diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 584b428..bc2c2d8 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 	* src/calendar.c (draw_weekly_view): adapt the weekly calendar
 	view to the side bar width
+
+	* doc/manual_*.html: html manuals updated
 	
 2010-03-23  Frederic Culot  <frederic@culot.org>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_de.html b/doc/manual_de.html
index b003583..2957acf 100755
--- a/doc/manual_de.html
+++ b/doc/manual_de.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_de.html,v 1.27 2009/08/18 13:07:59 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_de.html,v 1.28 2010/03/29 18:18:01 culot Exp $
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
         <li><a href="#options_keys"><span class="todo">5.2 Key bindings</span></a>
 	<li><a href="#options_colors">5.3 Einstellen der Terminalfarben</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#options_layout">5.4 Einstellen des Layouts</a></li>
-	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.5 Einstellen der Benachrichtigungszeile</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#options_sidebar"><span class="todo">5.5 Sidebar configuration</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.6 Einstellen der Benachrichtigungszeile</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#known_bugs">6. Bekannte Fehler</a></li>
     <li><a href="#bugs">7. Mitteilung von Fehlern und Anregungen</a></li>
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ 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-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
+<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.8.tar.gz</pre>
 <p>
 Ist diese Voraussetzung erf&uuml;llt und das Archiv entpackt,
 sind nur noch die drei &uuml;blichen Schritte erforderlich:</p>
@@ -527,6 +528,43 @@ Das Kalender-Panel hebt den gew&uuml;nschten Tag farblich hervor, w&auml;hrend
 das Termin-Panel die Liste mit Terminen des angesteuerten Tags
 anzeigt. Das todo-Panel dagegen zeigt eine Liste mit den zu
 erledigenden Aufgaben, die keinem bestimmten Tage zugeordnet sind.</p>
+
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        Depending on the selected view, the calendar could either display
+        a monthly (default as shown in previous figure) or weekly view.
+        The weekly view would look like the following:</p>
+        <pre>
+
++------------------------------------+
+|              Calendar              |
+|----------------------------(# 13)--|
+|    Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun     |
+|     29  30  31  01  02  03  04     |
+|                               <----+--  slice 1: 00:00 to 04:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 2: 04:00 to 08:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 3: 08:00 to 12:00 AM
+|    -  --  --  --  --  --  --  -  <-+--  midday
+|                               <----+--  slice 4: 12:00 to 04:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 5: 04:00 to 08:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 6: 08:00 to 12:00 PM
++------------------------------------+
+
+        </pre>
+<p>
+        The current week number is displayed on the top-right side of the panel
+        (<span class="emp"># 13</span> meaning it is the 13th week of the year
+        in the above example). The seven days of the current week are displayed
+        in column. Each day is divided into slices of 4 hours each (6 slices in
+        total, see figure above). A slice will appear in a different color if
+        an appointment falls into the corresponding time-slot.
