X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/xtoys/blobdiff_plain/01a2fe8e4dc87fdb256d95504482acf0fb06b67b..bce8c6eed8bd2fb91fc505a26483e449aefac819:/xgetline.1 diff --git a/xgetline.1 b/xgetline.1 index caec17c..22757db 100644 --- a/xgetline.1 +++ b/xgetline.1 @@ -4,17 +4,18 @@ xgetline \- request a line of text in an X dialogue box .SH SYNOPSIS .B xgetline -.RB [ -in ] -.RB [ \-t -.IR title ] -.RB [ \-p -.IR prompt ] +.RI [ gtk-options ...] +.RB [ -Hin ] +.RB [ \- M +.IR max ] .RB [ \-d .IR default ] -.RB [ \-l | \-H +.RB [ \-l .IR file ] -.RB [ \- m -.IR max ] +.RB [ \-p +.IR prompt ] +.RB [ \-t +.IR title ] .SH DESCRIPTION The .B xgetline @@ -43,26 +44,24 @@ shell command attached to a hotkey: .RS 5 .ft B .nf -cmd=`xgetline -t "Shell command in window" -p "Command:"` && +cmd=$(xgetline -t "Shell command in window" -p "Command:") && xterm -T "$cmd" -e sh -c "$cmd" .ft R .fi .SS Options .TP 5 -.B \-i, \-\-invisible -Don't echo characters to the screen when they're typed. Useful when -requesting passwords and similar secrets. +.B "\-H, \-\-history" +With +.BR \-l , +update the file with the newly entered line at the top. Other lines +matching the newly entered string are not written. No effect without +.BR \-l . .TP 5 -.BI "\-t, \-\-title " title -Sets the title of the dialogue box to -.IR title . -The default title is -.RB ` "Input request" '. -.TP 5 -.BI "\-p, \-\-prompt " prompt -Sets the prompt string in the dialogue box to -.IR prompt . -The default is to have no prompt string. +.BI "\-M, \-\-histmax " max +When writing an updated history file, do not write more than +.I max +lines. The default is 20; a value of 0 disables a length limit on the +history file. .TP 5 .BI "\-d, \-\-default " default Sets the default text in the entry field to @@ -73,6 +72,10 @@ default string sets the default to be the first item in the history list, if one is supplied. .TP 5 +.B \-i, \-\-invisible +Don't echo characters to the screen when they're typed. Useful when +requesting passwords and similar secrets. +.TP 5 .BI "\-l, \-\-list " file Reads a list of alternatives from .I file @@ -86,20 +89,19 @@ option below). One of the items from the selection list must be chosen; the user may not type an entry in directly. .TP 5 -.BI "\-H, \-\-history " file -Reads a file and displays the contents in a drop-down list, as for -.B \-\-list -above. Once the user has entered a string, a new list written to -.I file -containing the newly entered string as the first item; other lines -matching the newly entered string are not written. +.BI "\-p, \-\-prompt " prompt +Sets the prompt string in the dialogue box to +.IR prompt . +The default is to have no prompt string. .TP 5 -.BI "\-m, \-\-histmax " max -When writing an updated history file, do not write more than -.I max -lines. The default is 20; a value of 0 disables a length limit on the -history file. +.BI "\-t, \-\-title " title +Sets the title of the dialogue box to +.IR title . +The default title is +.RB ` "Input request" '. .SH BUGS Hopefully none. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR gtk-options (7). .SH AUTHOR Mark Wooding (mdw@distorted.org.uk).