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4.1 Set default status of radiobuttons, Comboboxes...


A config file is a nice way to store the settings in your program. At next startup, it will show the settings like you left them last time.

By default, gtkdialog always activates the first <radiobutton> and the first list-item for <combobox>.

An easy way to use a config file is to run it like an ordinary bash-script, and include variable definitions in it. It is most common to keep config files in home directory as a hidden file ($HOME/.testrc). The file might look like this:

COMBOBOX="item 3"
ENTRY="default text"
RADIOBUTTON1="false"
RADIOBUTTON2="true"


Now let's go to the main script. For the <radiobutton> and the <entry>, we set the <default> tag to the corresponding variable in the config file. Since the <combobox> doesn't support the <default> tag, we need a workaround. We simply build the <combobox> item-list so show our saved variable first.

#in case no testc file (first run), build the file
[ ! -s $HOME/.testrc ] && echo -e -n 'COMBOBOX="item 3"\nENTRY="default text"\nRADIOBUTTON1="false"\nRADIOBUTTON2="true"\n' > $HOME/.testrc
. $HOME/.testrc

#define combobox list items
COMBOBOX_ITEMS="<item>$COMBOBOX</item>" #stored value should be first in list
for I in 1 2 3 4; do COMBOBOX_ITEMS=`echo "$COMBOBOX_ITEMS<item>item $I</item>"`; done

export main="
<window title=\"The benefits of a config file\">
 <vbox>
  <frame The first item of list is the default choice in a Combobox>
   <combobox>
	<variable>COMBOBOX</variable>
	$COMBOBOX_ITEMS
   </combobox>
  </frame>
  <frame If nothing else is set, the first radiobutton is the active one>
   <radiobutton>
	<variable>RADIOBUTTON1</variable>
	<label>Yes I am</label>
	<default>$RADIOBUTTON1</default>
   </radiobutton>
   <radiobutton>
	<variable>RADIOBUTTON2</variable>
	<label>No I'm not</label>
	<default>$RADIOBUTTON2</default>
   </radiobutton>
  </frame>
  <frame Fetch entry-value from config file>
   <entry>
	<variable>ENTRY</variable>
	<default>$ENTRY</default>
   </entry>
  </frame>
  <hbox>
   <button ok></button>
  </hbox>
 </vbox>
</window>"

gtkdialog -p main > $HOME/.testrc


The last codeline redirects output (variable values) to our config file instead of to the terminal.
Note that line 2 starts with a dot. It makes a huge difference if you skip it.
. $HOME/.config - run script as a childprocess as the main process. The variable values in the config file are reachable for the main script.
$HOME/.config - run script as a new process as the main process. The variable values in the config file will NOT be reachable for the main script.



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