+</p>
+</div>
+
 <p>
 	Im Termin-Panel kann man <span class="emp">'(|)'</span> Symbol vor das
 Datum setzen. Dies zeigt die aktuelle Mondfase. Je nach Mondfase
@@ -783,6 +821,13 @@ allgemeines Verhalten.</p>
     Ist diese Option auf <span class="emp">nein</span> gesetzt, werden ein
     Zustandsbalken und der Name der zu speichernden Datei (siehe
     Abschnitt <a href="#basics_files">Calcurse Dateien</a>) angezeigt.</dd>
+
+		<dt><code><span class="todo">calendar_default_view</span></code> 
+		(default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+		<dd><span class="todo">If set to <span class="emp">0</span>, the monthly calendar view will be
+                displayed by default otherwise it is the weekly view that will be displayed.</span>
+		</dd>
+
     <dt><code>Wochenbeginn_am_Montag</code>
     (Voreinstellung: <span class="emp">ja</span>)</dt>
     <dd>Es ist m&ouml;glich zwischen Montag und Sonntag als ersten Tag der Woche 
@@ -884,8 +929,33 @@ Durch Auswahl eines anderen Layouts kann der Benutzer das
 Erscheinungsbild von <code>calcurse</code> seinen eigenen W&uuml;nschen
 entsprechend anpassen.</p>
 
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        The following option is used to modify the layout configuration:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>layout</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Eight different layouts are to be chosen from (see layout
+        configuration screen for the description of the available layouts).</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
 
-<h2>5.5 Benachrichtigungszeile einstellen<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>5.5 Sidebar configuration<a name="options_sidebar"></a></h2>
+<p>
+        The sidebar is the part of the screen which contains two panels:
+        the calendar and, depending on the chosen layout, either the todo
+        list or the appointment list.</p>
+<p>
+        The following option is used to change the width of the sidebar:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>side-bar_width</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Width (in percentage, 0 being the minimum width) of the side bar.</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
+
+<h2>5.6 Benachrichtigungszeile einstellen<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	Folgende Optionen &auml;ndern das Verhalten der Benachrichtigungszeile:</p>
 	<dl>
@@ -1237,6 +1307,7 @@ recur_item_inday() verbessern half
     <li><code>vim</code> f&uuml;r die Befehlssteuerung</li>
     <li><code>orpheus</code> und <code>abook</code> f&uuml;r die Dokumentation</li>
     <li><code>pine</code> und <code>aptitude</code> f&uuml;r das Text-Benutzer-Interface</li>
+    <li><span class="todo"><code>tmux</code> for coding style</span></li>
     </ul></li>
 </ul>
 </p>
@@ -1245,10 +1316,10 @@ Und zuletzt, vielen vielen Dank an alle <code>calcurse</code>
 Benutzer, die mir Ihr Feedback mitgeteilt haben.</p>
 
 <div class="footer">
-	Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br>
+	Copyright &copy; 2004-2010 Frédéric Culot<br>
 	German translation by Michael Schulz
 	<code>&lt;bloodshower .at. web .dot. de&gt;</code>, and Chris.<br>
-	Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br>
+	Calcurse version 2.8 - Last change: March 29, 2010<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_en.html b/doc/manual_en.html
index d267767..89ba526 100755
--- a/doc/manual_en.html
+++ b/doc/manual_en.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_en.html,v 1.28 2009/08/18 13:08:00 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_en.html,v 1.29 2010/03/29 18:18:02 culot Exp $
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
         <li><a href="#options_keys">5.2 Key bindings</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#options_colors">5.3 Color themes</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#options_layout">5.4 Layout configuration</a></li>
-	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.5 Notify-bar settings</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#options_sidebar">5.5 Sidebar configuration</a></li>
+	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.6 Notify-bar settings</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#known_bugs">6. Known bugs</a></li>
     <li><a href="#bugs">7. Reporting bugs and feedback</a></li>
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ All of the commands are documented within an online help system.
 <h2>3.2 Install process<a name="install_process"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	First you need to gunzip and untar the source archive:</p>
-	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
+	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.8.tar.gz</pre>
 <p>
   	Once you meet the requirements and have extracted the archive, 
 	the install process is quite simple, and follows the standard 
@@ -519,6 +520,40 @@ All of the commands are documented within an online help system.
         a particular day, the second one contains the list of the events 
         and appointments on that day, and the last one contains a list 
         of tasks to do but which are not assigned to any specific day.</p>
+<p>
+        Depending on the selected view, the calendar could either display
+        a monthly (default as shown in previous figure) or weekly view.
