zenity error

nTia89 · 2012-06-02 08:23:40

hi to everybody,
i make a little script but at last command which should only show a reminder, fail

the command is:

HEIGHT=128
WIDTH=128
TEXT="Ora si aprirà l'editor di testo in cui potrai modificare il tema usato da OBLOGOUT.\nSe desideri usare le icone appena creata, modifica il file come segue:\n\n\nbuttontheme = gnome-colors-$HEIGHT-$WIDTH"
zenity --text="$TEXT" --info

i get this error:

This option is not available. Please see --help for all possible usages.

everything work except the execution of zenity....
i don't understand what it's wrong. any ideas ?

JackH79 · 2012-06-02 09:26:27

You probably have to use single quotes around your text variable.

stqn · 2012-06-02 11:49:47

Works here (with bash 4.2.029-1 and zenity 3.4.0-1)…

nTia89 · 2012-06-02 15:05:29

with single quotas (`) i get:

./oblogout-gnome-colors-resolution.sh: command substitution: line 51: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
./oblogout-gnome-colors-resolution.sh: command substitution: line 52: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Stebalien · 2012-06-02 17:14:46

Works here and the quotes are not the problem.

nTia89 · 2012-06-02 20:20:49

what is my problem ? i'm on openbox.... what can i change to do some tests ?

stqn · 2012-06-02 20:47:45

Are you sure that the error is with the zenity call?

nTia89 · 2012-06-02 20:49:35

i do.
executing the script with zenity command i get that error
executing the script without the zenity command i don't get any error....

debdj · 2012-06-03 05:58:42

works fine here as well..

try doing
zenity --info --text="$TEXT"

also, try with other options like --warning or --notification

nTia89 · 2012-06-03 12:00:13

executing the command itself everything work.....
but launch it in the entire script give me the error....

this is the script: http://pastebin.com/ZpEKWH62

debdj · 2012-06-03 14:24:40

use #!/bin/bash -x and then run it. might help finding out the problem.

Last edited by debdj (2012-06-03 14:25:00)

nTia89 · 2012-06-03 15:15:19

same error and output is:

http://pastebin.com/nRbBs9zQ

i don't see any problem .... you ?

debdj · 2012-06-03 19:36:50

+ zenity --info '--text=Ora si aprir l'\''editor di testo in cui potrai modificare il tema usato da OBLOGOUT.\nSe desideri usare le icone appena creata, modifica il file come segue:\n\n\nbuttontheme = gnome-colors-128-128'

i guess the problem is with the text quoting. try removing all apostrophes/quotes in TEXT except the first and last double quotes.

nTia89 · 2012-06-04 19:20:43

thanks debdj, you go close to the solution but:
in TEXT there is this character 'à' which evidently cause the issue because removing that everything work......
so the problem is the 'à' character and not the apostrophe '

now why 'à' character give me the error ?
and
how can i fix it ?

stqn · 2012-06-04 19:43:29

Is your locale UTF-8 ?

nTia89 · 2012-06-04 19:48:50

sure

Arch Linux

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zenity error

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