=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.18 --- src/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 1997/08/26 23:37:20 1.4 +++ src/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 2002/03/20 22:59:56 1.18 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: calendar.1,v 1.4 1997/08/26 23:37:20 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: calendar.1,v 1.18 2002/03/20 22:59:56 mickey Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -43,79 +43,99 @@ .Nm calendar .Op Fl a .Op Fl A Ar num +.Op Fl b .Op Fl B Ar num -.Op Fl t Ar [[[yy]yy][mm]]dd .Op Fl f Ar calendarfile +.Op Fl t Ar [[[cc]yy][mm]]dd .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Nm calendar +.Nm utility checks the current directory or the directory specified by the -.Dq Ev CALENDAR_DIR +.Ev CALENDAR_DIR environment variable for a file named .Pa calendar and displays lines that begin with either today's date or tomorrow's. On Fridays, events on Friday through Monday are displayed. .Pp -The following options are available: +The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl a -Process the ``calendar'' files of all users and mail the results +Process the +.Dq calendar +files of all users and mail the results to them. -This requires super-user privileges. +This requires superuser privileges. .It Fl A Ar num -print lines from today and next +Print lines from today and next .Ar num -days (forward, future) +days (forward, future). +.It Fl b +Enforce special date calculation mode for KOI8 calendars. .It Fl B Ar num -print lines from today and previous +Print lines from today and previous .Ar num -days (backward, past) +days (backward, past). .It Fl f Pa calendarfile -use +Use .Pa calendarfile -as default calendar file. -.It Fl t Ar [[[yy]yy][mm]]dd -act like the specified value is ``today'' instead of using the current date. +as the default calendar file. +.It Fl t Ar [[[cc]yy][mm]]dd +Act like the specified value is +.Dq today +instead of using the current date. .El .Pp To handle calendars in your national code table you can specify .Dq LANG= -in the calendar file as early as possible. To handle national Easter -names in the calendars +in the calendar file as early as possible. +To handle national Easter names in the calendars, .Dq Easter= (for Catholic Easter) or .Dq Paskha= (for Orthodox Easter) can be used. .Pp +To enforce special date calculation mode for Cyrillic calendars +you should specify +.Dq LANG= +and +.Dq BODUN= +where can be ru_RU.KOI8-R, uk_UA.KOI8-U or by_BY.KOI8-B. +.Pp Other lines should begin with a month and day. They may be entered in almost any format, either numeric or as character strings. If proper locale is set, national months and weekdays names can be used. -A single asterisk (``*'') matches every month. +A single asterisk (`*') matches every month. A day without a month matches that day of every week. A month without a day matches the first of that month. Two numbers default to the month followed by the day. Lines with leading tabs default to the last entered date, allowing multiple line specifications for a single date. -``Easter'', may be followed by an positive or negative integer, is -Easter for this year. -``Paskha'', may be followed by an positive or negative integer, is +.Dq Easter +(may be followed by a positive or negative integer) is Easter for this year. +.Dq Paskha +(may be followed by a positive or negative integer) is Orthodox Easter for this year. -Weekdays may be followed by ``-4'' ... ``+5'' (aliases -last, first, second, third, fourth) for moving events like -``the last Monday in April'' +Weekdays may be followed by +.Dq -4 +.Li ... +.Dq +5 +(aliases last, first, second, third, fourth) for moving events like +.Dq the last Monday in April . .Pp -By convention, dates followed by an asterisk are not fixed, i.e., change +By convention, dates followed by an asterisk +.Pq Sq * +are not fixed, i.e., change from year to year. .Pp -Day description start after the first character in the line; -if the line not contains character, it isn't printed out. -If the first character in the line is a character, it is treated as -continue of previous description. +Day descriptions start after the first character in the line; +if the line does not contain a character, it isn't printed out. +If the first character in the line is a character, it is treated as +the continuation of the previous description. .Pp -The ``calendar'' file is preprocessed by +The calendar file is preprocessed by .Xr cpp 1 , allowing the inclusion of shared files such as company holidays or meetings. @@ -128,8 +148,8 @@ .Pq Li /* ... */ are ignored. .Pp -Some possible calendar entries ( characters highlighted by -\fB\et\fR sequence) +Some possible calendar entries ( characters are highlighted by a +\fB\et\fR sequence): .Bd -unfilled -offset indent LANG=C Easter=Ostern @@ -152,77 +172,64 @@ Paskha\fB\et\fROrthodox Easter .Ed .Sh FILES -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width calendar.christian -compact +.Bl -tag -width ~/.calendar/calendar -compact .It Pa calendar file in current directory - .It Pa ~/.calendar -.Pa calendar -HOME directory. -.Nm calendar -does a chdir into this directory if it exists. - +file in home directory (which +.Nm +.Xr chdir 1 's +into if it exists) .It Pa ~/.calendar/calendar -calendar file to use if no calendar file exists in the current directory. - +file to use if no calendar file exists in the current directory .It Pa ~/.calendar/nomail -do not send mail if this file exists. -.El - -The following default calendar files are provided: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width calendar.christian -compact +.Nm +will not send mail if this file exists .It Pa calendar.birthday -Births and deaths of famous (and not-so-famous) people. - +births and deaths of famous (and not-so-famous) people .It Pa calendar.christian -Christian holidays. -This calendar should be updated yearly by the local system administrator -so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year. - +Christian holidays (should be updated yearly by the local system administrator +so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year) .It Pa calendar.computer -Days of special significance to computer people. - +days of special significance to computer people +.It Pa calendar.fictional +Fantasy and Fiction dates (mostly LOTR) .It Pa calendar.history -Everything else, mostly U. S. historical events. - +everything else, mostly U.S. historical events .It Pa calendar.holiday -Other holidays, including the not-well-known, obscure, and +other holidays (including the not-well-known, obscure, and .Em really -obscure. - +obscure) .It Pa calendar.judaic -Jewish holidays. -This calendar should be updated yearly by the local system administrator -so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year. - +Jewish holidays (should be updated yearly by the local system administrator +so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year) .It Pa calendar.music -Musical events, births, and deaths. -Strongly oriented toward rock 'n' roll. - +musical events, births, and deaths (strongly oriented toward rock n' roll) +.It Pa calendar.pagan +Pagan holidays, celebrations and festivals .It Pa calendar.usholiday -U.S. holidays. -This calendar should be updated yearly by the local system administrator -so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year. - +U.S. holidays +.It Pa calendar.world +World wide calendar +.It Pa calendar.croatian +Croatian calendar .It Pa calendar.german -German calendar. - +German calendar .It Pa calendar.russian -Russian calendar. +Russian calendar .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr at 1 , +.Xr cal 1 , .Xr cpp 1 , -.Xr cron 8 , -.Xr mail 1 +.Xr mail 1 , +.Xr cron 8 .Sh COMPATIBILITY The -.Nm calendar +.Nm program previously selected lines which had the correct date anywhere in the line. -This is no longer true, the date is only recognized when it occurs +This is no longer true: the date is only recognized when it occurs at the beginning of a line. .Sh HISTORY A @@ -230,5 +237,5 @@ command appeared in .At v7 . .Sh BUGS -.Nm Calendar -doesn't handle Jewish holidays and moon phases. +.Nm +doesn't handle Jewish holidays or moon phases.