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author | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-12-21 19:57:14 +0000 |
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committer | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-12-21 19:57:14 +0000 |
commit | 29017ebe0b661a39ba1c45e482154df86877e9df (patch) | |
tree | 0be333f95a713ae5481272e5c7ecf93fe75d33b3 /usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 | |
parent | bd8bd41e4dee8268f1f81dea257ccc747867dee4 (diff) | |
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Grammar/spelling/style fixes.
2.2 candidate.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 | 57 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 b/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 index acc46ac..75e4dd0 100644 --- a/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 +++ b/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1 @@ -63,27 +63,24 @@ Process the ``calendar'' files of all users and mail the results to them. This requires super-user privileges. .It Fl A Ar num -print lines from today and next +Print lines from today and the next .Ar num -days (forward, future) - +days (forward, future). .It Fl B Ar num -print lines from today and previous +Print lines from today and the previous .Ar num -days (backward, past) +days (backward, past). .It Fl f Pa calendarfile -use +Use .Pa calendarfile -as default calendar file. - +as the default calendar file. .It Xo Fl t .Sm off .Ar dd .Op . Ar mm Op . Ar year .Sm on .Xc -for test purposes only: set date directly to argument values. - +For test purposes only: set date directly to argument values. .El .Pp To handle calendars in your national code table you can specify @@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ names in the calendars 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 +If the proper locale is set, national month and weekday names can be used. A single asterisk (``*'') matches every month. A day without a month matches that day of every week. @@ -106,21 +103,24 @@ 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 -Orthodox Easter for this year. -Weekdays may be followed by ``-4'' ... ``+5'' (aliases +.Pp +``Easter'', is Easter for this year, and may be followed by a positive +or negative integer. +.Pp +``Paskha'', is Orthodox Easter for this year, and may be followed by a +positive or negative integer. +.Pp +Weekdays may be followed by ``-4'' ... ``+5'' (aliases for last, first, second, third, fourth) for moving events like ``the last Monday in April'' .Pp By convention, dates followed by an asterisk are not fixed, i.e., change from year to year. .Pp -Day description start after the first <tab> character in the line; -if the line not contains <tab> character, it isn't printed out. -If the first character in the line is a <tab> character, it is treated as -continue of previous description. +Day descriptions start after the first <tab> character in the line; +if the line does not contain a <tab> character, it is not displayed. +If the first character in the line is a <tab> character, it is treated as +a continuation of the previous line. .Pp The ``calendar'' file is preprocessed by .Xr cpp 1 , @@ -160,26 +160,21 @@ Paskha\fB\et\fROrthodox Easter .Ed .Sh FILES - .Pp .Bl -tag -width calendar.christian -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. - - .It Pa ~/.calendar/calendar calendar 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 - +.Pp The following default calendar files are provided: .Pp .Bl -tag -width calendar.christian -compact @@ -192,9 +187,9 @@ so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year. .It Pa calendar.computer Days of special significance to computer people. .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. .It Pa calendar.judaic @@ -208,19 +203,16 @@ Strongly oriented toward rock 'n' roll. 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. - .It Pa calendar.german German calendar. - .It Pa calendar.russian Russian calendar. - .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr at 1 , .Xr cpp 1 , -.Xr cron 8 .Xr mail 1 , +.Xr cron 8 .Sh COMPATIBILITY The .Nm calendar @@ -233,7 +225,6 @@ A .Nm command appeared in .At v7 . - .Sh BUGS .Nm Calendar doesn't handle Jewish holidays and moon phases. |