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GSIMPLECAL(1)		    General Commands Manual		 GSIMPLECAL(1)

NAME
       gsimplecal - lightweight	calendar applet

SYNOPSIS
       gsimplecal [-h|--help|-v|--version|next_month|prev_month]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page	documents the usage of the gsimplecal command.

       gsimplecal  is  a  lightweight  calendar	applet.	When it	is started, it
       first shows up, when you	run it again, it closes	the running  instance,
       thus making it very easy	to integrate anywhere without the need to make
       some wrapper scripts.

       It  was intentionally made for use with tint2 panel to be launched upon
       clock click, but	of course it will work with any	 other	panel,	or  no
       panel  at all. For example you can bind it to some hotkey in you	window
       manager config.

       You may also configure gsimplecal to display different world time zones
       clocks. See the CONFIGURATION section for details.

COMMANDS AND OPTIONS
       -v, --version
	    Print the program name and version to stdout, then exit with  code
	    0.

       -h, --help
	    Print the short usage help to stderr, then exit with error code 2.

       prev_month, next_month
	    If	the  program is	not running, simply run	it.  If	the program is
	    running, change currently displayed	month.

       If no options and commands are given, the program is toggled,  i.e.  if
       it is running it	stops, otherwise it starts.

CONFIGURATION
       To  configure the application you should	manually create	the configura-
       tion	file.	   The	   file	    is	   first      searched	    in
       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gsimplecal/config.	Usually	    that    will    be
       ~/.config/gsimplecal/config.

       If found, it is	used.  If  not	found,	system-wide  configuration  is
       searched	in all the $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/gsimplecal/config locations.

   Sample config file
	      show_calendar = 1
	      show_timezones = 1
	      mark_today = 1
	      show_week_numbers	= 0
	      close_on_unfocus = 0
	      close_on_mouseleave = 0
	      external_viewer =	sunbird	-showdate "%Y-%m-%d"
	      clock_format = %a	%d %b %H:%M
	      force_lang = en_US.utf8
	      mainwindow_decorated = 0
	      mainwindow_keep_above = 1
	      mainwindow_sticky	= 0
	      mainwindow_skip_taskbar =	1
	      mainwindow_resizable = 0
	      mainwindow_position = none
	      mainwindow_xoffset = 0
	      mainwindow_yoffset = 0
	      clock_label = UTC
	      clock_tz = :UTC
	      clock_label = Local
	      clock_tz =
	      clock_label = BST
	      clock_tz = :Europe/London
	      clock_label = EDT
	      clock_tz = :US/Eastern
	      clock_label = CDT
	      clock_tz = :US/Central

   Config options description
       The   options  are  pretty  self	 explanatory,  but  here  is  detailed
       description:

       show_calendar: 1	or 0, defaults to 1.
	    Sets whether the calendar should be	shown. Most  users  want  this
	    option to be 1.

       show_timezones: 1 or 0, defaults	to 0.
	    Sets whether the different time zone clocks	should be shown.

       mark_today: 1 or	0, defaults to 1.
	    Sets  whether today's date will be marked in the calendar (besides
	    the	default	selection, i.e.	when you click on the other day, today
	    will remain	marked somehow,	e.g. in	bold print).

       show_week_numbers: 1 or 0, defaults to 0.
	    Sets whether week numbers are shown	in the calendar.

       close_on_unfocus: 1 or 0, defaults to 0.
	    Sets whether the calendar will close if the	 window	 loses	focus.
	    Note that if mainwindow_skip_taskbar is set	to 1 then the calendar
	    window may not be given focus upon creation

       close_on_mouseleave: 1 or 0, defaults to	0.
	    Sets  whether  the calendar	will close if the mouse	pointer	leaves
	    the	window.