+        The weekly view would look like the following:</p>
+        <pre>
+
++------------------------------------+
+|              Calendar              |
+|----------------------------(# 13)--|
+|    Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun     |
+|     29  30  31  01  02  03  04     |
+|                               <----+--  slice 1: 00:00 to 04:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 2: 04:00 to 08:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 3: 08:00 to 12:00 AM
+|    -  --  --  --  --  --  --  -  <-+--  midday
+|                               <----+--  slice 4: 12:00 to 04:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 5: 04:00 to 08:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 6: 08:00 to 12:00 PM
++------------------------------------+
+
+        </pre>
+<p>
+        The current week number is displayed on the top-right side of the panel
+        (<span class="emp"># 13</span> meaning it is the 13th week of the year
+        in the above example). The seven days of the current week are displayed
+        in column. Each day is divided into slices of 4 hours each (6 slices in
+        total, see figure above). A slice will appear in a different color if
+        an appointment falls into the corresponding time-slot.
+</p>
+
 <p>
 	In the appointment panel, one can notice the <span
 	class="emp">'(|)'</span> sign just in front of the date. 
@@ -773,6 +808,11 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 		the name of the file being saved 
 		(see section <a href="#basics_files"><code>calcurse</code> files</a>).
 		</dd>
+		<dt><code>calendar_default_view</code> 
+		(default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+		<dd>If set to <span class="emp">0</span>, the monthly calendar view will be
+                displayed by default otherwise it is the weekly view that will be displayed.
+		</dd>
 		<dt><code>week_begins_on_monday</code> 
 		(default: <span class="emp">yes</span>)</dt>
 		<dd>One can choose between Monday and Sunday as the first day of the
@@ -874,9 +914,30 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
         By choosing another layout in the configuration screen, user
         can customize <code>calcurse</code> appearence to best suit 
         his needs by placing the different panels where needed.</p>
+<p>
+        The following option is used to modify the layout configuration:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>layout</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Eight different layouts are to be chosen from (see layout
+        configuration screen for the description of the available layouts).</dd>
+        </dl>
+
+<h2>5.5 Sidebar configuration<a name="options_sidebar"></a></h2>
+<p>
+        The sidebar is the part of the screen which contains two panels:
+        the calendar and, depending on the chosen layout, either the todo
+        list or the appointment list.</p>
+<p>
+        The following option is used to change the width of the sidebar:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>side-bar_width</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Width (in percentage, 0 being the minimum width) of the side bar.</dd>
+        </dl>
 
 
-<h2>5.5 Notify-bar settings<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
+<h2>5.6 Notify-bar settings<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	The following options are used to modify the notify-bar behavior:</p>
 	<dl>
@@ -1252,6 +1313,7 @@ msgid ""
 		<li><code>orpheus</code> and <code>abook</code> for documentation</li>
 		<li><code>pine</code> and <code>aptitude</code> 
 	        for the text user interface</li>
+                <li><code>tmux</code> for coding style</li>
 		</ul></li>
 	</ul>
 </p>
@@ -1260,8 +1322,8 @@ msgid ""
         users who sent me their feedback.</p>
 
 <div class="footer">
-	Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br>
-	Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br>
+	Copyright &copy; 2004-2010 Frédéric Culot<br>
+	Calcurse version 2.8 - Last change: March 29, 2010<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_es.html b/doc/manual_es.html
index 38f58e1..2787b2c 100755
--- a/doc/manual_es.html
+++ b/doc/manual_es.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_es.html,v 1.24 2009/08/18 13:08:00 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_es.html,v 1.25 2010/03/29 18:18:02 culot Exp $
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development.
         <li><a href="#options_keys"><span class="todo">5.2 Key bindings</span></a>
 	<li><a href="#options_colors">5.3 Color (temas)</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#options_layout">5.4 Configuración de la disposición</a></li>
-	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.5 Ajustes de la barra de notificaciones</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#options_sidebar"><span class="todo">5.5 Sidebar configuration</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.6 Ajustes de la barra de notificaciones</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#known_bugs">6. Bugs conocidos</a></li>
     <li><a href="#bugs">7. Informar de bugs y comentarios</a></li>
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background.</span>
 <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-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
+	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.8.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:
@@ -535,6 +536,42 @@ is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background.</span>
         pertenecientes a ese día, y el ultimo contiene una lista 
         de tareas pendientes (ToDo) pero que no están asignadas a ningún día 
 	especifico.</p>
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        Depending on the selected view, the calendar could either display
+        a monthly (default as shown in previous figure) or weekly view.
