diff --git a/doc/manual_de.html b/doc/manual_de.html
index dd4b79d..b003583 100755
--- a/doc/manual_de.html
+++ b/doc/manual_de.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_de.html,v 1.26 2009/07/10 19:49:07 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_de.html,v 1.27 2009/08/18 13:07:59 culot Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -91,13 +91,14 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_noninteractive">4.2.1 Nicht-interaktiver Modus</a></li>
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_interactive">4.2.2 Interaktiver Modus</a></li>
 	</ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.3 <code>calcurse</code> Dateien</a></li>
-        <li><a href="#basics_import_export"><span class="todo">4.4 Import/Export capabilities</span></a>
+        <li><a href="#basics_daemon"><span class="todo">4.3 Background mode</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.4 <code>calcurse</code> Dateien</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#basics_import_export"><span class="todo">4.5 Import/Export capabilities</span></a>
         <ul>
-            <li><a href="#basics_import"><span class="todo">4.4.1 Import</span></a></li>
-            <li><a href="#basics_export"><span class="todo">4.4.2 Export</span></a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_import"><span class="todo">4.5.1 Import</span></a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_export"><span class="todo">4.5.2 Export</span></a></li>
         </ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.5 Onlinehilfe</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.6 Onlinehilfe</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#options">5. Optionen</a>
     <ul>
@@ -199,6 +200,8 @@ w&auml;hlen.
 <span class="todo">Key bindings are also configurable, to fit everyone's needs.</span>
 Ein konfigurierbares Notizsystem erinnert den Benutzer 
 an bevorstehende Termine.
+<span class="todo">The reminders are sent even if the user's interface 
+is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background.</span>
 </p>
 
 <h1>3. Installation<a name="install"></a></h1>
@@ -255,7 +258,7 @@ laden:</p>
 <h2>3.2 Installationsprozess<a name="install_process"></a></h2>
 <p>
 Als erstes m&uuml;ssen die Dateien entpackt werden:</p>
-<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.6.tar.gz</pre>
+<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
 <p>
 Ist diese Voraussetzung erf&uuml;llt und das Archiv entpackt,
 sind nur noch die drei &uuml;blichen Schritte erforderlich:</p>
@@ -367,6 +370,15 @@ Es werden sowohl kurze als auch lange Optionsangaben unterst&uuml;tzt.</p>
             regular expression.
     </div>
     </dd>
+    <dt><code>--status</code></dt>
+    <dd>
+    <div class="todo">
+            Display  the  status of running instances of calcurse. If
+            calcurse is running, this will tell  if  the  interactive
+            mode  was  launched  or  if  calcurse is running in background.
+            The process pid will also be indicated.
+    </div>
+    </dd>
     <dt><code>-t[num], --todo[=num]</code></dt>
     <dd>Gibt die 'todo' Liste aus.
     Wird die optionale Angabe <code>num</code> &uuml;bergeben, werden nur diejenigen
@@ -578,7 +590,38 @@ Hierbei steht '^' f&uuml;r die Taste 'Strg' beziehungsweise 'Ctrl':
 </dl>
 </p>
 
-<h2>4.3 <code>calcurse</code> Dateien<a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>4.3 Background mode<a name="basics_daemon"></a></h2>
+
+<p>When the daemon mode is enabled in the notification configuration menu
+(see <a href="#options_notify">Notify-bar settings</a>), <code>calcurse</code> will stay
+in background when the user interface is not running. In background mode,
+<code>calcurse</code> checks for upcoming appointments and runs the user-defined 
+notification command when necessary. When the user interface is started again,
+the daemon automatically stops.</p>
+
+<p><code>calcurse</code> background activity can be logged (set the 
+<code>notify-daemon_log</code> variable in the notification configuration
+<a href="#options_notify">menu</a>), and in that case, information about the daemon
+start and stop time, reminders' command launch time, signals received... will be written
+in the <code>daemon.log</code> file (see section <a href="#basics_files">files</a>).</p>
+
+<p>
+Using the <code>--status</code> command line option (see section 
+<a href="#basics_invocation_commandline">Command line arguments</a>), 
+one can know if <code>calcurse</code> is currently running in background or not.
+If the daemon is running, a message like the following one will be displayed (the pid of
+the daemon process will be shown):
+<pre>calcurse is running in background (pid 14536)</pre>
+
+<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+To stop the daemon, just send the <code>TERM</code> signal to it, using a command such as:
+<code>'kill daemon_pid'</code>, where <span class="emp">daemon_pid</span> is the process id
+of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<h2>4.4 <code>calcurse</code> Dateien<a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
 <p>
 Die folgende Verzeichnisstruktur wird im $HOME-Verzeichnis angelegt,
 <div class="todo">(or in the directory you specified with  the  -D  option)</div>
@@ -607,15 +650,24 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
         <dd>Datei enth&auml;lt die todo-Liste.</dd>
 </dl>
 
+<div class="todo">
+	<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+        If the logging of calcurse daemon activity was set in the notification
+        configuration menu, the extra file <code>daemon.log</code> will appear
+        in calcurse data directory. This file contains logs about calcurse activity
+        when running in background.
+        </p>
+</div>
+
 
 <div class="todo">
-<h2>4.4 Import/Export capabilities<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
+<h2>4.5 Import/Export capabilities<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
 <p>
         The import and export capabilities offered by <code>calcurse</code>
         are described below.
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
 <p>
         Data in icalendar format as described in the rfc2445 specification
         (see <a href="#links_others">links</a> section below) can be imported
@@ -654,7 +706,7 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
         </ul>
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
 <p>
         Two possible export formats are available: <code>ical</code> and 
         <code>pcal</code> (see section <a href="#links_others">Links</a> below
@@ -662,7 +714,7 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 </p>
 </div>
 