       external_viewer:	string,	defaults to empty string.
	    Command line to run	when doubleclicking a  date.  This  string  is
	    strftime'd	(see  man strftime for the possible substitutions) and
	    passed to the shell. Thus you can  use  pipes,  redirections,  and
	    whatever, I	hope.
	    Currently  the  shell  is hardcoded	to /bin/sh though. I hope that
	    will do for	all the	users, but if you've  got  a  trouble,	please
	    file a ticket (see REPORTING BUGS).

       clock_format: string
	    Sets  the  clocks  format.	Look  man  strftime  for  the possible
	    formats.

       force_lang: string
	    Overrides the LANG environment variable, thus making  it  possible
	    to	change	the first day of week, i.e. choose if Monday or	Sunday
	    goes first.	 Basically it's	the same as running gsimplecal as

		LANG=en_GB.utf8	gsimplecal

	    Must be one	of locale -a output.

       mainwindow_decorated: 1 or 0, defaults to 0.
	    Tells your window manager to decorate or not to decorate the  main
	    window.

       mainwindow_keep_above: 1	or 0, defaults to 1.
	    Sets  whether  the	main  window  should be	placed on top of other
	    windows by your window manager.

       mainwindow_sticky: 1 or 0, defaults to 0.
	    Tells your window manager to show gsimplecal on all	desktops.

       mainwindow_skip_taskbar:	1 or 0,	defaults to 1.
	    Sets whether the main window should	be shown in the	task  list  by
	    your panel or window manager.

       mainwindow_resizable: 1 or 0, defaults to 1.
	    Sets  whether  your	window manager should allow the	main window to
	    be resized.	 If you	 are  using  a	tiling	window	manager	 which
	    supports  floating	windows,  setting  this	options	to 0 will most
	    likely tell	your WM	not to tile the	window.	 (Tested  with	XMonad
	    and	Awesome).

       mainwindow_position: mouse|center|none, defaults	to mouse.
	    Tells your window manager where to place the gsimplecal window:

	    mouse
		 close	to  the	mouse cursor position (this one	is useful when
		 you bind gsimplecal on	some mouse click command);

	    center
		 in the	center of the screen;

	    none
		 it's up to your window	manager	to decide, where to place  the
		 window	  (this	  one  is  useful  when	 you  bind  gsimplecal
		 invocation on some hotkey, so you can configure  your	window
		 manager to place gsimplecal in	some predefined	position).

       mainwindow_xoffset and mainwindow_yoffset: integer, default to 0.
	    Allow  for	main  window position fine tuning. Throw an integer at
	    these, and it'll move the window by	that number of pixels.

       clock_label and clock_tz: string
	    These two options should go	in pairs and  must  be	in  the	 order
	    given.
	    Each  pair	creates	 new  clock. The clock_label variable sets the
	    string to be displayed near	the clock, the clock_tz	sets the  time
	    zone.
	    If you omit	the value for clock_tz,	local time will	be shown.
	    For	 how  to specify different time	zone see man timezone. Usually
	    it is a string in the format ":{Area}/{Location}", but really is a
	    colon followed by the relative path	to file	that  stores  timezone
	    information.   Usually  the	 directory  containing	the  files  is
	    /usr/share/zoneinfo, so just look at  the  directory  listing  and
	    pick the files you need.

KEYBOARD ACCELERATORS
       You may use the following keyboard accelerators while gsimplecal	window
       has a focus (not	yet configurable):

       Escape, Ctrl+w, Ctrl+q
	    Close the window.

       Return
	    Run	the external viewer on the selected day.

       n    Switch to the next month.

       p    Switch to the previous month.

       N    Jump one year forward.

       P    Jump one year backward.

       hjkl Vi-style dates navigation:

	    h -> left

	    j -> down

	    k -> up

	    l -> right

       g, Home
	    Jump to the	current	date.

REPORTING BUGS
       Please,	report	any  issues to the gsimplecal issue tracker, available
       at: https://github.com/dmedvinsky/gsimplecal/issues

AUTHOR
       Created by Dmitry Medvinsky et al.

SEE ALSO
       tzset(3), strftime(3)

				  2014-12-12			 GSIMPLECAL(1)

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