+        The weekly view would look like the following:</p>
+        <pre>
+
++------------------------------------+
+|              Calendar              |
+|----------------------------(# 13)--|
+|    Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun     |
+|     29  30  31  01  02  03  04     |
+|                               <----+--  slice 1: 00:00 to 04:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 2: 04:00 to 08:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 3: 08:00 to 12:00 AM
+|    -  --  --  --  --  --  --  -  <-+--  midday
+|                               <----+--  slice 4: 12:00 to 04:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 5: 04:00 to 08:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 6: 08:00 to 12:00 PM
++------------------------------------+
+
+        </pre>
+<p>
+        The current week number is displayed on the top-right side of the panel
+        (<span class="emp"># 13</span> meaning it is the 13th week of the year
+        in the above example). The seven days of the current week are displayed
+        in column. Each day is divided into slices of 4 hours each (6 slices in
+        total, see figure above). A slice will appear in a different color if
+        an appointment falls into the corresponding time-slot.
+</p>
+</div>
+
 <div class="todo">
 <p>
 	In the appointment panel, one can notice the <span class="emp">'(|)'</span> sign 
@@ -801,6 +838,13 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 	    el nombre del archivo que se esta guardando 
 	    (ver sección <a href="#basics_files">Archivos de <code>calcurse</code></a>).
 	    </dd>
+
+		<dt><code><span class="todo">calendar_default_view</span></code> 
+		(default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+		<dd><span class="todo">If set to <span class="emp">0</span>, the monthly calendar view will be
+                displayed by default otherwise it is the weekly view that will be displayed.</span>
+		</dd>
+
 	    <dt><code>empezar_semana_en_lunes</code>
 	    (por defecto: <span class="emp">si</span>)</dt>
 	    <dd>Uno puede elegir entre el Lunes o el Domingo como primer día de la semana. 
@@ -907,7 +951,34 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
         modificar la apariencia de <code>calcurse</code> que mejor se adapte a sus
         necesidades colocando los diferentes paneles donde los necesite.</p>
 
-<h2>5.5 Ajustes de la barra de notificaciones<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        The following option is used to modify the layout configuration:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>layout</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Eight different layouts are to be chosen from (see layout
+        configuration screen for the description of the available layouts).</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>5.5 Sidebar configuration<a name="options_sidebar"></a></h2>
+<p>
+        The sidebar is the part of the screen which contains two panels:
+        the calendar and, depending on the chosen layout, either the todo
+        list or the appointment list.</p>
+<p>
+        The following option is used to change the width of the sidebar:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>side-bar_width</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Width (in percentage, 0 being the minimum width) of the side bar.</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
+
+<h2>5.6 Ajustes de la barra de notificaciones<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	Las siguientes opciones se usan para modificar el comportamiento de la barra de notificaciones:</p>
 	<dl>
@@ -1256,6 +1327,7 @@ msgid ""
 		<li><code>orpheus</code> y <code>abook</code> por la documentación</li>
 		<li><code>pine</code> and <code>aptitude</code>
 	        por la interfaz de usuario</li>
+                <li><span class="todo"><code>tmux</code> for coding style</span></li>
 		</ul></li>
 	</ul>
 </p>
@@ -1264,10 +1336,10 @@ msgid ""
         que me han enviado sus comentarios.</p>
 
 <div class="footer">
-	Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br>
+	Copyright &copy; 2004-2010 Frédéric Culot<br>
 	Traducido al Español por José López
 	<code>&lt;testinground .at. gmail .dot. com&gt;</code><br>
-	Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br>
+	Calcurse version 2.8 - Last change: March 29, 2010<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_fr.html b/doc/manual_fr.html
index 2448735..822f714 100755
--- a/doc/manual_fr.html
+++ b/doc/manual_fr.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_fr.html,v 1.28 2009/08/18 13:08:00 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_fr.html,v 1.29 2010/03/29 18:18:02 culot Exp $
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ pour faire remonter les bogues et pour contribuer au d
         <li><a href="#options_keys">5.2 Raccourcis clavier</a>
 	<li><a href="#options_colors">5.3 Thèmes graphiques</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#options_layout">5.4 Disposition des panneaux</a></li>
-	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.5 Réglages de la barre de notification</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#options_sidebar"><span class="todo">5.5 Sidebar configuration</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.6 Réglages de la barre de notification</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#known_bugs">6. Bogues connus</a></li>
     <li><a href="#bugs">7. Rapporter les bogues et commentaires</a></li>
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ disponibles.
