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Combo box retains selection

Probably a pretty easy question but how to I have the fsck command run in an open terminal from this script? I can't just pass fsck to YAD because fsck requires possible interaction via terminal.

#!/bin/bash

cd /
choice2=$(yad --title='Drives' --text='Choose Drive Prefix for Possible Defrag' --form --field='Show:CB' '0.Exit!1. SDA!2. SDB!3. SDC!4. SDD!5. SDE!6. SDF!7. SDG!8. SDH' --button="Exit:1" --button="OK:0")
ret=$?
if [[ $ret -eq 1 ]]; then
exit 0
fi
numb666=${choice2:0:2}
if [[ $numb666 = "1." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sda"
elif [[ $numb666 = "2." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdb"
elif [[ $numb666 = "3." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdc"
elif [[ $numb666 = "4." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdd"
elif [[ $numb666 = "5." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sde"
elif [[ $numb666 = "6." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdf"
elif [[ $numb666 = "7." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdg"
elif [[ $numb666 = "8." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdh"
fi
parted $name1 'print'|yad --geometry=900x600 --list --title "Drive Results" --text "Listing Drive Types.." --column "Types" --button="Exit:1" --button="OK:0"
ret=$?
if [[ $ret -eq 1 ]]; then
exit 0
fi
yad --text="Choose a the name of a file to obtain the most recent version:" --button="Exit:1" --button="OK:0"
ret=$?
if [[ $ret -eq 1 ]]; then
exit 0
fi
search555=$(yad --entry --entry-label="Drive to Defrag Enter as sda2" --button="Exit:1" --button="OK:0")
ret=$?
if [[ $ret -eq 1 ]]; then
exit 0
fi
cd /
###########################
fsck "/dev/$search555" -f
###########################

The -y parameter might help just not sure if it works for all formats...answers yes to all questions.
or the -p = no questions.

mike

Hi Mikeb:

I didn't get it at first but the -y did indeed fix the issue.

Good to hear from ya,

Slavvo67

FIXED

#!/bin/bash


# Just a little GUI to defrag partitions -Slavvo67
# Needs YAD and fsck
# fsck takes a while on USB's so wait a bit longer for those.
cd /
choice2=$(yad --title='Drives' --text='Choose Drive Prefix for Possible Defrag' --form --field='Show:CB' '0. Exit!1. SDA!2. SDB!3. SDC!4. SDD!5. SDE!6. SDF!7. SDG!8. SDH' --button="Exit:1" --button="OK:0")
ret=$?
if [[ $ret -eq 1 ]]; then
exit 0
fi
numb666=${choice2:0:2}
if [[ $numb666 = "1." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sda"
elif [[ $numb666 = "2." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdb"
elif [[ $numb666 = "3." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdc"
elif [[ $numb666 = "4." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdd"
elif [[ $numb666 = "5." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sde"
elif [[ $numb666 = "6." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdf"
elif [[ $numb666 = "7." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdg"
elif [[ $numb666 = "8." ]]
then
name1="/dev/sdh"
fi
parted $name1 'print'|yad --geometry=900x600 --list --title "Drive Results" --text "Listing Drive Types.." --column "Types" --button="Exit:1" --button="OK:0"
ret=$?
if [[ $ret -eq 1 ]]; then
exit 0
fi
search555=$(yad --entry --entry-label="Drive to Defrag Enter as sda2" --button="Exit:1" --button="OK:0")
ret=$?
if [[ $ret -eq 1 ]]; then
exit 0
fi
cd /
fsck "/dev/$search555" -fy | yad --geometry=900x600 --list --title "Defragging" --text "/dev/$search555" --column "Working..." --button="Exit:1" --button="OK:0"

How to get yad to display a list of thumbnails from backgrounds directory. I know the --image switch to display one full sized image, but that's all.

The only way I know of displaying an image from a list, is in a file selector with a preview

Hmm could the icons box be used in some way...might be messy though as its intended as a launcher dialog for desktop files...

yad --help-icons

mike

Thanks Geoffrey

That is better than what I have now.

In fact I am getting thumbnails in yad and preview.

stemsee wrote:In fact I am getting thumbnails in yad and preview.

Yeah, me too now, the thumbnailer was a little slow creating them.

Importantly, the above does not work in some older versions of YAD. I think Quirky Unicorn has an old version that would need updating first.

Two nice things about YAD, it easy to compile and is a single binary so very easy to update.

I did manage to build YAD for puppy 4.12 and similar but that does not allow the newer features mentioned.... but hardly a reason to not do tarty things with it

And yes...a delight to build... nice coding and easy to hack

mike

slavvo67 wrote:Importantly, the above does not work in some older versions of YAD. I think Quirky Unicorn has an old version that would need updating first.

Most puppies come with yad-0.12.4, slacko doesn't have it at all. Current is 0.28.1, you can get it here: http://smokey01.com/rg66/X-slacko/pet_p ... 0.28.1.pet, should work in any puppy.

Thanks RG66. I have a new version but as you pointed out, not all puppies have YAD and some contain older versions.

One small item that is puzzling me is how to display hidden files / directories in YAD. Had anyone solved this one?

Thanks,

Slavvo67

slavvo67 wrote:One small item that is puzzling me is how to display hidden files / directories in YAD. Had anyone solved this one?

Thanks,

Slavvo67

I did request a "--show-hidden-folders" and he said was going to do it but it never happened. You can do right click on the right pane and click "show hidden files".

rg66:

Thank you for the right-click tip. I didn't think about something so obvious but sure enough, it works. Not quite the same as programming it in from the beginning but it'll certainly do.

Thanks again,

Slavvo67

I suppose something like this would do:

I suppose something like this would do:

good thinking indeed

the right click hidden files option seems to be standard gtk2 behaviour but not well known about.

mike

Try this.

Create below file and put at " /root/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini"
All gtkfilechooser calls should now show hidden files.

Cheers,
s