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# Zenity dialogs for Golang, Windows and macOS
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[](https://godoc.org/github.com/ncruces/zenity)
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This repo includes both a cross-platform Go package providing [Zenity](https://help.gnome.org/users/zenity/)-like dialogs,
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as well as a *“port”* of the `zenity` command to both Windows and macOS based on that library.
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**This is a work in progress.**
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Lots of things are missing.
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For now, these are the only implemented dialogs:
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* [message](https://github.com/ncruces/zenity/wiki/Message-dialog) (error, info, question, warning)
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* [file selection](https://github.com/ncruces/zenity/wiki/File-Selection-dialog)
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Behavior on Windows, macOS and other Unixes might differ slightly.
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Some of that is intended (reflecting platform differences),
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other bits are unfortunate limitations,
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others still are open to be fixed.
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## Why?
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There are a bunch of other dialog packages for Go.\
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Why reinvent this particular wheel?
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#### Requirements:
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* no `cgo` (see [benefits](https://dave.cheney.net/2016/01/18/cgo-is-not-go), mostly cross-compilation)
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* no main loop (or other threading requirements)
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* no initialization
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* on Windows:
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* no additional dependencies
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* Explorer shell not required
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* works in Server Core
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* Unicode support
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* on macOS:
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* only dependency is `osascript` (with [JXA](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/releasenotes/InterapplicationCommunication/RN-JavaScriptForAutomation/Articles/Introduction.html))\
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JavaScript is easier to template (with `html/template`)
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* on other Unixes:
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* wraps either one of `qarma`, `zenity`, `matedialog`,\
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in that order of preference
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