Simplest GUI for the shell

asked 2014-06-12 09:59:44 +0200

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We need the simplest possible GUI for us console hackers. Graphics not really needed, clickable buttons in textmode (bash shell) would be sufficient.

Options I considered:

zenity: not available for Sailfish OS
yad (yet another dialog): not available. See http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1421838
xmessage: not possible as it needs X-Server
Tkinter with tcl/tk: not supported (?)
ncurses: might work, but no touch support
QML: maybe too highlevel

Other ideas?

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Yes, would be great to have someting like yad or zenity.

Is there anything compareable on sailfish?

poddl ( 2015-06-23 12:13:57 +0200 )edit

answered 2015-06-23 16:29:02 +0200

PatsJolla

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updated 2015-06-23 17:06:55 +0200

Is the app "Terminal" too bad in comparison? I'm not an expert but I thought it is quite useful as console.. or are you talking about sth else?

Edit: Terminal is the app-name after it is installed but the actual name is FingerTerm by Heikki Holstila I found this link in Openrepos https://openrepos.net/content/hooddy/fingerterm but I have the Version 1.1.14 on my phone. Unfortunately i don't know where I found it since I use it already more than one year.

Edit 2: I'm not so sure but doesn't Fingerterm/Terminal show up automatically when you activate developer mode?

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I think the OP means something different. Look at the wikipage of the first suggestion zenity So the OP wants something to easily use GUI elements in a terminal (bash) application. Not a GUI for the terminal itself.

blubdibub ( 2015-06-23 18:15:24 +0200 )edit

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