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- XCal.Help XCal.help 1.2 93/10/23
- {strip
- The date strip consists of a number of lines of text.
-
- Line 1: The Month and the Year of the strip.
- The information may be duplicated in the window
- manager title line. In this case the line may be omitted
- by setting the resource `useWmTitle' to False.
-
- Line 2: The main control buttons for the strip actioned by the
- left mouse button.
- < Generates last month's strip in a separate window
- Quit Close this script
- > Generates next month's strip in a separate window
-
- Line 3: The Help button.
- Help can be suppressed by setting the resource `giveHelp' to False.
-
- Then - A line for each day in the month.
-
- Each line is two areas:
-
- The left hand side shows the day in the month and the name of
- the day of the week. `Today' may be highlighted specially in
- this region.
-
- The right hand side is an active button. When pressed it starts
- up an editor for the day. This will create a file for the day
- in the user's Calendar directory. The label on the button will
- be the first few characters of the file, if there are any.
-
- You can paste selected characters into a day. Sweep out the
- characters that you want to load and click with the middle
- mouse button in the day of your choice. This is just like
- normal pasting of text. You will get a complaint if the day is
- already being edited.
-
- XCal was written by Peter Collinson (pc@hillside.co.uk)
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- }
- {edit
- This editing window will create or delete a day file for the day shown
- in the title. The file is stored in a directory specified by the
- resource `directory', this is usually `Calendar' in your home
- directory.
-
- Calendar will usually contain directories, one for each year, and the
- day file will be stored in one of these directories. However, this
- makes xcal incompatible with xcalendar - so if the resource
- xcalendarCompat is True then the use of subdirectories is suppressed.
-
- The large area in the edit window is a normal text input area. Text is
- simply be typed into it, the text is saved by hitting the save button
- which is set to sensitive when the text is changed. Saving an empty
- buffer will delete the file. The Quit button will exit. Some more
- questions will be asked if leaving will result in losing information.
-
- XCal was written by Peter Collinson (pc@hillside.co.uk)
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- }
- {memo
- The memo window is intended to do three things. First, it allows a
- single button click to display today's actions from your diary.
- Second, it provides a way of displaying regular weekly events. Third,
- it provides an editable window whose contents can be saved in a file.
- The idea is that this file will contain reminders and other notes. The
- file is usually called `memo' and is stored in a directory specified by
- the resource `directory', usually `Calendar' in your home directory.
-
- The window is split into three areas. The top section shows the current
- diary entry and cannot be altered by editing. Hit the edit button to
- start a standard day editor window on today's date. The middle section
- shows the weekly entry. Again the edit button allows you to edit these
- The bottom section contains the memo file text area. Text is simply
- typed into it and is stored saved by hitting the save button. This
- will go black when the text is changed.
- Saving an empty buffer will delete the file.
-
- The Quit button will exit. Some more questions will be asked if
- leaving will result in losing information.
-
- XCal was written by Peter Collinson (pc@hillside.co.uk)
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- }
- {main
- The command box contains a number of buttons.
-
- Move the mouse into the area showing the date and use
- the mouse buttons to select further actions:
-
- - Left mouse button pops up this month's calendar strip
- - Middle mouse button permits date selection
- - Right mouse button allows exit
-
- Click with the left mouse button in the small box holding
- the mouse icon to edit a memo file.
-
- The Question Mark button shows this information, as you have already
- discovered.
-
- XCal was written by Peter Collinson (pc@hillside.co.uk)
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- }
- {weekly
- The weekly strip consists of a number of lines of text.
-
- Line 1: The title
- Line 2: The Quit button that removes the strip from the screen
- Line 3: The Help Button.
- Help can be suppressed by setting `giveHelp' to False.
-
- Then - A line for each day in the week.
- Each line is two areas:
- The left hand side shows the day in the week
- The right hand side is an active button. When pressed it starts
- up an editor for the day. This will create a file for the day
- in the user's Calendar directory. The label on the button will
- be the first few characters of the file, if there are any.
-
- XCal was written by Peter Collinson
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- }
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