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)