On 01-Mar-2000 Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > I'm trying to write a script that asks you which ROM you want to start > up with snes9x (along with sound and joystick options). Right now I > have the following: > > dialog --backtitle "Super Nintendo" --title "Snes9x Options" --shadow > --menu "Wh > ich ROM do I load?" 0 0 0 1 "Final Fantasy V" 2 "Chrono Trigger" > > Unfortunately, I do not know what to do now. The man page said it dumps > the tag to stderr, but I don't know how to use stderr. Please help.
I just happened to be playing with the same thing today... I _think_ you do it like this from a bash prompt: dialog --backtitle "Super Nintendo" --title "Snes9x Options" --shadow --menu "Which ROM do I load?" 0 0 0 1 "Final Fantasy V" 2 "Chrono Trigger"; echo $? HTH, Wim Kerkhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]