How to add an extra-button to Xdialog GUI? (Solved by using pupdialog instead)

[taersh]

Hi.

I'm trying to get a Xdialog GUI to have 3 buttons. Xdialog has options --extra-button and --extra-label, but I can't get the 3rd button to show up within the gui. Using --yesno gives only 2 buttons, using --msgbox gives only 1 button, using --infobox closes the GUI immediately.

Is option --extra-button deprecated without mentioning it in the help output?

[fredx181]

Xdialog has options --extra-button and --extra-label

dialog has that, not Xdialog AFAIK

Fred

[taersh]

Terminal output on Xdialog

Xdialog v2.3.1 by Thierry Godefroy <xdialog@free.fr> (v1.0 was
written by Alfred at Cyberone Internet <alfred@cyberone.com.au>).
Xdialog home page available at: http://xdialog.dyns.net/

Usage: Xdialog [<common options>] [<transient options>] <box option> ...

Common options:
--wmclass <name>
--rc-file <gtkrc filename>
--backtitle <backtitle>
--title <title>
--allow-close | --no-close
--screen-center | --under-mouse | --auto-placement
--center | --right | --left | --fill
--no-wrap | --wrap
--cr-wrap | --no-cr-wrap
--stderr | --stdout
--separator <character> | --separate-output
--buttons-style default|icon|text

Transient options:
--fixed-font
--password (may be repeated 2 or 3 times before --2inputsbox or --3inputsbox)
--password=1|2 (for --2inputsbox or --3inputsbox)
--editable
--time-stamp | --date-stamp
--reverse
--keep-colors
--interval <timeout>
--timeout <timeout> (in seconds)
--no-tags
--item-help (if used, the {...} parameters are needed in menus/lists widgets)
--default-item <tag>
--icon <xpm filename>
--no-ok
--no-cancel
--no-buttons
--default-no
--wizard
--help <help>
--print <printer> (1)
--check <label> [<status>]
--ok-label <label>
--cancel-label <label>
--extra-button
--extra-label <label>
--beep
--beep-after
--begin <Yorg> <Xorg>
--ignore-eof
--smooth

Box options:
--yesno <text> <height> <width>
--msgbox <text> <height> <width>
--infobox <text> <height> <width> [<timeout>]
--gauge <text> <height> <width> [<percent>]
--progress <text> <height> <width> [<maxdots> [[-]<msglen>]]
--inputbox <text> <height> <width> [<init>]
--2inputsbox <text> <height> <width> <label1> <init1> <label2> <init2>
--3inputsbox <text> <height> <width> <label1> <init1> <label2> <init2> <label3> <init3>
--combobox <text> <height> <width> <item1> ... <itemN>
--rangebox <text> <height> <width> <min value> <max value> [<default value>]
--2rangesbox <text> <height> <width> <label1> <min1> <max1> <def1> <label2> <min2> <max2> <def2>
--3rangesbox <text> <height> <width> <label1> <min1> <max1> <def1> ... <label3> <min3> <max3> <def3>
--spinbox <text> <height> <width> <min value> <max value> <default value> <label>
--2spinsbox <text> <height> <width> <min1> <max1> <def1> <label1> <min2> <max2> <def2> <label2>
--3spinsbox <text> <height> <width> <min1> <max1> <def1> <label1> ... <min3> <max3> <def3> <label3>
--textbox <file> <height> <width>
--editbox <file> <height> <width>
--tailbox <file> <height> <width>
--logbox <file> <height> <width>
--menubox <text> <height> <width> <menu height> <tag1> <item1> {<help1>}...
--checklist <text> <height> <width> <list height> <tag1> <item1> <status1> {<help1>}...
--radiolist <text> <height> <width> <list height> <tag1> <item1> <status1> {<help1>}...
--buildlist <text> <height> <width> <list height> <tag1> <item1> <status1> {<help1>}...
--treeview <text> <height> <width> <list height> <tag1> <item1> <status1> <item_depth1> {<help1>}...
--fselect <file> <height> <width>
--dselect <directory> <height> <width>
--colorsel <text> <height> <width> [<red> <green> <blue>]
--fontsel <font name> <height> <width>
--calendar <text> <height> <width> [<day> <month> <year>]
--timebox <text> <height> <width> [<hours> <minutes> <seconds>]

Special options:
--version (prints version number to stderr and exits).
--print-version (same as above in a cdialog-compatible way).
--print-maxsize (prints maximum menu size in characters and exits).