-<h2>4.5 Online Hilfe<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
+<h2>4.6 Online Hilfe<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
 <p>
 Das integrierte Hilfe-System kann jederzeit mit '?' aufgerufen
 werden. Informationen &uuml;ber bestimmte Befehle k&ouml;nnen mit der
@@ -700,16 +752,14 @@ allgemeines Verhalten.</p>
     bet&auml;tigen.</p>
     </dd>
 
-    <div class="todo">
-    <dt><code>periodic_save</code> 
-    (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
-    <dd>If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">periodic_save</code> 
+    (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
     saved every <span class="emp">periodic_save</span> minutes.
     When an automatic save is performed, two asterisks 
     (i.e. '<code>**</code>') will appear on the top right-hand side
-    of the screen).</p>
+    of the screen).</span>
     </dd>
-    </div>
 
     <dt><code>Beenden_best&auml;tigen</code>
     (Voreinstellung: <span class="emp">ja</span>)</dt>
@@ -740,19 +790,18 @@ allgemeines Verhalten.</p>
     als erster Tag der Woche festgelegt. Ist <span class="emp">nein</span> gew&auml;hlt, 
     beginnt die Woche sonntags.</dd>
 
-    <div class="todo">
-    <dt><code>output_datefmt</code>
-    (default: <span class="emp">%D</span>)</dt>
-    <dd>This option indicates the format to be used when displaying dates
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">output_datefmt</code>
+    (default: <span class="emp">%D</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">This option indicates the format to be used when displaying dates
     in non-interactive mode. Using the default values, dates are displayed the
     following way: <span class="emp">mm/dd/aa</span>.
     You can see all of the possible formats by typing <code>man 3 strftime</code>
-    inside a terminal.</dd>
+    inside a terminal.</span></dd>
 
-    <dt><code>input_datefmt</code>
-    (default: <span class="emp">1</span>)</dt>
-    <dd>This option indicates the format that will be used to enter dates in
-    <span class="emp">calcurse</span>. Four choices are available:
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">input_datefmt</code>
+    (default: <span class="emp">1</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">This option indicates the format that will be used to enter dates in
+    <span class="emp">calcurse</span>. Four choices are available:</span>
     <ol>
       <li>mm/dd/yyyy</li>
       <li>dd/mm/yyyy</li>
@@ -760,7 +809,6 @@ allgemeines Verhalten.</p>
       <li>yyyy-mm-dd</li>
     </ol>
     </dd>
-    </div>
 </dl>
 
 <div class="todo">
@@ -878,6 +926,19 @@ entsprechend anpassen.</p>
 calcurse --next | mail -s "[calcurse] upcoming appointment!" user@host.com
 	</code>
 	</dd>
+
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_enable</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, daemon mode will be enabled, meaning <code>calcurse</code>
+        will run into background when the user's interface is exited. This will allow the
+        notifications to be launched even when the interface is not running. More details
+        can be found in section <a href="#basics_daemon">'Background mode'</a>.</span>
+        </dd>
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_log</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, <code>calcurse</code> daemon activity will be logged (see section
+        <a href="#basics_files">files</a></span>).
+        </dd>
 </dl> 
 
 <h1>6. Bekannte Fehler<a name="known_bugs"></a></h1>
@@ -1187,7 +1248,7 @@ Benutzer, die mir Ihr Feedback mitgeteilt haben.</p>
 	Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br>
 	German translation by Michael Schulz
 	<code>&lt;bloodshower .at. web .dot. de&gt;</code>, and Chris.<br>
-	Calcurse version 2.6 - Last change: July 10, 2009<br>
+	Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_en.html b/doc/manual_en.html
index 2ecd7b8..d267767 100755
--- a/doc/manual_en.html
+++ b/doc/manual_en.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_en.html,v 1.27 2009/08/18 09:55:03 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_en.html,v 1.28 2009/08/18 13:08:00 culot Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -613,9 +613,6 @@ of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
 </p>
 
 
-</p>
-
-
 <h2>4.4 <code>calcurse</code> files<a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
 <p>
         The following structure is created in your <code>$HOME</code>  
diff --git a/doc/manual_es.html b/doc/manual_es.html
index f592782..38f58e1 100755
--- a/doc/manual_es.html
+++ b/doc/manual_es.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_es.html,v 1.23 2009/07/10 19:49:07 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_es.html,v 1.24 2009/08/18 13:08:00 culot Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_noninteractive">4.2.1 Modo no-interactivo</a></li>
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_interactive">4.2.2 Modo interactivo</a></li>
 	</ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.3 Archivos de <code>calcurse</code></a></li>
-        <li><a href="#basics_import_export"><span class="todo">4.4 Import/Export capabilities</span></a>
+        <li><a href="#basics_daemon"><span class="todo">4.3 Background mode</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.4 Archivos de <code>calcurse</code></a></li>
+        <li><a href="#basics_import_export"><span class="todo">4.5 Import/Export capabilities</span></a>
         <ul>
-            <li><a href="#basics_import"><span class="todo">4.4.1 Import</span></a></li>
-            <li><a href="#basics_export"><span class="todo">4.4.2 Export</span></a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_import"><span class="todo">4.5.1 Import</span></a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_export"><span class="todo">4.5.2 Export</span></a></li>
         </ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.5 Ayuda en linea</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.6 Ayuda en linea</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#options">5. Opciones</a>
     <ul>
@@ -195,6 +196,8 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
 	elegir entre combinaciones de colores y disposiciones.
 <span class="todo">Key bindings are also configurable, to fit everyone's needs.</span>
 	Finalmente, un sistema de notificacion recuerda al usuario sus proximas citas.
+<span class="todo">The reminders are sent even if the user's interface 
+is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background.</span>
 </p>
 