 <p>
         Vous devez tout d'abord décompresser l'archive source de la
         manière suivante :</p>
-	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
+	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.8.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
@@ -571,6 +572,41 @@ disponibles.
         une liste d'évènements et les rendez-vous du jour, et le dernier
         contient une liste des tâches à faire, mais qui ne sont pas
 	assignées à une journée en particulier.</p>
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        Depending on the selected view, the calendar could either display
+        a monthly (default as shown in previous figure) or weekly view.
+        The weekly view would look like the following:</p>
+        <pre>
+
++------------------------------------+
+|              Calendar              |
+|----------------------------(# 13)--|
+|    Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun     |
+|     29  30  31  01  02  03  04     |
+|                               <----+--  slice 1: 00:00 to 04:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 2: 04:00 to 08:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 3: 08:00 to 12:00 AM
+|    -  --  --  --  --  --  --  -  <-+--  midday
+|                               <----+--  slice 4: 12:00 to 04:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 5: 04:00 to 08:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 6: 08:00 to 12:00 PM
++------------------------------------+
+
+        </pre>
+<p>
+        The current week number is displayed on the top-right side of the panel
+        (<span class="emp"># 13</span> meaning it is the 13th week of the year
+        in the above example). The seven days of the current week are displayed
+        in column. Each day is divided into slices of 4 hours each (6 slices in
+        total, see figure above). A slice will appear in a different color if
+        an appointment falls into the corresponding time-slot.
+</p>
+</div>
 <p>
 	On peut remarquer dans le panneau des rendez-vous le signe 
 	<span class="emp">'(|)'</span>
@@ -855,6 +891,11 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 		  actuellement en cours d'écriture 
 		  (voir la section <a href="#basics_files">Fichiers</a>).
