From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2010-02-10T07:39:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Need Code to Create Directory Picking Dialog Box

Alex DeCaria wrote:
> Albert Schlef wrote:
>> Albert Schlef wrote:
>>> You can use a utility like 'dialog' or 'zenity' or 'kdialog':
>>> 
>>>   dir = `zenity --list --title "pick your dir" --column "dir" one two 
>>> three`
>>>   puts dir
>> 
>> And after visiting its man page I see that you can just do:
>> 
>>   dir = `zenity --file-selection --directory`
>>   puts dir
> 
> Thanks Albert.  I didn't know about zenity or the other utilities.  That 
> will come in handy.

Neither did I.  Those look interesting.

Best,
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