 <h1>3. Instalación<a name="install"></a></h1>
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
 <h2>3.2 Proceso de instalación<a name="install_process"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	Primero necesitas descomprimir ( gunzip  y  untar) el archivo fuente:</p>
-	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.6.tar.gz</pre>
+	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
 <p>
   	Una vez has resuelto los requisitos y has extraído el archivo, 
 	el proceso de instalación es muy simple y sigue los tres pasos habituales:
@@ -296,7 +299,7 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
 	    próximos, dependiendo del formato del argumento.
 	    Soporta dos posible formatos :
 	    <ul>
-	        <li>una fecha <span class="todo">(possible formats described below).</li>
+	        <li>una fecha <span class="todo">(possible formats described below).</span></li>
 		<li>un numero 'n'.</li>
 	    </ul>
 	    En el primer caso,  devolverá la lista de citas y eventos para la fecha especificada 
@@ -371,6 +374,15 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
             regular expression.
             </div>
             </dd>
+    <dt><code>--status</code></dt>
+    <dd>
+    <div class="todo">
+            Display  the  status of running instances of calcurse. If
+            calcurse is running, this will tell  if  the  interactive
+            mode  was  launched  or  if  calcurse is running in background.
+            The process pid will also be indicated.
+    </div>
+    </dd>
 	    <dt><code>-t[num], --todo[=num]</code></dt>
 	    <dd>
 	    Imprime la lista de tareas pendientes ('ToDo') y sale.
@@ -588,7 +600,38 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
 	</dl>
 </p>
 
-<h2>4.3 Archivos de <code>calcurse</code><a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>4.3 Background mode<a name="basics_daemon"></a></h2>
+
+<p>When the daemon mode is enabled in the notification configuration menu
+(see <a href="#options_notify">Notify-bar settings</a>), <code>calcurse</code> will stay
+in background when the user interface is not running. In background mode,
+<code>calcurse</code> checks for upcoming appointments and runs the user-defined 
+notification command when necessary. When the user interface is started again,
+the daemon automatically stops.</p>
+
+<p><code>calcurse</code> background activity can be logged (set the 
+<code>notify-daemon_log</code> variable in the notification configuration
+<a href="#options_notify">menu</a>), and in that case, information about the daemon
+start and stop time, reminders' command launch time, signals received... will be written
+in the <code>daemon.log</code> file (see section <a href="#basics_files">files</a>).</p>
+
+<p>
+Using the <code>--status</code> command line option (see section 
+<a href="#basics_invocation_commandline">Command line arguments</a>), 
+one can know if <code>calcurse</code> is currently running in background or not.
+If the daemon is running, a message like the following one will be displayed (the pid of
+the daemon process will be shown):
+<pre>calcurse is running in background (pid 14536)</pre>
+
+<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+To stop the daemon, just send the <code>TERM</code> signal to it, using a command such as:
+<code>'kill daemon_pid'</code>, where <span class="emp">daemon_pid</span> is the process id
+of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<h2>4.4 Archivos de <code>calcurse</code><a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
 <p>
         La siguiente estructura se crea en tu directorio <code>$HOME</code>
         <div class="todo">(or in the directory you specified with  the  -D  option)</div>
@@ -618,13 +661,22 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 	</dl>
 
 <div class="todo">
-<h2>4.4 Import/Export capabilities<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
+	<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+        If the logging of calcurse daemon activity was set in the notification
+        configuration menu, the extra file <code>daemon.log</code> will appear
+        in calcurse data directory. This file contains logs about calcurse activity
+        when running in background.
+        </p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>4.5 Import/Export capabilities<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
 <p>
         The import and export capabilities offered by <code>calcurse</code>
         are described below.
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
 <p>
         Data in icalendar format as described in the rfc2445 specification
         (see <a href="#links_others">links</a> section below) can be imported
@@ -663,7 +715,7 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
         </ul>
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
 <p>
         Two possible export formats are available: <code>ical</code> and 
         <code>pcal</code> (see section <a href="#links_others">Links</a> below
@@ -671,7 +723,7 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 </p>
 </div>
 
-<h2>4.5 Ayuda en linea<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
+<h2>4.6 Ayuda en linea<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
 <p>
         En cualquier momento, puedes consultar el sistema de ayuda integrado 
         presionando la tecla '?'. Una vez en la pantalla de ayuda,
@@ -711,16 +763,14 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 	    sus modificaciones antes de salir.</p>
 	    </dd>
 
-            <div class="todo">
-            <dt><code>periodic_save</code> 
-            (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
-            <dd>If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
-            saved every <span class="emp">periodic_save</span> minutes.
-            When an automatic save is performed, two asterisks 
-            (i.e. '<code>**</code>') will appear on the top right-hand side
-            of the screen).</p>
-            </dd>
-            </div>
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">periodic_save</code> 
+    (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
+    saved every <span class="emp">periodic_save</span> minutes.
+    When an automatic save is performed, two asterisks 
+    (i.e. '<code>**</code>') will appear on the top right-hand side
+    of the screen).</span>
+    </dd>
 
 	    <dt><code>confirmar_salir</code>
 	    (por defecto: <span class="emp">si</span>)</dt>
@@ -760,26 +810,25 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 	    será el primer día de la semana.
 	    </dd>
 
