x_choose_modeless

interactive window choice (not modal dialog)

Calling Sequence

[num]=x_choose_modeless(items,title [,button])

Arguments

:items column vector of string, items to choose : :title column vector of string, comment for the dialog : :button string, text to appear in the button. Default value is

‘Cancel’

: :num integer, chosen item number or 0 if dialog resumed with

“Cancel” button

:

Description

Returns in num the number of the chosen item.

Examples

n = x_choose_modeless(['item1';'item2';'item3'],['that is a comment';'for the dialog'])
n = x_choose_modeless(['item1';'item2';'item3'],['that is a comment'],'Return')

See Also

• x_choose interactive window choice (modal dialog)
• x_choices interactive Xwindow choices through toggle buttons
• x_mdialog Dialog for interactive vector/matrix input.
• getvalue xwindow dialog for data acquisition
• unix_g shell (sh) command execution, output redirected to a variable