ferguson@cs.rochester.edu (George Ferguson) (03/01/91)
The new version of xkal - an X appointment calendar is available for
anonymous ftp from cs.rochester.edu (192.5.53.209). I include the README
file below. The complete distribution will be posted to alt.sources and/or
comp.sources.x after the initial rash of bug reports come in. If you do
not have ftp access, I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait. If you do have
ftp access PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not ftp between 9am and 5pm EST weekdays.
Please do not e-mail me asking for copies to be e-mailed.
I would appreciate bug reports a whole lot more than requests for features.
I'd also appreciate hearing from people who don't have any problems, if there
are any such.
If you tried xkal in its previous incarnation, I think you'll find the new
version significantly more powerful/flexible, yet it presents essentially
the same interface. Several other programs are included in the distribution,
with man pages. You also need "ad2c" and "ezMenu", available in .tar.Z
format from the same site. You may also want "xremind".
Sample ftp session:
% Is it non-prime time EST?
% ftp cs.rochester.edu
...
login: anonymous
...
password: <your user id>
...
ftp> cd pub
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ftp> binary
...
ftp> prompt
...
ftp> mget xkal.1.10.tar.Z ad2c.tar.Z ezMenu.tar.Z xremind.tar.Z
...
ftp> bye
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README:
README for XKAL - X Appointment Calendar
George Ferguson, ferguson@cs.rochester.edu
27 Feb 1990
DISCLAIMER:
This is no longer a BETA release, but there have been drastic
changes since the original (1.0beta). No doubt the increased complexity
of the program has introduced many new bugs. While it has been in
use for some time at our site, there are certainly many bugs left to
find.
This software is provided as is with no warranty expressed or implied.
I hope you find it useful, but I won't be held responsible for
any damage that may occur from reading, compiling, installing or
using it.
You are free to use any part of this code for other purposes. It
would be nice if you could keep my name on some part of whatever the
final product is.
INSTALLATION:
[ Deleted ]
HISTORY:
Released to alt.sources (version 1.0 beta), 13 Nov 1990.
Patched 16 Nov 1990:
Bad values in XtSetValues(), lines 169, 172, 175 "day.c"
- douglis@cs.vu.nl (Fred Douglis)
- sengillo@isdc00.kodak.com (Alan Sengillo)
Version 1.10 made available for ftp, 27 Feb 1991. The following are
some of the changes in this version, listed with the person who
suggested them (these people did not write code; I get the blame for
that). Apologies if I didn't credit someone.
From: netmgr@venus.csc.fi (Pekka Kyt|laakso)
Customize dow and month labels and allow Monday at start of
week for European users.
From: Colin Walls <ctw@sun.central-services.umist.ac.uk>
Allow calendar format and preprocessor. Actually it will
handle almost any date spec., and provides #include.
From: several people
Ultrix defs for dysize() and don't use += if possible.
From: rackow@antares.mcs.anl.gov (Gene Rackow)
Different reminder types, like monthly and yearly. In fact,
the appointment format is considerably more flexible, with
respect to both syntax and semantics.
From: weissman%pianoforte.esd.sgi.com@SGI.COM
Fixed major grossness in selectDay()
From: mucit@cs.rochester.edu (Bulent Murtezaoglu)
Two month format and better labelling algorithm for moved
appoints.
And from me:
- System and personal files, with #include functionality
- Added appointment editor to replace schedule editor
- Added defaults editor
- Fully customizable day layout, including start and end times,
increment, number and label of notes
- Switch to "criticality levels" for appointment highlighting
- Popup error messages where appropriate (if wanted)
- "xkal-system()" action for arbitrary commands
- Automail scripts
- Programs to write in xremind and pcal formats
--
George Ferguson ARPA: ferguson@cs.rochester.edu
University of Rochester UUCP: {decvax,rutgers}!rochester!ferguson
Rochester NY 14627-0226 VOX: (716) 275-2527