-            <div class="todo">
-            <dt><code>output_datefmt</code>
-            (default: <span class="emp">%D</span>)</dt>
-            <dd>This option indicates the format to be used when displaying dates
-            in non-interactive mode. Using the default values, dates are displayed the
-            following way: <span class="emp">mm/dd/aa</span>.
-            You can see all of the possible formats by typing <code>man 3 strftime</code>
-            inside a terminal.</dd>
-            <dt><code>input_datefmt</code>
-            (default: <span class="emp">1</span>)</dt>
-            <dd>This option indicates the format that will be used to enter dates in
-            <span class="emp">calcurse</span>. Four choices are available:
-            <ol>
-              <li>mm/dd/yyyy</li>
-              <li>dd/mm/yyyy</li>
-              <li>yyyy/mm/dd</li>
-              <li>yyyy-mm-dd</li>
-              </ol>
-            </dd>
-            </div>
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">output_datefmt</code>
+    (default: <span class="emp">%D</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">This option indicates the format to be used when displaying dates
+    in non-interactive mode. Using the default values, dates are displayed the
+    following way: <span class="emp">mm/dd/aa</span>.
+    You can see all of the possible formats by typing <code>man 3 strftime</code>
+    inside a terminal.</span></dd>
+
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">input_datefmt</code>
+    (default: <span class="emp">1</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">This option indicates the format that will be used to enter dates in
+    <span class="emp">calcurse</span>. Four choices are available:</span>
+    <ol>
+      <li>mm/dd/yyyy</li>
+      <li>dd/mm/yyyy</li>
+      <li>yyyy/mm/dd</li>
+      <li>yyyy-mm-dd</li>
+    </ol>
+    </dd>
 
         </dl>
 
@@ -901,6 +950,20 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 calcurse --next | mail -s "[calcurse] upcoming appointment!" user@host.com
 	</code>
 	</dd> 
+
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_enable</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, daemon mode will be enabled, meaning <code>calcurse</code>
+        will run into background when the user's interface is exited. This will allow the
+        notifications to be launched even when the interface is not running. More details
+        can be found in section <a href="#basics_daemon">'Background mode'</a>.</span>
+        </dd>
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_log</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, <code>calcurse</code> daemon activity will be logged (see section
+        <a href="#basics_files">files</a></span>).
+        </dd>
+
 	</dl>
 
 <h1>6. Bugs conocidos<a name="known_bugs"></a></h1>
@@ -1204,7 +1267,7 @@ msgid ""
 	Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br>
 	Traducido al Español por José López
 	<code>&lt;testinground .at. gmail .dot. com&gt;</code><br>
-	Calcurse version 2.6 - Last change: July 10, 2009<br>
+	Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_fr.html b/doc/manual_fr.html
index e61c76b..2448735 100755
--- a/doc/manual_fr.html
+++ b/doc/manual_fr.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_fr.html,v 1.27 2009/07/10 19:49:08 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_fr.html,v 1.28 2009/08/18 13:08:00 culot Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ pour faire remonter les bogues et pour contribuer au d
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_noninteractive">4.2.1 Mode non-interactif</a></li>
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_interactive">4.2.2 Mode Interactif</a></li>
 	</ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.3 Fichiers</a></li>
-        <li><a href="#basics_import_export">4.4 Fonctions d'import/export</a>
+        <li><a href="#basics_daemon"><span class="todo">4.3 Background mode</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.4 Fichiers</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#basics_import_export">4.5 Fonctions d'import/export</a>
         <ul>
-            <li><a href="#basics_import">4.4.1 Import</a></li>
-            <li><a href="#basics_export">4.4.2 Export</a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_import">4.5.1 Import</a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_export">4.5.2 Export</a></li>
         </ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.5 Aide en ligne</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.6 Aide en ligne</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#options">5. Options</a>
     <ul>
@@ -211,7 +212,9 @@ disponibles.
         Enfin, le système de notification est
         entièrement configurable, l'utilisateur peut donc choisir la
         manière dont il veut être prévenu de l'approche d'un
-        rendez-vous.
+        rendez-vous. Les notifications peuvent également être envoyées
+        même si l'interface utilisateur n'est pas lancée, car
+        <code>calcurse</code> peut tourner en tâche de fond (mode démon).
 </p>
 
 <h1>3. Installation<a name="install"></a></h1>
@@ -280,7 +283,7 @@ disponibles.
 <p>
         Vous devez tout d'abord décompresser l'archive source de la
         manière suivante :</p>
-	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.6.tar.gz</pre>
+	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
 <p>
         Une fois que vous remplissez tous les pré-requis nécessaires à
         l'installation, le processus de compilation est simple et suit
@@ -397,6 +400,15 @@ disponibles.
         '-s' ou '-t', seuls les éléments dont la description correspond à 
         l'expression régulière passée en argument seront affichés.
         </dd>
+    <dt><code>--status</code></dt>
+    <dd>
+    <div class="todo">
+            Display  the  status of running instances of calcurse. If
+            calcurse is running, this will tell  if  the  interactive
+            mode  was  launched  or  if  calcurse is running in background.
+            The process pid will also be indicated.
+    </div>
+    </dd>
 	<dt><code>-t[num], --todo[=num]</code></dt>
 	<dd>
 	Affiche la liste des 'todo', puis quitte. Si le nombre optionnel
@@ -628,7 +640,38 @@ disponibles.
 	</dl>
 </p>
 
