multiple-args-with-quotes-in-bash<\/a> and would have prefered https:\/\/superuser.com\/questions\/360966\/how-do-i-use-a-bash-variable-string-containing-quotes-in-a-command<\/a> but for some reason could not get it to work. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      I have issues about locating the window on the desktop, auto closing it and customising it. Maybe, I should go back to TCL\/TK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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