Note that <height> and <width> are in characters and may be replaced by a single
XSIZExYSIZE[+/-XORG+/-YORG] parameter (like the one passed in the -geometry option
of X) which will represent the size of the Xdialog window in pixels. Specifying
a size of 0 0 (or 0x0) will auto-size Xdialog, while a size of -1 -1 (or -1x-1)
will maximize it.

(1) This Xdialog binary compiled with: lpr -P<printer>
as the print command. If <printer> is "" (an empty string), the -P
option is not used.

[MochiMoppel]

Is option --extra-button deprecated without mentioning it in the help output?

My help output for v2.3.1 does not mention --extra-button, otherwise looks the same as yours. Not mentioned in the documentation either.

Fred is right. It's an option in dialog, not Xdialog. Don't know why you get this output.
This works for dialog when run from console:
dialog --extra-button --yesno "hello" 0 0
Try to add 'X' and see if it works. Does nothing for me.

[taersh]

I'm using pupdialog instead.
Works good, does what I need.

[wiak]

extra-button patch from amigo (old though):

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... c72#499840

Above link is referred to in pupdialog by BarryK here:

https://bkhome.org/archive/blog2/201109 ... ith-x.html

Using gtkdialog solutions is surely over-the-top bloated for simple few buttons scenarios though? Of course, relying on patched Xdialog is not useful for anyone using non-patched Xdialog, so maybe pupdialog is the way to go (especially if it does fall back to using straight dialog when no X?) and, on second thoughts, I guess 'bloat' is relative - nowadays, that level of bloat (introduced by gtkdialog) is probably insignificant but the question would be: 'does gtkdialog itself have a future?'.

[MochiMoppel]

I'm trying to get a Xdialog GUI to have 3 buttons. Xdialog has options --extra-button and --extra-label, but I can't get the 3rd button to show up within the gui. Using --yesno gives only 2 buttons, using --msgbox gives only 1 button, using --infobox closes the GUI immediately.

The patched version as linked by wiak and included in fossapup64 does work with certain Xdialog boxes, e.g. --inputbox

[taersh]

I don't want to hassle around with patched versions others perhaps don't have installed by default.
Pupdialog does what I need and it's in all Puppies by default.

Also I don't want to argue if gtkdialog has a future, as this to answer is probably beyond my future.

Gtkdialog being bloated?

Really, what kind of computer are you running?

64Kb RAM?

[MochiMoppel]

Pupdialog does what I need and it's in all Puppies by default.

Maybe you should tell us what you need it for. Pupdialog has very limited options and even crashes when --extra-button is used with --inputbox. Hardly a substitute for Xdialog.

[01micko]

I went through the Xdialog sources and --extra-button was never implemented for --yesno box. The extra button is a patch added by a third party and collected by old murga member amigo. I find it strange that it works in calendar, time, various other text boxes and other box options but not 'yesno' box option.

Well I made a patch for @jamesbond to consider for his Xdialog chiselapp repo

The latest Xdialog source tarball is at the FatDog repo so if you're feeling adventurous you grab that, apply the following attached diff and compile it. Works with all the tests in the source code.

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Xdialog --extra-button --extra-label "foo" --ok-label "bar" --cancel-label "baz"  --yesno 'Who do you want to be? Foo, Bar or Baz?' 0 0

[taersh]

Pupdialog does what I need and it's in all Puppies by default.

Maybe you should tell us what you need it for. Pupdialog has very limited options and even crashes when --extra-button is used with --inputbox. Hardly a substitute for Xdialog.

I just need the three buttons with --yesno to make a selection like in the patched Xdialog example at the above post.
For more complex stuff like --inputbox etc.pp. I'm using gtkdialog directly.

[jamesbond]

Thanks @01micko, I will take a look.

[jamesbond]

I have finally got the time to review the patch.
I did it slightly differently.
Here's the patch that gets committed.

The updated source is dated 2020.10 and is available from here or you can clone it from chiselapp.com as 01micko pointed out earlier.

Thanks again 01micko for the pointer.

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Index: src/interface.c
==================================================================
--- src/interface.c
+++ src/interface.c
@@ -774,10 +774,12 @@
 			if (Xdialog.cancel_button)
 				set_button(CANCEL , hbuttonbox, 1, FALSE);
 			set_button(NEXT, hbuttonbox, 0, TRUE);
 		} else {
 			set_button(YES, hbuttonbox, 0, !Xdialog.default_no);
+			if (Xdialog.extra_button)
+				set_button(EXTRA, hbuttonbox, 5, FALSE);
 			button = set_button(NO , hbuttonbox, 1, Xdialog.default_no);
 			if (Xdialog.default_no)
 				gtk_widget_grab_focus(button);
 		}
 	} else