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* $calcurse: manual_en.html,v 1.7 2007/01/16 11:23:28 culot Exp $
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* $calcurse: manual_en.html,v 1.8 2007/04/15 12:35:42 culot Exp $
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*
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* Calcurse - text-based organizer
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* Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Frederic Culot
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<a name="intro"></a><h1>Introduction</a></h1>
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<p>
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<code>calcurse</code> is a text-based personal organizer
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which helps keeping track of events and everyday tasks.
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It contains a calendar, a 'todo' list, and puts your
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appointments in order. The user interface is configurable,
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and one can choose between different color schemes and
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layouts. All of the commands are documented within an
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online help system.
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<font color="green">
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<code>calcurse</code> is a text-based calendar and scheduling application. It helps
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keeping track of events, appointments and everyday tasks.
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A configurable notification system reminds user of upcoming deadlines,
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and the curses based interface can be customized to suit user needs.
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All of the commands are documented within an online help system.
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</font>
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<a name="overview"></a><h1>Overview</h1>
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<a name="overview_history"></a><h2>Creation history</h2>
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the possible actions displayed at any time inside a status bar.
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The user interface is also configurable, and one can choose
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between several color and layout combinations.
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<font color="green">
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Last, a configurable notification system reminds user of upcoming
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appointments.
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</font>
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<a name="install"></a><h1>Installation</h1>
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<a name="install_requirements"></a><h2>Requirements</h2>
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<p>
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First you need to gunzip and untar the source archive:
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<pre>
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tar zxvf calcurse-1.7.tar.gz
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tar zxvf <font color="green">calcurse-1.8</font>.tar.gz
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</pre>
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Once you meet the requirements and have extracted the archive,
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the install process is quite simple, and follows the standard
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<br>
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<dt><code>-v, --version</code>
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<dd>
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Display <code>calcurse</code> version and exit.
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Display <code>calcurse</code> version and exit.<br>
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<br>
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<font color="green">
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<dt><code>-x, --export</code>
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<dd>
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Export user data to iCalendar format. Events, appointments and
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todos are converted and echoed to stdout.<br>
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<u>Note:</u> redirect standard output to export data to a file,
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by issuing a command such as:
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<pre>
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$ calcurse --export > my_data.ics
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</pre>
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</font>
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</DL>
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<a name="basics_invocation_variable"></a><h3>Environment variable for i18n</h3>
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<p>
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When called with at least one of the following arguments:<br>
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<code>-a</code>, <code>-d</code>, <code>-h</code>,
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<code>-n</code>, <code>-t</code>, <code>-v</code><br>
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<code>-n</code>, <code>-t</code>, <code>-v</code>,
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<code><font color="green">-x</font></code><br>
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<code>calcurse</code> is started in non-interactive mode.
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This means the desired information will be displayed, and
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after that, <code>calcurse</code> simply quits and you are
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<a name="options_colors"></a><h2>Color themes</h2>
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<p>
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<code>calcurse</code> color theme is configurable and is to be
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chosen by typing the number corresponding to the desired
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theme. This color will then be applied to the panel borders,
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<font color="green">
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<code>calcurse</code> color theme can be customized to suit user's
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needs. To change the default theme, the configuration page
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displays possible choices for foreground and background colors.
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Using arrows or calcurse displacement keys to move, and 'X' or space
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to select a color, user can preview the theme which will be applied.
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It is possible to keep the terminal's default colors by selecting the
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corresponding choice in the list.
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</font>
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<p>
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The chosen color theme will then be applied to the panel borders,
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to the titles, to the keystrokes, and to general informations
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displayed inside status bar. A black and white theme is also
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available, in order to support non-color terminals.<br>
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inside a terminal.<br>
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<br>
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<li><code>notify-bar_warning</code> (default: <em>300</em>)<br>
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When there is an appointment within the next 'notify-bar_warning'
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When there is an appointment
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<font color="green"> which is flagged as 'important'</font>
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within the next 'notify-bar_warning'
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seconds, the display of that appointment inside the notify-bar
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starts to blink. That way, the user is warned and knows there
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will be soon an upcoming appointment.
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starts to blink.
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<font color="green">
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Moreover, the command defined by the <em>notify-bar_command</em>
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option will be launched.
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</font>
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That way, the user is warned and knows there
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will be soon an upcoming appointment.
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<br>
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<br>
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<li><font color="green">
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<code>notify-bar_command</code> (default: <em>printf '\a'</em>)<br>
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This option indicates which command is to be launched when there is an
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upcoming appointment flagged as 'important'. This command will be
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passed to the user's shell which will interpret it. To know what shell
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must be used, the content of the <code>$SHELL</code> environment variable
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is used. If this variable is not set, <code>/bin/sh</code> is used
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instead.<br>
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<u>Example:</u> Say the <code>mail</code> command is available on
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the user's system, one can use the following command to get notified by
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mail of an upcoming appointment (the appointment description will also
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be mentioned in the mail body):
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<pre>
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calcurse --next | mail -s "[calcurse] upcoming appointment!" user@host.com
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</pre>
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</font>
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</ul>
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<li>Jose Lopez for the spanish translation of
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<code>calcurse</code> and its manual
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<li>Neil Williams for the english translation
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<li><font color="green">Tony for its patch which helped improving the
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recur_item_inday() function</font>
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<li>people who write softwares I like and which inspired me,
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especially :
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<ul>
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<hr>
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<small><em>
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Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Frédéric Culot<br>
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Calcurse version 1.7 - Last change: January 16, 2007
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Calcurse version 1.8 - Last change: April 15, 2007
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<em></small>
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