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.\" $calcurse: calcurse.1,v 1.22 2010/11/01 18:33:47 fleischer Exp $
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.fam C
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.TH CALCURSE 1 "May 26, 2010" "Version 2.8" "Calcurse Manual"
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.SH NAME
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Calcurse \- text-based organizer
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B "calcurse "
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[\fB-h\fP|\fB-v\fP] [\fB-N\fP] [\fB-an\fP] [\fB-t\fP[\fInum\fP]]
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[\fB-c\fP<\fIfile\fP> | \fB-D\fP<\fIdir\fP>]
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[\fB-i\fP<\fIfile\fP>] [\fB-x\fP[\fIformat\fP]]
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[\fB-d\fP <\fIdate\fP>|<\fInum\fP>]
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[\fB-s\fP[\fIdate\fP]] [\fB-r\fP[\fIrange\fP]]
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[\fB-S\fP <\fIregex\fP>] [\fB--status\fP]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Calcurse 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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.SH OPTIONS
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The following options are supported:
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.TP
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\fB-a\fP, \fB--appointment\fP
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Print the appointments and events for the current day and exit.
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\fINote:\fP the calendar from which to read the appointments can be specified using
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the '\-c' flag.
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.TP
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\fB-c\fP <file>, \fB--calendar\fP <file>
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Specify the calendar file to use. The default calendar is
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.B "'~/.calcurse/apts'"
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(see section \fIFILES\fP below). This option is incompatible with \fB-D\fP.
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.TP
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\fB-d\fP <date|num>, \fB--day\fP <date|num>
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Print the appointments and events for the given date or for
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the given number of upcoming days, depending on the argument format.
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Two possible formats are supported:
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.RS 9
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.TP 2
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\(bu a date (see below for possible formats).
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.TP 2
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\(bu a number 'n'.
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.RE
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.RS 7
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.LP
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In the first case, the appointments and events list for the specified
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date will be returned, while in the second case the appointments and events
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list for the 'n' upcoming days will be returned.
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As an example, typing 'calcurse -d 3' will display your appointments
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and events for today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.
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The date format used is the one specified in the 'General options' menu.
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Four formats are available:
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.RS 9
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.TP 2
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\fB1.\fP mm/dd/yyyy
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.TP 2
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\fB2.\fP dd/mm/yyyy
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.TP 2
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\fB3.\fP yyyy/mm/dd
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.TP 2
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\fB4.\fP yyyy-mm-dd
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.RE
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.RS 7
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.LP
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\fINote:\fP as for the '-a' flag, the calendar from which to read the
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appointments can be specified using the '\-c' flag.
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.RE
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\fB-D\fP <dir>, \fB--directory\fP <dir>
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Specify the data directory to use. This option is incompatible with \fB-c\fP.
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If not specified, the default directory is
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.B "'~/.calcurse/'"
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.TP
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\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP
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Print a short help text describing the supported command-line options,
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and then exit.
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.TP
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\fB-i\fP <file>, \fB--import\fP <file>
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Import the icalendar data contained in \fIfile\fP.
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.TP
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\fB-n\fP, \fB--next\fP
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Print the next appointment within upcoming 24 hours and exit.
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The indicated time is the number of hours and minutes left before this
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appointment.
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\fINote:\fP the calendar from which to read the appointments can be specified using
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the '\-c' flag.
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.TP
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\fB-N\fP, \fB--note\fP
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When used with the '-a' or '-t' flag, also print note content
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if one is associated with the displayed item.
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.TP
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\fB-r\fP[num], \fB--range\fP[=num]
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Print events and appointments for the \fInum\fP number of days
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and exit. If no \fInum\fP is given, a range of 1 day is considered.
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.TP
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\fB-s\fP[date], \fB--startday\fP[=date]
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Print events and appointments from \fIdate\fP and exit.
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If no \fIdate\fP is given, the current day is considered.
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.TP
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\fB-S\fP<regex>, \fB--search\fP=<regex>
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When used with the '-a', '-d', '-r', '-s', or '-t' flag,
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print only the items having a description that matches the given
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regular expression.
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.TP
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\fB--status\fP
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Display the status of running instances of calcurse. If calcurse is running,
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this will tell if the interactive mode was launched or if calcurse is running
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in background. The process pid will also be indicated.
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.TP
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\fB-t\fP[num], \fB--todo\fP[=num]
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Print the 'todo' list and exit. If the optional number \fInum\fP is given,
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then only todos having a priority equal to \fInum\fP will be returned.
