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)