-<h2>4.3 Fichiers<a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>4.3 Background mode<a name="basics_daemon"></a></h2>
+
+<p>When the daemon mode is enabled in the notification configuration menu
+(see <a href="#options_notify">Notify-bar settings</a>), <code>calcurse</code> will stay
+in background when the user interface is not running. In background mode,
+<code>calcurse</code> checks for upcoming appointments and runs the user-defined 
+notification command when necessary. When the user interface is started again,
+the daemon automatically stops.</p>
+
+<p><code>calcurse</code> background activity can be logged (set the 
+<code>notify-daemon_log</code> variable in the notification configuration
+<a href="#options_notify">menu</a>), and in that case, information about the daemon
+start and stop time, reminders' command launch time, signals received... will be written
+in the <code>daemon.log</code> file (see section <a href="#basics_files">files</a>).</p>
+
+<p>
+Using the <code>--status</code> command line option (see section 
+<a href="#basics_invocation_commandline">Command line arguments</a>), 
+one can know if <code>calcurse</code> is currently running in background or not.
+If the daemon is running, a message like the following one will be displayed (the pid of
+the daemon process will be shown):
+<pre>calcurse is running in background (pid 14536)</pre>
+
+<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+To stop the daemon, just send the <code>TERM</code> signal to it, using a command such as:
+<code>'kill daemon_pid'</code>, where <span class="emp">daemon_pid</span> is the process id
+of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<h2>4.4 Fichiers<a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
 <p>
         La structure de fichiers suivante est créée dans le répertoire
         <code>$HOME</code> de l'utilisateur (ou bien dans le répertoire
@@ -661,13 +704,22 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 		<dd>ce fichier contient la liste des tâches à effectuer</dd>
 	</dl>
 
-<h2>4.4 Fonctions d'import/export<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+	<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+        If the logging of calcurse daemon activity was set in the notification
+        configuration menu, the extra file <code>daemon.log</code> will appear
+        in calcurse data directory. This file contains logs about calcurse activity
+        when running in background.
+        </p>
+</div>
+
+<h2>4.5 Fonctions d'import/export<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
 <p>
         Les possibilités offertes par <code>calcurse</code> pour importer et exporter
         des données sont décrites ci-dessous.
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
 <p>
         Les données au format icalendar tel que décrit dans la spécification
         rfc2445 (voir la section <a href="#links_others">liens</a> ci-dessous)
@@ -708,7 +760,7 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
         </ul>
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
 <p>
         Deux formats peuvent êtres utilisés pour l'export des données:
         <code>ical</code> et <code>pcal</code> (voir la section
@@ -716,7 +768,7 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
         concernant ces formats).
 </p>
 
-<h2>4.5 Aide en ligne<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
+<h2>4.6 Aide en ligne<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
 <p>
         A n'importe quel moment, le système d'aide en ligne peut être
         appelé en pressant la touche '?'. Une fois rentré dans l'aide,
@@ -759,16 +811,14 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 		    lancement de <code>calcurse</code>.</p>
 		</dd>
 
-                <div class="todo">
-                <dt><code>periodic_save</code> 
-                (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
-                <dd>If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
-                saved every <span class="emp">periodic_save</span> minutes.
-                When an automatic save is performed, two asterisks 
-                (i.e. '<code>**</code>') will appear on the top right-hand side
-                of the screen).</p>
-                </dd>
-                </div>
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">periodic_save</code> 
+    (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
+    saved every <span class="emp">periodic_save</span> minutes.
+    When an automatic save is performed, two asterisks 
+    (i.e. '<code>**</code>') will appear on the top right-hand side
+    of the screen).</span>
+    </dd>
                 
 		<dt><code>confirmer_pour_quitter</code> 
 		  (valeur par défaut: <span class="emp">oui</span>)</dt>
@@ -965,6 +1015,20 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 calcurse --next | mail -s "[calcurse] nouveau rendez-vous!" user@host.com
 		  </code>
 		  </dd>
+
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_enable</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, daemon mode will be enabled, meaning <code>calcurse</code>
+        will run into background when the user's interface is exited. This will allow the
+        notifications to be launched even when the interface is not running. More details
+        can be found in section <a href="#basics_daemon">'Background mode'</a>.</span>
+        </dd>
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_log</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, <code>calcurse</code> daemon activity will be logged (see section
+        <a href="#basics_files">files</a></span>).
+        </dd>
+
 	</dl>
 
 <h1>6. Bogues connus<a name="known_bugs"></a></h1>
@@ -1363,7 +1427,7 @@ msgid ""
 
 <div class="footer">
 	Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br>
-	Calcurse version 2.6 - Dernière modification: 10 Juillet 2009<br>
+	Calcurse version 2.7 - Dernière modification: 18 Aout 2009<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_it.html b/doc/manual_it.html
index 4cf11b1..8593a6b 100755
--- a/doc/manual_it.html
+++ b/doc/manual_it.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- * $calcurse: manual_it.html,v 1.12 2009/07/10 19:49:08 culot Exp $
+ * $calcurse: manual_it.html,v 1.13 2009/08/18 13:08:01 culot Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -91,13 +91,14 @@ partecipare allo sviluppo di calcurse.
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_noninteractive">4.2.1 Modo non interattivo</a></li>
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_interactive">4.2.2 Modo interattivo</a></li>
 	</ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.3 Files di <code>calcurse</code></a></li>
-        <li><a href="#basics_import_export"><span class="todo">4.4 Import/Export capabilities</span></a>
+        <li><a href="#basics_daemon"><span class="todo">4.3 Background mode</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.4 Files di <code>calcurse</code></a></li>
+        <li><a href="#basics_import_export"><span class="todo">4.5 Import/Export capabilities</span></a>
         <ul>
-            <li><a href="#basics_import"><span class="todo">4.4.1 Import</span></a></li>
-            <li><a href="#basics_export"><span class="todo">4.4.2 Export</span></a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_import"><span class="todo">4.5.1 Import</span></a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_export"><span class="todo">4.5.2 Export</span></a></li>
         </ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.5 Aiuto in linea</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.6 Aiuto in linea</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#options">5. Opzioni</a>
     <ul>
@@ -201,6 +202,8 @@ caratteristiche<a name="overview_features"></a></h2>
 <span class="todo">Key bindings are also configurable, to fit everyone's needs.</span>
   Infine un sistema configurabile di allarmi ricorda all'utente
   l'avvicinarsi degli appuntamenti.
+<span class="todo">The reminders are sent even if the user's interface 
+is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background.</span>
 </p>
 
