#define _GNU_SOURCE #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include static void fix_display() { setenv("DISPLAY", ":0", 1); } static void produce_message(char * type, const char *fmt, va_list args) { char *dialog_msg; char buf[1024]; (void) vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args); asprintf(&dialog_msg, "%s: %s: %s (error type: %s)", program_invocation_short_name, type, buf, strerror(errno)); fprintf(stderr, "%s", dialog_msg); switch (fork()) { case -1: exit(1); //what else case 0: fix_display(); #ifdef USE_KDIALOG execlp("kdialog", "kdialog", "--sorry", dialog_msg, NULL); #else execlp("zenity", "zenity", "--error", "--text", dialog_msg, NULL); #endif exit(1); default:; } } void gui_fatal(const char *fmt, ...) { va_list args; va_start(args, fmt); produce_message("Fatal error", fmt, args); va_end(args); exit(1); } void gui_nonfatal(const char *fmt, ...) { va_list args; va_start(args, fmt); produce_message("Information", fmt, args); va_end(args); }