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- VCAL(1) UNIX System V VCAL(1)
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- NAME
- VCal - calendar with alarms
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- 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]
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- 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.
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- -title window-title
- This option specifies the window title used by VCal.
- The default value is "VCal".
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- -iconName icon-name
- This option specifies the icon name used by VCal.
- The default value is "vcal".
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- -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.
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- -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.
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- -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.
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- -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.
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- -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.
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- DESCRIPTION
- VCal is a simple calendar program with alarms. You can make
- entries (appointments) that are either single instance or
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- repeating, and have alarm events.
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- Select the "On Window" menu item under the "Help" menu to
- view the on-line help text. This text describes VCal and
- its interface.
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- CURRENT FEATURES
- Appointments can have multiple alarm events, and alarm
- events can popup a dialog, send email, and/or execute a
- commmand.
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- Month and week overview displays.
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- Month PostScript printing, day/week/month ASCII output.
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- Multi-line text appointments.
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- Full control of configurable options through preferences
- dialog.
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- Support for multiple, simultaneous accessors of the same
- database.
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- AUTHOR
- Mike Yang, mikey@sgi.com, mikey@cs.stanford.edu
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- Copyright 1994, Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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- BUGS
- Modifications to repeating entries affect all instances.
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- The -daily, -weekly, -monthly, and -printMonth switches
- still require an X connection.
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- Alarm advance warnings not specified in days do not work
- across day boundaries.
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- 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.
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- 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).
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- When printing, do not select the "Link in spool directory"
- option because VCal removes the temporary file immediately.
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