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diff --git a/doc/manual.txt b/doc/manual.txt index 5091e73..de74a32 100644 --- a/doc/manual.txt +++ b/doc/manual.txt @@ -176,10 +176,14 @@ long options are supported): be specified using the `-c` flag. `-c <file>, --calendar <file>`:: - Specify the calendar file to use. The default calendar is - `$XDG_DATA_HOME/calcurse/apts` (`~/.local/share/calcurse/apts`) or - `~/.calcurse/apts` if `~/.calcurse` exists. (see section - <<basics_files,calcurse files>>). This option has precedence over `-D`. + Specify the calendar file to use. The default calendar is located at + `<datadir>/apts` (see section <<basics_files,calcurse files>>). This option + has precedence over `-D`. + +`-C <dir>, --directory <dir>`:: + Specify the configuration directory to use. See + <<basics_files,calcurse files>> for the default directory and for the + interaction with `-D`. `-d <date|num>, --day <date|num>`:: Print the appointments for the given date or for the given number of @@ -210,9 +214,8 @@ can be specified using the `-c` flag. combined with `--to`. `-D <dir>, --directory <dir>`:: - Specify the data directory to use. If not specified, the default directory is - `$XDG_DATA_HOME/calcurse/` (`~/.local/share/calcurse/`) or `~/.calcurse` if - it exists. + Specify the (data) directory to use. See <<basics_files,calcurse files>> for + the default directory and for the interaction with `-C`. `--filter-type <type>`:: Ignore any items that do not match the type mask. See @@ -634,13 +637,15 @@ The following environment variables affect the way `calcurse` operates: Specifies the default viewer to be used for reading notes. If this variable is not set, then `/usr/bin/less` is used. +See also <<basics_files,calcurse files>>. + Hooks ~~~~~ -You can place scripts in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/calcurse/hooks/` -(`$HOME/.config/calcurse/hooks/`) to trigger actions at certain events. To -enable a hook, add a script with one of the following names to this directory. -Also make sure the scripts are executable. +You can place scripts in `<confdir>/hooks/` +(see section <<basics_files,calcurse files>>) to trigger actions at certain +events. To enable a hook, add a script with one of the following names to this +directory. Also make sure the scripts are executable. *pre-load*:: Executed before the data files are loaded. @@ -853,15 +858,28 @@ NOTE: To stop the daemon, just send the `TERM` signal to it, using a command calcurse files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The following structure is created in your `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` (`$HOME/.config`) -and in your `$XDG_DATA_HOME` (`$HOME/.local/share`) directories (or in the -directory you specified with the -D option) the first time calcurse is run: +An alternative directory for 'both' the configuration files and the data +directory may be specified with the `-D` option. + +An alternative directory for the configuration files 'only' may be specified +with the `-C` option; in that case data files are either in the default +directory or in the directory specified by `-D`. If both `-D` and `-C` are +present, configuration files in the data directory, if any, are ignored. + +If +$HOME/.calcurse+ exists, then it will be used as the default for both the +data directory and the configuration directory. ---- -$XDG_DATA_HOME/calcurse/ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/calcurse/ - |___notes/ |___conf - |___apts |___keys - |___todo +<datadir> <confdir> + | | + |__ apts |___ conf + |__ todo |___ keys + |__ notes/ |___ hooks/ + +defaults: + <datadir>: $XDG_DATA_HOME/calcurse ($HOME/.local/share/calcurse) + <confdir>: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/calcurse ($HOME/.config/calcurse) + both: $HOME/.calcurse (only if it exists) ---- `notes/`:: this subdirectory contains descriptions of the notes which are attached to @@ -877,6 +895,9 @@ $XDG_DATA_HOME/calcurse/ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/calcurse/ this file contains the user configuration `keys`:: this file contains the user-defined key bindings +`hooks/`:: + this subdirectory contains scripts that you can use to trigger actions at + certain events (see <<_hooks,Hooks>>) NOTE: If the logging of calcurse daemon activity was set in the notification configuration menu, the extra file `daemon.log` will appear in the |