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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  mak-
     ing  it very easy to integrate anywhere without the need to make some wrap-
     per 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  run-
	  ning, 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 configuration
     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 strf-
	  time'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 win-
	  dow.

     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 win-
	       dow  (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 informa-
	  tion. Usually the directory containing the files  is	/usr/share/zone-
	  info,  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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