 		</dd>
+		<dt><code><span class="todo">calendar_default_view</span></code> 
+		(default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+		<dd><span class="todo">If set to <span class="emp">0</span>, the monthly calendar view will be
+                displayed by default otherwise it is the weekly view that will be displayed.</span>
+		</dd>
 		<dt><code>semaine_commence_lundi</code> 
 		  (valeur par défaut: <span class="emp">oui</span>)</dt>
 		<dd>Il est possible dans <span class="emp">calcurse</span> d'indiquer quel est le 
@@ -963,7 +1004,35 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
         la fenêtre de <code>calcurse</code>, l'utilisateur peut adapter
         à ses besoins l'interface du programme.</p>
 
-<h2>5.5 Réglages de la barre de notification<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        The following option is used to modify the layout configuration:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>layout</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Eight different layouts are to be chosen from (see layout
+        configuration screen for the description of the available layouts).</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>5.5 Sidebar configuration<a name="options_sidebar"></a></h2>
+<p>
+        The sidebar is the part of the screen which contains two panels:
+        the calendar and, depending on the chosen layout, either the todo
+        list or the appointment list.</p>
+<p>
+        The following option is used to change the width of the sidebar:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>side-bar_width</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Width (in percentage, 0 being the minimum width) of the side bar.</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
+
+
+<h2>5.6 Réglages de la barre de notification<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	Les options suivantes permettent de modifier les réglages de la
 	barre de notification:</p>
@@ -1418,6 +1487,7 @@ msgid ""
 		<li><code>orpheus</code> et <code>abook</code> pour la documentation</li>
 		<li><code>pine</code> et <code>aptitude</code>
 	        pour l'interface en mode texte</li>
+                <li><span class="todo"><code>tmux</code> for coding style</span></li>
 		</ul></li>
 	</ul>
 </p>
@@ -1426,8 +1496,8 @@ msgid ""
 	<code>calcurse</code> qui m'ont fait parvenir leurs commentaires.</p>
 
 <div class="footer">
-	Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br>
-	Calcurse version 2.7 - Dernière modification: 18 Aout 2009<br>
+	Copyright &copy; 2004-2010 Frédéric Culot<br>
+	Calcurse version 2.8 - Dernière modification: 29 Mars 2010<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_it.html b/doc/manual_it.html
index 8593a6b..11f7f80 100755
--- a/doc/manual_it.html
+++ b/doc/manual_it.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <!--
 /*
- * $calcurse: manual_it.html,v 1.13 2009/08/18 13:08:01 culot Exp $
+ * $calcurse: manual_it.html,v 1.14 2010/03/29 18:18:04 culot Exp $
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ partecipare allo sviluppo di calcurse.
         <li><a href="#options_keys"><span class="todo">5.2 Key bindings</span></a>
 	<li><a href="#options_colors">5.3 Temi dei colori</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#options_layout">5.4 Configurazione dell'interfaccia</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#options_sidebar"><span class="todo">5.5 Sidebar configuration</span></a></li>
 	<li>
-	  <a href="#options_notify">5.5 Configurazioni della barra di
+	  <a href="#options_notify">5.6 Configurazioni della barra di
 	    notifica</a>
 	</li>
     </ul></li>
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background.</span>
   Innanzitutto Ã¨ necessario scompattare l'archivio contenente i
   sorgenti:
 </p>
-	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
+	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.8.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
@@ -579,6 +580,42 @@ d'ambiente<a name="basics_invocation_environment"></a></h3>
   lista degli eventi e degli appuntamenti per la data evidenziata; ed
   infine la terza sezione contiene la lista delle attivitÃ  non
   assegnate a nessun giorno particolare.</p>
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        Depending on the selected view, the calendar could either display
+        a monthly (default as shown in previous figure) or weekly view.
+        The weekly view would look like the following:</p>
+        <pre>
+
++------------------------------------+
+|              Calendar              |
+|----------------------------(# 13)--|
+|    Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun     |
+|     29  30  31  01  02  03  04     |
+|                               <----+--  slice 1: 00:00 to 04:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 2: 04:00 to 08:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 3: 08:00 to 12:00 AM
+|    -  --  --  --  --  --  --  -  <-+--  midday
+|                               <----+--  slice 4: 12:00 to 04:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 5: 04:00 to 08:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 6: 08:00 to 12:00 PM
++------------------------------------+
+
+        </pre>
+<p>
+        The current week number is displayed on the top-right side of the panel
+        (<span class="emp"># 13</span> meaning it is the 13th week of the year
+        in the above example). The seven days of the current week are displayed
+        in column. Each day is divided into slices of 4 hours each (6 slices in
+        total, see figure above). A slice will appear in a different color if
+        an appointment falls into the corresponding time-slot.
+</p>
+</div>
+
 <p>
   Nella sezione degli appuntamenti si puÃ² notare il
   segno <span class="emp">'(|)'</span> accanto alla data indicante la
@@ -865,6 +902,13 @@ of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
 	    salvato (vedi la
 	    sezione  <a href="#basics_files"><code>calcurse</code> files</a>).
