VCAL

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NAME

VCal - calendar with alarms

SYNTAX

/usr/local/bin/vcal [-file datbase-file] [-title window-title] [-iconName icon-name] [-scheme color-scheme] [-day date] [-week date] [-month date] [-printMonth date]

OPTIONS

-file database-file: This option allows the user to specify a different calendar file. The default file is "~/.vcal". VCal supports multiple accessors of the same file, and will update when someone else changes the same file.

-title window-title: This option specifies the window title used by VCal. The default value is "VCal".

-iconName icon-name: This option specifies the icon name used by VCal. The default value is "vcal".

-scheme color-scheme: VCal supports color schemes. To select a color scheme, choose the name of one of the subdirectories under /usr/lib/X11/schemes.
-day date: This option displays the appointments for the specified day to stdout. Use "today" to indicate today's date. An X connection is still required.
-week date: This option displays the appointments for the specified week to stdout. Use "today" to indicate today's date. An X connection is still required.
-month date: This option displays the appointments for the specified month to stdout. Use "today" to indicate today's date. An X connection is still required.
-printMonth date: This option emits PostScript to stdout, suitable for printing the calendar for the month with entries. Use "today" to indicate today's date. An X connection is still required.

DESCRIPTION

VCal is a simple calendar program with alarms. You can make entries (appointments) that are either single instance or repeating, and have alarm events.

Select the "On Window" menu item under the "Help" menu to view the on-line help text. This text describes VCal and its interface.

CURRENT FEATURES

Appointments can have multiple alarm events, and alarm events can popup a dialog, send email, and/or execute a commmand.

Month and week overview displays.

Month PostScript printing, day/week/month ASCII output.

Multi-line text appointments.

Full control of configurable options through preferences dialog.

Support for multiple, simultaneous accessors of the same database.

AUTHOR

Mike Yang, mikey@sgi.com, mikey@cs.stanford.edu

BUGS

Modifications to repeating entries affect all instances.

The -daily, -weekly, -monthly, and -printMonth switches still require an X connection.

Alarm advance warnings not specified in days do not work across day boundaries.

Alarms scheduled to fire on a previous day will trigger at 12am on the the previous day if VCal is running, or at startup when VCal is started on the previous day.

You cannot delete an alarm's entry from the popup dialog if the entry is for a future day (i.e. the advance notice is measured in days).

When printing, do not select the "Link in spool directory" option because VCal removes the temporary file immediately.

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