 <h1>3. Installazione<a name="install"></a></h1>
@@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ caratteristiche<a name="overview_features"></a></h2>
   Innanzitutto Ã¨ necessario scompattare l'archivio contenente i
   sorgenti:
 </p>
-	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.6.tar.gz</pre>
+	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
 <p>
   Una volta verificati i requisiti e scompattato l'archivio la
   procedura d'installazione Ã¨ piuttosto semplice visto che segue i tre
@@ -319,7 +322,7 @@ caratteristiche<a name="overview_features"></a></h2>
       dell'argomento. Sono possibili due formati:
 
       <ul>
-	<li>una data <span class="todo">(possible formats described below).</li>
+	<li>una data <span class="todo">(possible formats described below).</span></li>
 	<li>un numero 'n'.</li>
       </ul>
       Nel primo caso viene mostrata la lista degli appuntamenti per la
@@ -403,6 +406,15 @@ caratteristiche<a name="overview_features"></a></h2>
             regular expression.
             </div>
             </dd>
+    <dt><code>--status</code></dt>
+    <dd>
+    <div class="todo">
+            Display  the  status of running instances of calcurse. If
+            calcurse is running, this will tell  if  the  interactive
+            mode  was  launched  or  if  calcurse is running in background.
+            The process pid will also be indicated.
+    </div>
+    </dd>
 
     <dt><code>-t[num], --todo[=num]</code></dt>
     <dd>
@@ -633,7 +645,38 @@ d'ambiente<a name="basics_invocation_environment"></a></h3>
   </dl> 
 </p>
 
-<h2>4.3 File di <code>calcurse</code><a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>4.3 Background mode<a name="basics_daemon"></a></h2>
+
+<p>When the daemon mode is enabled in the notification configuration menu
+(see <a href="#options_notify">Notify-bar settings</a>), <code>calcurse</code> will stay
+in background when the user interface is not running. In background mode,
+<code>calcurse</code> checks for upcoming appointments and runs the user-defined 
+notification command when necessary. When the user interface is started again,
+the daemon automatically stops.</p>
+
+<p><code>calcurse</code> background activity can be logged (set the 
+<code>notify-daemon_log</code> variable in the notification configuration
+<a href="#options_notify">menu</a>), and in that case, information about the daemon
+start and stop time, reminders' command launch time, signals received... will be written
+in the <code>daemon.log</code> file (see section <a href="#basics_files">files</a>).</p>
+
+<p>
+Using the <code>--status</code> command line option (see section 
+<a href="#basics_invocation_commandline">Command line arguments</a>), 
+one can know if <code>calcurse</code> is currently running in background or not.
+If the daemon is running, a message like the following one will be displayed (the pid of
+the daemon process will be shown):
+<pre>calcurse is running in background (pid 14536)</pre>
+
+<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+To stop the daemon, just send the <code>TERM</code> signal to it, using a command such as:
+<code>'kill daemon_pid'</code>, where <span class="emp">daemon_pid</span> is the process id
+of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<h2>4.4 File di <code>calcurse</code><a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
 <p>
   Al primo avvio di <code>calcurse</code> viene creata nella vostra
   directory <code>$HOME</code> 
@@ -673,13 +716,22 @@ d'ambiente<a name="basics_invocation_environment"></a></h3>
 </dl>
 
 <div class="todo">
-<h2>4.4 Import/Export capabilities<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
+	<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+        If the logging of calcurse daemon activity was set in the notification
+        configuration menu, the extra file <code>daemon.log</code> will appear
+        in calcurse data directory. This file contains logs about calcurse activity
+        when running in background.
+        </p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>4.5 Import/Export capabilities<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
 <p>
         The import and export capabilities offered by <code>calcurse</code>
         are described below.
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
 <p>
         Data in icalendar format as described in the rfc2445 specification
         (see <a href="#links_others">links</a> section below) can be imported
@@ -718,7 +770,7 @@ d'ambiente<a name="basics_invocation_environment"></a></h3>
         </ul>
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
 <p>
         Two possible export formats are available: <code>ical</code> and 
         <code>pcal</code> (see section <a href="#links_others">Links</a> below
@@ -726,7 +778,7 @@ d'ambiente<a name="basics_invocation_environment"></a></h3>
 </p>
 </div>
 
-<h2>4.5 Aiuto in linea<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
+<h2>4.6 Aiuto in linea<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
 <p>
   In ogni momento Ã¨ possibile richiedere il sistema dell'aiuto in
   linea premendo il tasto '?': una volta avviato si possono richiedere
@@ -766,16 +818,14 @@ d'ambiente<a name="basics_invocation_environment"></a></h3>
 	      modificati.
 	  </dd>
 
-            <div class="todo">
-            <dt><code>periodic_save</code> 
-            (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
-            <dd>If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
-            saved every <span class="emp">periodic_save</span> minutes.
-            When an automatic save is performed, two asterisks 
-            (i.e. '<code>**</code>') will appear on the top right-hand side
-            of the screen).</p>
-            </dd>
-            </div>
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">periodic_save</code> 
+    (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
+    saved every <span class="emp">periodic_save</span> minutes.
+    When an automatic save is performed, two asterisks 
+    (i.e. '<code>**</code>') will appear on the top right-hand side
+    of the screen).</span>
+    </dd>
 
 	  <dt><code>confirm_quit</code> 
 	    (default: <span class="emp">yes</span>)</dt>
@@ -823,26 +873,25 @@ d'ambiente<a name="basics_invocation_environment"></a></h3>
 	    finestra del calendario.
 	  </dd>
 
