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'dialog' app for GTK+2.0

I am writing a bash script that will bring up a "Open file" dialog displaying files with a *.hex ending. Once the file is chosen, the path of the file is sent to a variable, so that the bash script can perform some tasks on that given file.

I am wondering if there is a program, like the curses-based dialog app, that can display a GTK+2.0 file selection dialog. I found this application, but the file selection dialog that it uses doens't look anything like those in the rest of the GNOME desktop. I am not a programmer so I probably could not make a stand-alone program that does this.

Not really an answer but a suggestion - maybe Python can serve your purpose better for GUI purposes since it has many modules like pygtk, pyglade and so on which are easier to use.

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Originally Posted by Harishankar

Not really an answer but a suggestion - maybe Python can serve your purpose better for GUI purposes since it has many modules like pygtk, pyglade and so on which are easier to use.

Thanks! I will look into that.

Hey, put this into a file called fc.c,

Code:

#include <gtk/gtk.h>



int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

  GtkWidget *filechooser;

  GtkFileFilter *filter;

  int resp;



  gtk_init(&argc, &argv);



  filechooser = gtk_file_chooser_dialog_new("Choose File", NULL, 

                                            GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN,

                                            GTK_STOCK_CANCEL, 

                                            GTK_RESPONSE_CANCEL,

                                            GTK_STOCK_OPEN,

                                            GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT,

                                            NULL);

  filter = gtk_file_filter_new();

  gtk_file_filter_add_pattern(filter, "*.hex");

  gtk_file_filter_set_name(filter, "Hex Files (*.hex)");

  gtk_file_chooser_add_filter(filechooser, filter);

  if((resp = gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(filechooser))) == GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT) {

    printf("%s\n", 

          gtk_file_chooser_get_filename(GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(filechooser)));

  }



  gtk_widget_destroy(filechooser);



  return (resp == GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT ? 0 : 1);

}

Then compile it w/

Code:

gcc fc.c -o fc `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0`

Now you have an executable called fc, run it,

Code:

./fc

It'll pop up a box, choose a file, it'll write the file name chosen to standard out, then return 0 if successful, 1 if they pressed cancel (Check w/ the bash var $?).

So,
file="`./fc`"

Also, this only let's you choose .hex files, but you can remove anything that says filter to get it to let you choose all, or you could just mess w/ it.

Well, that's one way, but then why not write the whole program in C?

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Well, that's one way, but then why not write the whole program in C?

Why? There's nothing wrong with combining languages to produce a more flexible program. Not to mention,

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Once the file is chosen, the path of the file is sent to a variable, so that the bash script can perform some tasks on that given file.

depending on what "some tasks" are, that could involve a helluva lot of C!!

95se, that is exactly what I need. Thanks very much!