kdialog1

Show kde dialog boxes from shell scripts

Usage

kdialog [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] [arg]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the kdialog KDE Application. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

kdialog allows to display dialog boxes from shell scripts. The syntax is very much inspired from the dialog command (which shows text mode dialogs).

Options

`--yesno text`	Question message box with yes/no buttons
`--yesnocancel text`	Question message box with yes/no/cancel buttons
`--warningyesno text`	Warning message box with yes/no buttons
`--warningcontinuecancel text`	Warning message box with continue/cancel buttons
`--warningyesnocancel text`	Warning message box with yes/no/cancel buttons
`--sorry text`	'Sorry' message box
`--error text`	'Error' message box
`--msgbox text`	Message Box dialog
`--inputbox text init`	Input Box dialog
`--password text`	Password dialog
`--textbox file [width] [height]`	Text Box dialog
`--menu text [tag item] [tag item] ...`	Menu dialog
`--checklist text [tag item status] ...`	Check List dialog
`--radiolist text [tag item status] ...`	Radio List dialog
`--title text`	Dialog title

--separate-output: Return list items on separate lines (for checklist option)

Arguments:

arg: Arguments - depending on main option

Generic options:

--help: Show help about options

--help-qt: Show Qt specific options

--help-kde: Show KDE specific options

--help-all: Show all options

--author: Show author information

-v, --version: Show version information

--license: Show license information

--: End of options

Qt options:

`--display displayname`	Use the X-server display displayname.
`--session sessionId`	Restore the application for the given sessionId.

--cmap: Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display.

--ncols count: Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification.

--nograb: tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard.

--dograb: running under a debugger can cause an implicit -nograb, use -dograb to override.

--sync: switches to synchronous mode for debugging.

--fn, --font fontname: defines the application font.

--bg, --background color: sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated).

--fg, --foreground color: sets the default foreground color.

--btn,--button color: sets the default button color.

`--name name`	sets the application name.
`--title title`	sets the application title (caption).

--visual TrueColor: forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display.

--inputstyle inputstyle: sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespotandroot.

--im XIM-server: set XIM server.

--noxim: disable XIM.

--reverse: mirrors the whole layout of widgets.

KDE options:

`--caption caption`	Use caption as name in the titlebar.
`--icon icon`	Use icon as the application icon.
`--miniicon icon`	Use icon as the icon in the titlebar.
`--config filename`	Use alternative configuration file.
`--dcopserver server`	Use the DCOP Server specified by server.

--nocrashhandler: Disable crash handler, to get core dumps.

--waitforwm: Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager.

`--style style`	sets the application GUI style.
`--geometry geometry`	sets the client geometry of the main widget.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch).

4.0–5.0