Convenience wrappers for Curses toolkit library.

Select a file:
ctkopenfile
Usage: ctkopenfile [OPTION]
-w, --window-name Window Name
-s, --start-folder Start Folder
-v, --version Version
-h, -?, --help Help

Example:
To get the results of the dialog into a bash varable Use:
{ result=$(ctkopenfile -w MyWindow -s /etc 2>&1 >&3 3>&-); } 3>&1
echo $result

Select a folder:
ctkopenfolder
Usage: ctkopenfolder [OPTION]
-w, --window-name Window Name
-s, --start-folder Start Folder
-v, --version Version
-h, -?, --help Help

Example:
To get the results of the dialog into a bash varable Use:
{ result=$(ctkopenfolder -w MyWindow -s /etc 2>&1 >&3 3>&-); } 3>&1
echo $result

Save a file:
ctksavefile
Usage: ctksavefile [OPTION]
-w, --window-name Window Name
-s, --start-folder Start Folder
-n, --default-name Default file name
-v, --version Version
-h, -?, --help Help

Example:
To get the results of the dialog into a bash varable Use:
{ result=$(ctksavefile -w MyWindow -s /etc -n SaveFileName 2>&1 >&3 3>&-); } 3>&1
echo $result

Get input:
ctkinput
Usage: ctkinput [OPTION]
-w, --window-name Window Name
-b, --body Body text
-t, --title Dialog title
-i, --input Default input
-c, --cancel Show cancel
-v, --version Version
-h, -?, --help Help

Example:
To get the results of the dialog into a bash varable Use:
{ result=$(ctkinput -w MyWindow -b 'Say somthing?' -t 'Input ...' -i 'Some input ...' -c 2>&1 >&3 3>&-); } 3>&1
echo $result
The return code from the app also reflects the button seelected like so:
ctkinput -w MyWindow -b 'Say somthing?' -t 'Input ...' -i 'Some input ...' -c 2>/dev/null;echo "Button pressed $?"

Simple query:
ctkquery
Usage: ctkquery [OPTION]
-w, --window-name Window Name
-q, --query Query text
-t, --title Dialog title
-b, --buttons Buttons
-v, --version Version
-h, -?, --help Help

Example:
The return code from the app reflects the button selected like so:
ctkquery -w MyWindow -q 'Do What?' -t 'Question?' -b 7 2>/dev/null;echo "Button pressed $?"

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