YadQT

YadQt

This is an app to produce simple Qt dialogs from the command line, similar to YAD for gtk.

To build/install:


			./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr

			make

			make install

QUICK USE:


			yadqt -h

			Usage: yadqt [options]


			Options:

			
				-h, --help
Displays help on commandline options.
				--help-all
Displays help including Qt specific options.
				-v, --version
Displays version information.
				-t, --title <YadQt
Title.
				-b, --body <Information
Body.
				-d, --default <USERNAME>
Default text ( lists, forms etc, 1st positional arg passed will overide this ).
				--fromstdin
Read default data from stdin.
				--width <640>
Dialog width ( set to 0 for default size for dialog ).
				--height <320>
Dialog height ( set to 0 for default size for dialog ).
				--opseparator <|>
Separator for multi item output ( use "newline" to use '\n' ).
				--ipseparator <|>
Separator for multi item default text input ( use "newline" to use '\n' ).
				--multiple
Select multiple items ( lists ).
				--btntoerr 
Print button to stderr.
				--buttons <Ok>
Buttons ( for info boxes ).
				--type <aboutqt>
Box Type ( no type will display aboutbox for Qt ).

Dialog types:
about
aboutqt
query
info
warn
fatal
input
getitem
form
list
textfile
imagefile
colour
font
text tailbox
notepad
richtext

yadqt --type=fatal -t "DANGER!" -b "BSOD!" --buttons="abort|Ignore" --btntoerr 2>/dev/pts/2;echo $?
screenshots/fatal.png

cat /usr/include/linux/limits.h|yadqt --type=getitem -t "Select Item" -b "Items:"  --ipseparator=newline --fromstdin

		yadqt --type=getitem -t "my title" -b "some input"  -d "one|three|two|end" --btntoerr 2>/dev/pts/2;echo $?

yadqt --type=input -t "my title" -b "some input" -d "default input txt";echo $?
screenshots/input.png

yadqt --type=info -b "Some info for you" --buttons="ok" --btntoerr 2>/dev/pts/2;echo $?
screenshots/info.png

yadqt --type=form -t "Simple Form" -b "Entry 1|Box Two|Data 3|Last Box" --btntoerr --default="default 1|box 2|box n"  2>/dev/pts/2;echo $?

yadqt --type=form -t "Simple Form" -b "Entry 1|Box Two|Data 3|Last Box"  --default="default 1|box 2|box n" --width=300 --height=0

yadqt --type=list -t "Simple List" --default="$(cat /etc/fstab|tr '\\n' '|')" --multiple --btntoerr --width=600 --height=350 2>/dev/pts/2;echo $?

yadqt --type=list -t "Simple List" --default="$(cat /etc/fstab)" --btntoerr --width=600 --height=350 --ipseparator="newline"

yadqt --type=list -t "Simple List" --default="default 1|item 2|item 3|num 4|five|666|item nth" --multiple  --opseparator="newline";echo $?

yadqt --type=text -t "Show Text" --default="some text@second line@third line" --ipseparator=@
screenshots/text1.png

while read;do echo $REPLY;done< <(cat /etc/fstab)|yadqt --type=text --fromstdin --width=800 -t "Show Text"
screenshots/text2.png

yadqt --type=textfile --width=800 --height=400 -d /usr/include/linux/limits.h --btntoerr 2>/dev/pts/3;echo $?
screenshots/textfile.png

yadqt --type=imagefile -d '/home/keithhedger/WallpapersByCatagory/AllHallows/halloween-graveyard.gif'

yadqt --type=imagefile -d '/home/keithhedger/Backgrounds/bc3.png' --height=420 --width=640

yadqt --type=colour --default="#c080ff80" -t "Select a colour..."|yadqt --type=input -t "Results" -b "Colour Selected" --fromstdin

yadqt --type=colour --default="#c080ff80" --btntoerr -t "Select a colour..."  2>/dev/pts/2;echo $?

yadqt --type=font -d "Monospace,20"
screenshots/font.png

Tailbox will update additions from file:

tail -n25 -f '/run/XfceWMScript.log' |yadqt --type=tailbox -t "Tail box" --width=800

		Or

		yadqt --type=tailbox -t "Tail box" --width=800 < /run/XfceWMScript.log

Notepad simple text file editor:
yadqt --type=notepad --width=800 --height=400 ../../README ;echo $?
screenshots/notepad.png

Richtext simple richtext viewer:
yadqt --type=richtext --width=800 --height=400 '/tmp/KeithDHedger.github.io/docs/index'
screenshots/richtext.png

Simple search in current folder:
Searches files for text and opens in default app.

find .  -print0 |xargs -0 grep -s --binary-files=without-match --ignore-case --binary-files=without-match --line-number "$(yadqt --type=input -t Search -b "Search for")"|yadqt --type=list -t "Found" --width 800 --fromstdin --ipseparator=newline |awk -F: '{print $1}'|xargs xdg-open

Some options are not yet implemented

TODO
Documentation - ONGOING … :(
more boxes
set o/p separator for data.DONE
set i/p separator for data.DONE

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