[TriLUG] Bash 'gui' tools

[John Beimler]

Craig Taylor wrote:
> I've got a series of bash scripts that I'd like to 'gui'-ize - is anyone
> aware of command line tools (not curses, wxwindows etc) that could be
> invoked simply from a shell, eg: 
>
> 	menu 'Give user directions' 'choice 1' 'choice2' 'choice3'
>  	result=$?    # 0 for choice1, 1=choice2, etc...
>
> Development system is Ubuntu Gutsy so packages that are more 'apt' to
> install with it are appreciated. 
>
>   
Give zenity (http://freshmeat.net/projects/zenity) a try.

Peace.

john