-                <div class="todo">
-                <dt><code>output_datefmt</code>
-                (default: <span class="emp">%D</span>)</dt>
-                <dd>This option indicates the format to be used when displaying dates
-                in non-interactive mode. Using the default values, dates are displayed the
-                following way: <span class="emp">mm/dd/aa</span>.
-                You can see all of the possible formats by typing <code>man 3 strftime</code>
-                inside a terminal.</dd>
-                <dt><code>input_datefmt</code>
-                (default: <span class="emp">1</span>)</dt>
-                <dd>This option indicates the format that will be used to enter dates in
-                <span class="emp">calcurse</span>. Four choices are available:
-                <ol>
-                  <li>mm/dd/yyyy</li>
-                  <li>dd/mm/yyyy</li>
-                  <li>yyyy/mm/dd</li>
-                  <li>yyyy-mm-dd</li>
-                  </ol>
-                </dd>
-                </div>
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">output_datefmt</code>
+    (default: <span class="emp">%D</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">This option indicates the format to be used when displaying dates
+    in non-interactive mode. Using the default values, dates are displayed the
+    following way: <span class="emp">mm/dd/aa</span>.
+    You can see all of the possible formats by typing <code>man 3 strftime</code>
+    inside a terminal.</span></dd>
+
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">input_datefmt</code>
+    (default: <span class="emp">1</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">This option indicates the format that will be used to enter dates in
+    <span class="emp">calcurse</span>. Four choices are available:</span>
+    <ol>
+      <li>mm/dd/yyyy</li>
+      <li>dd/mm/yyyy</li>
+      <li>yyyy/mm/dd</li>
+      <li>yyyy-mm-dd</li>
+    </ol>
+    </dd>
 
 	</dl>
 
@@ -989,6 +1038,19 @@ d'ambiente<a name="basics_invocation_environment"></a></h3>
       calcurse --next | mail -s "[calcurse] upcoming appointment!" user@host.com
     </code>
   </dd>
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_enable</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, daemon mode will be enabled, meaning <code>calcurse</code>
+        will run into background when the user's interface is exited. This will allow the
+        notifications to be launched even when the interface is not running. More details
+        can be found in section <a href="#basics_daemon">'Background mode'</a>.</span>
+        </dd>
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_log</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, <code>calcurse</code> daemon activity will be logged (see section
+        <a href="#basics_files">files</a></span>).
+        </dd>
+
 </dl>
 
 <h1>6. Bachi conosciuti<a name="known_bugs"></a></h1>
@@ -1445,7 +1507,7 @@ d'ambiente<a name="basics_invocation_environment"></a></h3>
 
 <div class="footer">
   Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Culot<br>
-  Calcurse version 2.6 - Last change: July 10, 2009<br>
+  Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_nl.html b/doc/manual_nl.html
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+++ b/doc/manual_nl.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//NL">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_nl.html,v 1.19 2009/07/10 19:49:09 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_nl.html,v 1.20 2009/08/18 13:08:01 culot Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -90,13 +90,14 @@ besproken. Als laatste wordt zowel de procedure van het melden van fouten in
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_noninteractive">4.2.1 Niet-interactieve modus</a></li>
 	    <li><a href="#basics_interface_interactive">4.2.2 Interactieve modus</a></li>
 	</ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.3 <code>calcurse</code> bestanden</a></li>
-        <li><a href="#basics_import_export">4.4 Import/Export mogelijkheden</a>
+        <li><a href="#basics_daemon"><span class="todo">4.3 Background mode</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_files">4.4 <code>calcurse</code> bestanden</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#basics_import_export">4.5 Import/Export mogelijkheden</a>
         <ul>
-            <li><a href="#basics_import">4.4.1 Importeren</a></li>
-            <li><a href="#basics_export">4.4.2 Exporteren</a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_import">4.5.1 Importeren</a></li>
+            <li><a href="#basics_export">4.5.2 Exporteren</a></li>
         </ul></li>
-	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.5 Online hulp</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#basics_help">4.6 Online hulp</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#options">5. Opties</a>
     <ul>
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ besproken. Als laatste wordt zowel de procedure van het melden van fouten in
 	die gebruikt wordt om de gebruikers-interface aan te sturen.
 </p>
 
-<h2>2?2 Belangrijke kenmerken<a name="overview_features"></a></h2>
+<h2>2.2 Belangrijke kenmerken<a name="overview_features"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	<code>Calcurse</code> is multi-platform, neemt weinig systeembronnen
 	in beslag, en is snel en betrouwbaar. Het moet gebruikt worden binnen
@@ -194,6 +195,8 @@ besproken. Als laatste wordt zowel de procedure van het melden van fouten in
 <span class="todo">Key bindings are also configurable, to fit everyone's needs.</span>
         En als laatste, is er het configurabele meldingssysteem, dat gebruikers
 	verwittigt van op handen zijnde afspraken.
+<span class="todo">The reminders are sent even if the user's interface 
+is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background.</span>
 </p>
 
 <h1>3. Installatie<a name="install"></a></h1>
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ besproken. Als laatste wordt zowel de procedure van het melden van fouten in
 <p>
 	Als eerste moet het volgende archief uitgepakt worden met gunzip en
 	untar:</p>
-	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.6.tar.gz</pre>
+	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
 <p>
 	Zodra de benodigde pakketten ge&iuml;nstalleerd zijn en het archief
 	uitgepakt is, is de installatieprocedure vrij simpel, via de
@@ -294,7 +297,7 @@ besproken. Als laatste wordt zowel de procedure van het melden van fouten in
 	    Geef de afspraken weer van de gegeven datum of van het gegeven aantal
 	    komende dagen, afhankelijk van de opties. Er zijn twee mogelijkheden:
 	    <ul>
-	        <li>een datum <span class="todo">(possible formats described below).</li>
+	        <li>een datum <span class="todo">(possible formats described below).</span></li>
 		<li>een nummer 'n'.</li>
 	    </ul>
 	    In het eerste geval, wordt een lijst met afspraken voor de gegeven
@@ -359,6 +362,15 @@ besproken. Als laatste wordt zowel de procedure van het melden van fouten in
             regular expression.
             </div>
             </dd>
+    <dt><code>--status</code></dt>
+    <dd>
+    <div class="todo">
+            Display  the  status of running instances of calcurse. If
+            calcurse is running, this will tell  if  the  interactive
+            mode  was  launched  or  if  calcurse is running in background.
+            The process pid will also be indicated.
+    </div>
+    </dd>
 	    <dt><code>-t[num], --todo[=num]</code></dt>
 	    <dd>
 	    Geef de 'todo' lijst weer en verlaat het programma. Als het optionele
@@ -576,7 +588,38 @@ besproken. Als laatste wordt zowel de procedure van het melden van fouten in
 	</dl>
 </p>
 