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The priority number must be between 1 (highest) and 9 (lowest). It is also
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possible to specify '0' for the priority, in which case only completed
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tasks will be shown.
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\fB-v\fP, \fB--version\fP
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Display calcurse version and exit.
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\fB-x\fP[format], \fB--export\fP[=format]
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Export user data to the specified format. Events, appointments and
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todos are converted and echoed to stdout. Two possible formats are
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available: \fIical\fP and \fIpcal\fP.
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If the optional argument format is not given, ical format is
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selected by default.
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\fINote:\fP redirect standard output to export data to a file,
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by issuing a command such as:
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.B $ calcurse --export > calcurse.dat
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.SH NOTES
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Calcurse interface contains three different panels (calendar,
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appointment list, and todo list) on which you can perform different
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actions. All the possible actions, together with their associated
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keystrokes, are listed on the status bar. This status bar
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takes place at the bottom of the screen.
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.PP
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At any time, the built-in help system can be invoked by pressing the '?'
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key. Once viewing the help screens, informations on a specific command
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can be accessed by pressing the keystroke corresponding to that command.
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.SH CONFIGURATION
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The calcurse options can be changed from the configuration menu (shown
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when 'C' is hit). Five possible categories are to be chosen from : the
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color scheme, the layout (the location of the three panels on the
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screen), notification options, key bindings configuration menu,
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and more general options (such as automatic save before quitting).
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All of these options are detailed in the configuration menu.
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.SH FILES
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The following structure is created in your $HOME directory
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(or in the directory you specified with the \fB-D\fP option),
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the first time calcurse is run:
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.PP
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.HP 10
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$HOME/.calcurse/
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|___notes/
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|___conf
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|___keys
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|___apts
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|___todo
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.PP
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The \fInotes\fP subdirectory contains descriptions of the notes
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which are attached to appointments, events or todos. One text file is
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created per note, whose name is built using mkstemp(3) and should be
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unique, but with no relation with the corresponding item's description.
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The \fIconf\fP file contains the user configuration. The \fIkeys\fP
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file contains the user-defined key bindings. The \fIapts\fP
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file contains all of the user's appointments and events, and the
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\fItodo\fP file contains the todo list.
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.PP
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\fINote:\fP if the logging of calcurse daemon activity was set
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in the notification configuration menu, the extra file \fIdaemon.log\fP will
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appear in calcurse data directory. This file contains logs about calcurse
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activity when running in background.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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This section describes the environment variables that affect how
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calcurse operates.
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.TP 4
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\fBVISUAL\fP
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Specifies the external editor to use for writing notes.
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.TP 4
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\fBEDITOR\fP
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If the \fIVISUAL\fP environment variable is not set, then \fIEDITOR\fP
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will be used as the default external editor. If none of those variables
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are set, then \fI/usr/bin/vi\fP is used instead.
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.TP 4
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\fBPAGER\fP
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Specifies the default viewer to be used for reading notes. If this variable
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is not set, then \fI/usr/bin/less\fP is used.
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.SH BUGS
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Incorrect highlighting of items appear when using calcurse black and
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white theme together with a \fB$TERM\fP variable set to
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\fIxterm-color\fP.
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To fix this bug, and as advised by Thomas E. Dickey (xterm maintainer),
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\fIxterm-xfree86\fP should be used instead of \fIxterm-color\fP to set
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the \fB$TERM\fP variable:
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"The xterm-color value for $TERM is a bad choice for
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XFree86 xterm because it is commonly used for a
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terminfo entry which happens to not support bce.
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Use the xterm-xfree86 entry which is distributed
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with XFree86 xterm (or the similar one distributed
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with ncurses)."
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.PP
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If you find other bugs, please send a report to calcurse@culot.org or to the
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author, below.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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vi(1), less(1), ncurses(3), mkstemp(3)
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The ical specification (rfc2445) can be found at:
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http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2445
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The pcal project page: http://pcal.sourceforge.net/
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Calcurse home page: http://culot.org/calcurse/
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Calcurse complete manual, translated in many languages and maintained in
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html format, can be found in the doc/ directory of the source package,
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or at: http://culot.org/calcurse/manual.html
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.SH AUTHORS
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\fBFrederic Culot\fP <frederic@culot.org>
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\fBLukas Fleischer\fP <calcurse@cryptocrack.de>
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (c) 2004-2010 by Frederic Culot.
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This software is released under the BSD License.
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