NAME

       Gcal - a program for calculating and printing calendars.

SYNOPSIS

       gcal [[Option...] [%Date] [@File...]] [Command]

DESCRIPTION

       Gcal is a program similar the standard calendar programs BSD-`cal' and `calendar'.

       Gcal  displays  hybrid  and  proleptic Julian and Gregorian calendar sheets, respectively, for one month,
       three months or a whole year.  It also displays eternal holiday  lists  for  many  countries  around  the
       globe, and features a very powerful creation of fixed date lists that can be used for reminding purposes.
       Gcal can calculate various astronomical data and times of the Sun  and  the  Moon  for  at  pleasure  any
       location,  precisely  enough  for  most  civil  purposes.  Gcal supports some other calendar systems, for
       example the Chinese and Japanese calendar, the Hebrew calendar and the civil Islamic calendar, too.

       If Gcal is started without any options or commands, a calendar of the current month is displayed.

       If the calendar of a definite year is wanted, the year must be fully specified,
       e.g.:  gcal 94
       displays a year calendar of the year 94, not of the year 1994.

       If two arguments are given in the command part, the first argument  denotes  the  month  and  the  second
       argument  denotes  the  year.  In case any illegal commands are given running Gcal , the program will use
       internal defaults.

MORE PROGRAM INFORMATION

       You obtain more program information if you start Gcal as follows:
       gcal -h
       gcal -?
       gcal --help

       respectively,

       gcal -hh
       gcal -??
       gcal --long-help[=ARG]|[=?]
       gcal --usage[=ARG]|[=?]
       A Hypertext file gcal.info containing detailed online information should  be  available,  which  you  can
       inspect using your GNU Infobrowser.

COPYRIGHT

Gcal Copyright (c) 1994, 95, 96, 1997, 2000 Thomas Esken

       This  software  doesn't  claim completeness, correctness or usability.  On principle I will not be liable
       for any damages or losses (implicit or explicit), which result from using or handling  my  software.   If
       you use this software, you agree without any exception to this agreement, which binds you LEGALLY !!

       Gcal  is  free software and distributed under the terms of the `GNU General Public License'; published by
       the `Free Software Foundation'; version 2 or (at your option) any later version.

       Any suggestions, improvements, extensions, bug reports, donations, proposals for contract  work,  and  so
       forth are welcome!  If you like this tool, I'd appreciate a postcard from you!

       Enjoy it   =8^)

AUTHOR

  ------------------------oOO      \\\_''/      OOo---------------------------
  Thomas Esken               O     (/o-o\)     O  eMail: esken@gmx.net
  Im Hagenfeld 84                 ((  ^  ))       Phone: +49 251 232585
  D-48147 Muenster; Germany    \____) ~ (____/    MotD : 2old2live, 2young2die

SEE ALSO

       tcal(1), txt2gcal(1), gcal2txt(1), cal(1), calendar(1).

                                                  June 14, 2000                                          GCAL(1)