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diff --git a/doc/manual_en.html b/doc/manual_en.html index 7ee3cfe..2ecd7b8 100755 --- a/doc/manual_en.html +++ b/doc/manual_en.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <!-- /* - * $calcurse: manual_en.html,v 1.26 2009/07/10 19:49:07 culot Exp $ + * $calcurse: manual_en.html,v 1.27 2009/08/18 09:55:03 culot Exp $ * * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Frederic Culot <frederic@culot.org> * All rights reserved. @@ -88,13 +88,14 @@ well as the way one can contribute to <code>calcurse</code> development. <li><a href="#basics_interface_noninteractive">4.2.1 Non-interactive mode</a></li> <li><a href="#basics_interface_interactive">4.2.2 Interactive mode</a></li> </ul></li> - <li><a href="#basics_files">4.3 <code>calcurse</code> files</a></li> - <li><a href="#basics_import_export">4.4 Import/Export capabilities</a> + <li><a href="#basics_daemon">4.3 Background mode</a></li> + <li><a href="#basics_files">4.4 <code>calcurse</code> files</a></li> + <li><a href="#basics_import_export">4.5 Import/Export capabilities</a> <ul> - <li><a href="#basics_import">4.4.1 Import</a></li> - <li><a href="#basics_export">4.4.2 Export</a></li> + <li><a href="#basics_import">4.5.1 Import</a></li> + <li><a href="#basics_export">4.5.2 Export</a></li> </ul></li> - <li><a href="#basics_help">4.5 Online help</a></li> + <li><a href="#basics_help">4.6 Online help</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="#options">5. Options</a> <ul> @@ -191,7 +192,8 @@ All of the commands are documented within an online help system. between several color and layout combinations. Key bindings are also configurable, to fit everyone's needs. Last, a configurable notification system reminds user of upcoming - appointments. + appointments. The reminders are sent even if the user's interface + is not running, as calcurse is able to run in background. </p> <h1>3. Installation<a name="install"></a></h1> @@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ All of the commands are documented within an online help system. <h2>3.2 Install process<a name="install_process"></a></h2> <p> First you need to gunzip and untar the source archive:</p> - <pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.6.tar.gz</pre> + <pre>tar zxvf calcurse-2.7.tar.gz</pre> <p> Once you meet the requirements and have extracted the archive, the install process is quite simple, and follows the standard @@ -358,6 +360,13 @@ All of the commands are documented within an online help system. print only the items having a description that matches the given regular expression. </dd> + <dt><code>--status</code></dt> + <dd> + Display the status of running instances of calcurse. If + calcurse is running, this will tell if the interactive + mode was launched or if calcurse is running in background. + The process pid will also be indicated. + </dd> <dt><code>-t[num], --todo[=num]</code></dt> <dd> Print the 'todo' list and exit. If the optional number @@ -574,7 +583,40 @@ All of the commands are documented within an online help system. </dl> </p> -<h2>4.3 <code>calcurse</code> files<a name="basics_files"></a></h2> +<h2>4.3 Background mode<a name="basics_daemon"></a></h2> + +<p>When the daemon mode is enabled in the notification configuration menu +(see <a href="#options_notify">Notify-bar settings</a>), <code>calcurse</code> will stay +in background when the user interface is not running. In background mode, +<code>calcurse</code> checks for upcoming appointments and runs the user-defined +notification command when necessary. When the user interface is started again, +the daemon automatically stops.</p> + +<p><code>calcurse</code> background activity can be logged (set the +<code>notify-daemon_log</code> variable in the notification configuration +<a href="#options_notify">menu</a>), and in that case, information about the daemon +start and stop time, reminders' command launch time, signals received... will be written +in the <code>daemon.log</code> file (see section <a href="#basics_files">files</a>).</p> + +<p> +Using the <code>--status</code> command line option (see section +<a href="#basics_invocation_commandline">Command line arguments</a>), +one can know if <code>calcurse</code> is currently running in background or not. +If the daemon is running, a message like the following one will be displayed (the pid of +the daemon process will be shown): +<pre>calcurse is running in background (pid 14536)</pre> + +<p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span> +To stop the daemon, just send the <code>TERM</code> signal to it, using a command such as: +<code>'kill daemon_pid'</code>, where <span class="emp">daemon_pid</span> is the process id +of the daemon (14536 in the above example). +</p> + + +</p> + + +<h2>4.4 <code>calcurse</code> files<a name="basics_files"></a></h2> <p> The following structure is created in your <code>$HOME</code> directory (or in the directory you specified with the -D option) @@ -603,13 +645,20 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/ <dd>this file contains the todo list</dd> </dl> -<h2>4.4 Import/Export capabilities<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2> + <p class="rq"><span class="valorise">Note:</span> + If the logging of calcurse daemon activity was set in the notification + configuration menu, the extra file <code>daemon.log</code> will appear + in calcurse data directory. This file contains logs about calcurse activity + when running in background. + </p> + +<h2>4.5 Import/Export capabilities<a name="basics_import_export"></a></h2> <p> The import and export capabilities offered by <code>calcurse</code> are described below. </p> -<h3>4.4.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3> +<h3>4.5.1 Import<a name="basics_import"></a></h3> <p> Data in icalendar format as described in the rfc2445 specification (see <a href="#links_others">links</a> section below) can be imported @@ -648,14 +697,14 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/ </ul> </p> -<h3>4.4.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3> +<h3>4.5.2 Export<a name="basics_export"></a></h3> <p> Two possible export formats are available: <code>ical</code> and <code>pcal</code> (see section <a href="#links_others">Links</a> below to find out about those formats). </p> -<h2>4.5 Online help<a name="basics_help"></a></h2> +<h2>4.6 Online help<a name="basics_help"></a></h2> <p> At any time, the built-in help system can be invoked by pressing the '?' key. Once viewing the help screens, @@ -878,6 +927,18 @@ $HOME/.calcurse/ calcurse --next | mail -s "[calcurse] upcoming appointment!" user@host.com </code> </dd> + <dt><code>notify-daemon_enable</code> + (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</dt> + <dd>If set to yes, daemon mode will be enabled, meaning <code>calcurse</code> + will run into background when the user's interface is exited. This will allow the + notifications to be launched even when the interface is not running. More details + can be found in section <a href="#basics_daemon">'Background mode'</a>. + </dd> + <dt><code>notify-daemon_log</code> + (default: <span class="emp">no</span>)</dt> + <dd>If set to yes, <code>calcurse</code> daemon activity will be logged (see section + <a href="#basics_files">files</a>). + </dd> </dl> <h1>6. Known bugs<a name="known_bugs"></a></h1> @@ -1203,7 +1264,7 @@ msgid "" <div class="footer"> Copyright © 2004-2009 Frédéric Culot<br> - Calcurse version 2.6 - Last change: July 10, 2009<br> + Calcurse version 2.7 - Last change: August 18, 2009<br> </div> </div> |