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Formatting piped text in zenity

I'm trying to show some mediainfo output in a Zenity dialog, using 

mediainfo 00000.MTS | zenity --text-info
and here's there result. As the image shows, the text is badly formatted because of spaces, while it shows just right in terminal.

Can I change this? Also, is it possible to format particular strings of text (e.g: the "General" and "Video" headers)?

Solution

  • the text is badly formatted because of spaces, while it shows just right in terminal. Can I change this?

    Yes, just change the font to one that is monospaced:

    mediainfo 00000.MTS | zenity --text-info --font='DejaVu Sans Mono'

    is it possible to format particular strings of text

    No, this is not possible with --text-info.