From rouben Sun Mar 10 21:35:50 1996
From: rouben@pc3 (Rouben Rostamian)
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:35:50 -0500
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To: xforms@imageek.york.cuny.edu
Subject: Announcement: Fcal - an xforms based calendar
Status: OR


March 10, 1996

FCAL 5.0 now available.

FCAL is a perpetual calendar and an appointments manager
designed for the X Window System and the Forms Library.
See the README file appended below for further details.

Where to get:

host:       ftp.math.umbc.edu
directory:  /pub/rostamian/fcal

The directory contains two gzip files:

    fcal-5.0.src.tgz:   Full source for FCAL
    fcal-5.0.linux.tgz: Compiled and statically linked binary for linux a.out

If you retrieve the full source, beware that you will need the latest
test version of XFORMS (creation date March 8 1996 or later) to compile.
FCAL will not compile or run correctly with the older version of the
Forms Library.

Bug reports or suggestion for improvements welcome.

-- 
Rouben Rostamian <rouben@math.umbc.edu>

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README for FCAL version 5.0,  March 1996

WHAT IS FCAL?

FCAL is a perpetual calendar and an appointments manager
designed for the X Window System.  FCAL's main window shows
a current calendar and the list of all appointment entries in
FCAL's database.  Entries may be added, deleted, revised, or
moved around.  Expired appointments are permanently archived
in an archive file which may also be browsed with FCAL.

Impending appointments are announced up to three times by
beeping the terminal.  This behavior, and most other features
of FCAL can be customized through command line options or
through setting X resources.

Upon request, FCAL can format and print to the screen the full
or partial contents of the appointments file.  The X server
need not be running to do this.  This is useful when making a
quick inquiry or for remote access to the data locked up in
FCAL's database.

Complete on-line documentation is included.  There is no
separate manual.

FCAL's graphics interface is based on the Forms Library.
Originally FCAL stood for "Forms Calendar" but now I think
of it as "Fancy Calendar"  :-)

FCAL should compile on any platform where the Forms Library
is available.  Imakefiles for Linux, SGI, and Ultrix are
provided.

Please send comments, suggestions and bug reports to:
rostamian@umbc.edu.



HOW TO GET FCAL:

The latest version of fcal is available by anonymous ftp from:

host:       ftp.math.umbc.edu
directory:  /pub/rostamian/fcal



--
Rouben Rostamian