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type="topic"
id="text">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#dialogs"/>
<desc>Use the <cmd>--text-info</cmd> option.</desc>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
</info>
<title>Text Information Dialog</title>
<p>
Use the <cmd>--text-info</cmd> option to create a text information dialog.
</p>
<p>
The text information dialog supports the following options:
</p>
<terms>
<item>
<title><cmd>--filename</cmd>=<var>filename</var></title>
<p>Specifies a file that is loaded in the text information dialog.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><cmd>--editable</cmd></title>
<p>Allows the displayed text to be edited. The edited text is returned to standard output when the dialog is closed.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><cmd>--font</cmd>=<var>FONT</var></title>
<p>Specifies the text font.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><cmd>--checkbox</cmd>=<var>TEXT</var></title>
<p>Enable a checkbox for use like a 'I read and accept the terms.'</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><cmd>--html</cmd></title>
<p>Enable html support.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><cmd>--url</cmd>=<var>URL</var></title>
<p>Sets an url instead of a file. Only works if you use --html option.</p>
</item>
</terms>
<p>
The following example script shows how to create a text information dialog:
</p>
<code>
#!/bin/sh
# You must place file "COPYING" in same folder of this script.
FILE=`dirname $0`/COPYING
zenity --text-info \
--title="License" \
--filename=$FILE \
--checkbox="I read and accept the terms."
case $? in
0)
echo "Start installation!"
# next step
;;
1)
echo "Stop installation!"
;;
-1)
echo "An unexpected error has occurred."
;;
esac
</code>
<figure>
<title>Text Information Dialog Example</title>
<desc><app>Zenity</app> text information dialog example</desc>
<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/zenity-text-screenshot.png"/>
</figure>
</page>
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