-<h2>4.3 <code>calcurse</code> bestanden<a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>4.3 Background mode<a name="basics_daemon"></a></h2>
+
+<p>When the daemon mode is enabled in the notification configuration menu
+(see <a href="#options_notify">Notify-bar settings</a>), <code>calcurse</code> will stay
+in background when the user interface is not running. In background mode,
+<code>calcurse</code> checks for upcoming appointments and runs the user-defined 
+notification command when necessary. When the user interface is started again,
+the daemon automatically stops.</p>
+
+<p><code>calcurse</code> background activity can be logged (set the 
+<code>notify-daemon_log</code> variable in the notification configuration
+<a href="#options_notify">menu</a>), and in that case, information about the daemon
+start and stop time, reminders' command launch time, signals received... will be written
+in the <code>daemon.log</code> file (see section <a href="#basics_files">files</a>).</p>
+
+<p>
+Using the <code>--status</code> command line option (see section 
+<a href="#basics_invocation_commandline">Command line arguments</a>), 
+one can know if <code>calcurse</code> is currently running in background or not.
+If the daemon is running, a message like the following one will be displayed (the pid of
+the daemon process will be shown):
+<pre>calcurse is running in background (pid 14536)</pre>
+
+<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+To stop the daemon, just send the <code>TERM</code> signal to it, using a command such as:
+<code>'kill daemon_pid'</code>, where <span class="emp">daemon_pid</span> is the process id
+of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<h2>4.4 <code>calcurse</code> bestanden<a name="basics_files"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	De volgende structuur wordt in je <code>$HOME</code> directory
 	aangemaakt, of in de door -D aangeduide directory)
@@ -607,13 +650,22 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 		<dd>bevat de takenlijst.</dd>
 	</dl>
 
-<h2>4.4 Import/Export mogelijkheden<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+	<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span>
+        If the logging of calcurse daemon activity was set in the notification
+        configuration menu, the extra file <code>daemon.log</code> will appear
+        in calcurse data directory. This file contains logs about calcurse activity
+        when running in background.
+        </p>
+</div>
+
+<h2>4.5 Import/Export mogelijkheden<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	De import en export mogelijkheden van <code>calcurse</code> zijn als
 	volgt:
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3>
 <p>
 	Data in icalender formaat, zoals beschrevein in de rfc2445 specificatie
 	(zie <a href="#links_others">links</a> sectie beneden), kan
@@ -656,14 +708,14 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
             </ul>
 </p>
 
-<h3>4.4.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
+<h3>4.5.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3>
 <p>
 	Twee export formaten zijn voorradig: <code>ical</code> en
 	<code>pcal</code> (zie sectie <a href="#links_others">Links</a> beneden
 	voor meer informatie over deze formaten).
 </p>
 
-<h2>4.5 Online hulp<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
+<h2>4.6 Online hulp<a name="basics_help"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	De ingebouwde hulp kan waar nodig aangeroepen worden door middel van
 	de '?' toets. Tijdens het gebruik van de hulpschermen kan een
@@ -703,17 +755,14 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 		bewaren.</p>
 		</dd>
 
-                <div class="todo">
-                <dt><code>periodic_save</code> 
-                (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
-                <dd>If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
-                saved every <span class="emp">periodic_save</span> minutes.
-                When an automatic save is performed, two asterisks 
-                (i.e. '<code>**</code>') will appear on the top right-hand side
-                of the screen).</p>
-                </dd>
-                </div>
-
+    <dt><code><span class="todo">periodic_save</code> 
+    (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</span></dt>
+    <dd><span class="todo">If different from '0', user's data will be automatically
+    saved every <span class="emp">periodic_save</span> minutes.
+    When an automatic save is performed, two asterisks 
+    (i.e. '<code>**</code>') will appear on the top right-hand side
+    of the screen).</span>
+    </dd>
 
 		<dt><code>einde_bevestigen</code>
 		(standaard: <span class="emp">ja</span>)</dt>
@@ -890,6 +939,20 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 calcurse --next | mail -s "[calcurse] upcoming appointment!" user@host.com
 	</code>
 	</dd>
+
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_enable</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, daemon mode will be enabled, meaning <code>calcurse</code>
+        will run into background when the user's interface is exited. This will allow the
+        notifications to be launched even when the interface is not running. More details
+        can be found in section <a href="#basics_daemon">'Background mode'</a>.</span>
+        </dd>
+        <dt><code><span class="todo">notify-daemon_log</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</span></dt>
+        <dd><span class="todo">If set to yes, <code>calcurse</code> daemon activity will be logged (see section
+        <a href="#basics_files">files</a></span>).
+        </dd>
+
 	</dl>
 
 <h1>6. bekende bugs<a name="bekende_bugs"></a></h1>
@@ -1210,7 +1273,7 @@ msgid ""
 
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 	Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br>
-	Calcurse version 2.6 - Last change: July 10, 2009<br>
+	Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
