[webmin-l] How to create interactive dialogue in Custom Commands?

Reading here ... http://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/Command_Shell.

    /"//The module's biggest limitation is that interactive commands
    like vi, passwd and telnet cannot be run. //
    //There is no support for providing input to a command once it has
    started, so you are limited to //
    //non-interactive programs like cp, ls and rm."/


Now I'm creating a repository of Custom Commands (having cloned that
module) and I would like to have some interactivity (dialogue) in some
commands, such as offered in whiptail.

Here is one writeup on using whiptail ..

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/how-to-use-whiptail-to-write-interactive-shell-scripts/

I've tried various permutations of Custom Command but I'm not there yet.

So is there a way of writing a Custom Command which launches whiptail
shell scripts which can in turn launch an interactive dialogue window?

Another approach I'm trying is launching a python wrapper which launches
a whiptail script using subprocess method.

Here is an example whiptail script.   whiptail_example.sh

    #! /bin/bash

    OPTION=$(whiptail --title "Test Menu Dialog" --menu "Choose your
    option" 15 60 4 \
    "1" "Grilled Spicy Sausage" \
    "2" "Grilled Halloumi Cheese" \
    "3" "Charcoaled Chicken Wings" \
    "4" "Fried Aubergine"  3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)
     
    exitstatus=$?
    if [ $exitstatus = 0 ]; then
        echo "Your chosen option:" $OPTION
    else
        echo "You chose Cancel."
    fi


# http://xmodulo.com/create-dialog-boxes-interactive-shell-script.html

Thanks.

dl

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