XCalim.help

XCalim.Help XCalim.help 1.2 93/10/23
{strip
Use the scrollbar, j/k or Down/Up to scroll this text if needed.

Shortcuts
    Button   Shortcut  Action
    <        Left,  k  Previous month's calendar
    >        Right, j  Next month's calendar
    Memo     m         Open the memo pad
    Weekly   w         Open the weekly recurrent events window
    Current  c         Jump to the current month calendar
    Help     h, F1     Jump to the current month calendar

    You can type the day number to directly edit it if you shun the
    mouse. I.e., to edit day 19, just type 19 in the main window. 
    To edit day 4, type 04 or 4<Enter>. You will see the header bar
    will change colors when you type the first number. This is just
    visual feedback so you can be sure the first number was received.
    Type a lone <Enter> to edit today.

    Say you wanted to edit 19 but mistakenly pressed 2. You can cancel
    by pressing the <Esc> or <Backspace> keys.

    Nothing happens if you type an inexistent day, e.g., 55.

The Help button.
    Help can be suppressed by setting the resource giveHelp to False.
}
{edit
This editing window will create or delete a day file for the day shown
in the title. The file is stored in a directory specified by the
resource `directory', this is usually `Calendar' in your home
directory.

Calendar will usually contain directories, one for each year, and the
day file will be stored in one of these directories. However, this
makes xcalim incompatible with xcalendar - so if the resource
xcalendarCompat is True then the use of subdirectories is suppressed.

The large area in the edit window is a normal text input area. Text is
simply be typed into it, the text is saved by hitting the save button
which is set to sensitive when the text is changed.  Saving an empty
buffer will delete the file. Some more questions will be asked if 
leaving would result in losing information.
}
{memo
The memo window is intended to do three things. First, it allows a
single button click to display today's actions from your diary.
Second, it provides a way of displaying regular weekly events.  Third,
it provides an editable window whose contents can be saved in a file.
The idea is that this file will contain reminders and other notes.  The
file is usually called `memo' and is stored in a directory specified by
the resource `directory', usually `Calendar' in your home directory.

The window is split into three areas. The top section shows the current
diary entry and cannot be altered by editing. Hit the edit button to
start a standard day editor window on today's date. The middle section
shows the weekly entry. Again the edit button allows you to edit these
The bottom section contains the memo file text area. Text is simply
typed into it and is stored saved by hitting the save button. This
will go black when the text is changed.
Saving an empty buffer will delete the file.

The Quit button will exit. Some more questions will be asked if
leaving will result in losing information.
}
{main
The command box contains a number of buttons.

Move the mouse into the area showing the date and use
the mouse buttons to select further actions:

	- Left mouse button pops up this month's calendar strip
	- Middle mouse button permits date selection
	- Right mouse button allows exit

Click with the left mouse button in the small box holding
the mouse icon to edit a memo file.

The Question Mark button shows this information, as you have already
discovered.
}
{weekly
The weekly strip consists of a number of lines of text.

Line 1: The title
Line 2: The Quit button that removes the strip from the screen
Line 3: The Help Button.
	Help can be suppressed by setting `giveHelp' to False.

Then -  A line for each day in the week.
	Each line is two areas:
	The left hand side shows the day in the week
	The right hand side is an active button. When pressed it starts
	up an editor for the day. This will create a file for the day
	in the user's Calendar directory. The label on the button will
	be the first few characters of the file, if there are any.
}