You can set the environment-variable DIALOG to whatever program you want to check. Default is "dialog". Use "export DIALOG=/usr/bin/dialog" for sh or "setenv DIALOG ../dialog" for csh to test the /usr/bin/dialog program. -- There is no documentation at the moment for cdialog 0.9a, but here are a small installer (copismall) for 'points' fido-like, that uses cdialog 0.9a. It can demonstrate some of the new features... run "copismall" paying attention because after asking for some things, it then installs and/or configures programs like as Inn, Ifmail, Smail to make the 'point'. It's in Italian language only at moment, but the code is bash...... If you want look at other much professional products FREE realized with cdialog and that use much of the other new characteristics, look for one of the ComeOn Point Suites v1.1+. Makers are a sub-group of the ComeOn Linux Development Team... ComeOn Linux! follows GNU philosophy. Mail demarco_p@abramo.it to have the actual location of these Suites and of other free ComeOn Linux! software, or if you want more info about ComeOn Linux! To run the "ComeOn Point Installer! v0.9a.small", type: $ copismall Other external samples could be: copa - ComeOn Point Administrator! v0.8 copm - ComeOn Point Maintainer! v0.2 copi - ComeOn Point Installer! v0.9 (system-wide version of copi) coepi - ComeOn Expert Point Installer! v1.3 (Professional) cops - ComeOn Point Suite! v1.1 copsp - ComeOn Point Suite Professional! v1.1 coui - ComeOn UUCP Installer! v0.1 (makes dialup networks in a moment)