 	  </dd>
+
+		<dt><code><span class="todo">calendar_default_view</span></code> 
+		(default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+		<dd><span class="todo">If set to <span class="emp">0</span>, the monthly calendar view will be
+                displayed by default otherwise it is the weekly view that will be displayed.</span>
+		</dd>
+
 	  <dt><code>week_begins_on_monday</code> 
 	    (default: <span class="emp">yes</span>)</dt>
 	  <dd>
@@ -974,7 +1018,34 @@ of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
   <code>calcurse</code> a seconda delle necessitÃ .
 </p>
 
-<h2>5.5 Impostazioni della barra delle notifiche<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        The following option is used to modify the layout configuration:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>layout</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Eight different layouts are to be chosen from (see layout
+        configuration screen for the description of the available layouts).</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>5.5 Sidebar configuration<a name="options_sidebar"></a></h2>
+<p>
+        The sidebar is the part of the screen which contains two panels:
+        the calendar and, depending on the chosen layout, either the todo
+        list or the appointment list.</p>
+<p>
+        The following option is used to change the width of the sidebar:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>side-bar_width</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Width (in percentage, 0 being the minimum width) of the side bar.</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
+
+<h2>5.6 Impostazioni della barra delle notifiche<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
 <p>
   Le seguenti opzioni modificano il comportamento della barra delle
   notifiche:
@@ -1496,6 +1567,7 @@ of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
 	  <code>pine</code> e <code>aptitude</code> per l'interfaccia
 	  utente testuale
 	</li>
+                <li><span class="todo"><code>tmux</code> for coding style</span></li>
     </ul>
     </li>
   </ul>
@@ -1506,8 +1578,8 @@ of the daemon (14536 in the above example).
 </p>
 
 <div class="footer">
-  Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Culot<br>
-  Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br>
+  Copyright &copy; 2004-2010 Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Culot<br>
+  Calcurse version 2.8 - Last change: March 29, 2010<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/doc/manual_nl.html b/doc/manual_nl.html
index 7447b65..87e8fa1 100755
--- a/doc/manual_nl.html
+++ b/doc/manual_nl.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//NL">
 <!--
 /*
- *	$calcurse: manual_nl.html,v 1.20 2009/08/18 13:08:01 culot Exp $
+ *	$calcurse: manual_nl.html,v 1.21 2010/03/29 18:18:04 culot Exp $
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ besproken. Als laatste wordt zowel de procedure van het melden van fouten in
         <li><a href="#options_keys"><span class="todo">5.2 Key bindings</span></a>
 	<li><a href="#options_colors">5.3 Kleurenschema's</a></li>
 	<li><a href="#options_layout">5.4 Layout configuratie</a></li>
-	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.5 Informatiebalk instellingen</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#options_sidebar"><span class="todo">5.5 Sidebar configuration</span></a></li>
+	<li><a href="#options_notify">5.6 Informatiebalk instellingen</a></li>
     </ul></li>
     <li><a href="#known_bugs">6. Bekende bugs</a></li>
     <li><a href="#bugs">7. Rapporteren bugs en aanmerkingen</a></li>
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background.</span>
 <p>
 	Als eerste moet het volgende archief uitgepakt worden met gunzip en
 	untar:</p>
-	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre>
+	<pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.8.tar.gz</pre>
 <p>
 	Zodra de benodigde pakketten ge&iuml;nstalleerd zijn en het archief
 	uitgepakt is, is de installatieprocedure vrij simpel, via de
@@ -524,6 +525,42 @@ is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background.</span>
 	gebeurtenissen van die dag. Het laatste panel bevat een lijst met
 	taken (todo's) die nog moeten gebeuren, maar niet aan een bepaalde dag
 	zijn toegewezen.</p>
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        Depending on the selected view, the calendar could either display
+        a monthly (default as shown in previous figure) or weekly view.
+        The weekly view would look like the following:</p>
+        <pre>
+
++------------------------------------+
+|              Calendar              |
+|----------------------------(# 13)--|
+|    Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun     |
+|     29  30  31  01  02  03  04     |
+|                               <----+--  slice 1: 00:00 to 04:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 2: 04:00 to 08:00 AM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 3: 08:00 to 12:00 AM
+|    -  --  --  --  --  --  --  -  <-+--  midday
+|                               <----+--  slice 4: 12:00 to 04:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 5: 04:00 to 08:00 PM
+|       --  --  --  --  --  --       |
+|                               <----+--  slice 6: 08:00 to 12:00 PM
++------------------------------------+
+
+        </pre>
+<p>
+        The current week number is displayed on the top-right side of the panel
+        (<span class="emp"># 13</span> meaning it is the 13th week of the year
+        in the above example). The seven days of the current week are displayed
+        in column. Each day is divided into slices of 4 hours each (6 slices in
+        total, see figure above). A slice will appear in a different color if
+        an appointment falls into the corresponding time-slot.
+</p>
+</div>
+
 <p>
 	In het afspraken panel, staat vlak voor de datum het <span class="emp">'(|)'</span>
 	teken. Dit geeft de huidige fase van de maan aan. Afhankelijk van de
@@ -793,6 +830,11 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 		progressie balk getoond samen met de bestandsnaam. (zie sectie <a
 		href="#basics_files"><code>calcurse</code> bestanden</a>).
 		</dd>
+		<dt><code><span class="todo">calendar_default_view</span></code> 
+		(default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+		<dd><span class="todo">If set to <span class="emp">0</span>, the monthly calendar view will be
+                displayed by default otherwise it is the weekly view that will be displayed.</span>
+		</dd>
 		<dt><code>week_begint_op_maandag</code>
 		(standaard: <span class="emp">ja</span>)</dt>
 		<dd>Er kan gekozen worden tussen maandag en zondag als de eerste dag van
@@ -894,7 +936,33 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/
 	gebruiker <code>calcurse</code> zo het beste aan zijn behoeftes
 	aanpassen.</p>
 
-<h2>5.5 Informatiebalk instellingen<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
+<div class="todo">
+<p>
+        The following option is used to modify the layout configuration:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>layout</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Eight different layouts are to be chosen from (see layout
+        configuration screen for the description of the available layouts).</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
+
+<div class="todo">
+<h2>5.5 Sidebar configuration<a name="options_sidebar"></a></h2>
+<p>
+        The sidebar is the part of the screen which contains two panels:
+        the calendar and, depending on the chosen layout, either the todo
+        list or the appointment list.</p>
+<p>
+        The following option is used to change the width of the sidebar:</p>
+        <dl>
+        <dt><code>side-bar_width</code>
+        (default: <span class="emp">0</span>)</dt>
+        <dd>Width (in percentage, 0 being the minimum width) of the side bar.</dd>
+        </dl>
+</div>
+
+<h2>5.6 Informatiebalk instellingen<a name="options_notify"></a></h2>
 <p>
 	De volgende opties stelt het gedrag van de informatiebalk in:</p>
 	<dl>
@@ -1263,6 +1331,7 @@ msgid ""
 		documentatie</li>
 		<li><code>pine</code> en <code>aptitude</code> 
 	        voor de tekstinterface</li>
+                <li><span class="todo"><code>tmux</code> for coding style</span></li>
 		</ul></li>
 	</ul>
 </p>
@@ -1272,8 +1341,8 @@ msgid ""
 	kritiek stuurden.</p>
 
 <div class="footer">
-	Copyright &copy; 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br>
-	Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br>
+	Copyright &copy; 2004-2010 Frédéric Culot<br>
+	Calcurse version 2.8 - Last change: March 29th, 2010<br>
 </div>
 </div>
 
