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.TH "CALCURSE" "1" "10/30/2016" "\ \&" "\ \&"
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.SH "NAME"
calcurse \- text\-based organizer
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
\fIcalcurse\fR \fB\-Q\fR [options] [\fB\-\-from\fR ] [\fB\-\-to\fR |\fB\-\-days\fR ]
\fIcalcurse\fR \fB\-G\fR [options]
\fIcalcurse\fR \fB\-i\fR
\fIcalcurse\fR \fB\-x\fR
\fIcalcurse\fR \fB\-\-gc\fR
\fIcalcurse\fR \fB\-\-status\fR
\fIcalcurse\fR \fB\-\-version\fR
\fIcalcurse\fR \fB\-\-help\fR
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
Calcurse is a text\-based calendar and scheduling application\&. It helps keeping track of events, appointments and everyday tasks\&. A configurable notification system reminds user of upcoming deadlines, and the curses based interface can be customized to suit user needs\&. All of the commands are documented within an online help system\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.sp
The following options are supported:
.PP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-appointment\fR
.RS 4
Print the appointments and events for the current day and exit\&. Equivalent to
\fB\-Q \-\-filter\-type cal\fR\&.
\fINote:\fR
The calendar from which to read the appointments can be specified using the
\fB\-c\fR
flag\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c\fR , \fB\-\-calendar\fR
.RS 4
Specify the calendar file to use\&. The default calendar is
\fB~/\&.calcurse/apts\fR
(see section
\fIFILES\fR
below)\&. This option has precedence over
\fB\-D\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-d\fR , \fB\-\-day\fR
.RS 4
Print the appointments for the given date or for the given number of upcoming days, depending on the argument format\&. Two possible formats are supported:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
a date (possible formats described below)\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
a number
\fBn\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
In the first case, the appointment list for the specified date will be returned, while in the second case the appointment list for the
\fBn\fR
upcoming days will be returned\&.
.sp
As an example, typing
\fBcalcurse \-d 3\fR
will display your appointments for today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow\&. The first form is equivalent to
\fB\-Q \-\-filter\-type cal \-\-from \fR, the second form is equivalent to
\fB\-Q \-\-filter\-type cal \-\-days \fR\&.
.sp
\fINote:\fR
as for the
\fB\-a\fR
flag, the calendar from which to read the appointments can be specified using the
\fB\-c\fR
flag\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-daemon\fR
.RS 4
Start calcurse in background mode\&. Restart if the daemon was already running\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-days\fR
.RS 4
Specify the length of the range (in days) when used with
\fB\-Q\fR\&. Cannot be combined with
\fB\-\-to\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-export\-uid\fR
.RS 4
When exporting items, add the hash of each item to the exported object as an UID property\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-D\fR , \fB\-\-directory\fR
.RS 4
Specify the data directory to use\&. If not specified, the default directory is
\fB~/\&.calcurse/\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-filter\fR
.RS 4
Read items from the data files and write them back\&. The filter interface can be used to drop specific items\&. Be careful with this option, specifying a wrong filter might result it data loss! It is highly recommended to test the effect of filters with \-G first\&. See also:
\fIFilter Options\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-from\fR
.RS 4
Specify the start date of the range when used with
\fB\-Q\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-gc\fR
.RS 4
Run the garbage collector for note files and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-grep\fR
.RS 4
Print appointments and TODO items using the calcurse data file format\&. The filter interface can be used to further restrict the output\&. See also:
\fIFilter Options\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print a short help text describing the supported command\-line options, and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-i\fR , \fB\-\-import\fR
.RS 4
Import the icalendar data contained in
\fIfile\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-l\fR , \fB\-\-limit\fR
.RS 4
Limit the number of results printed to
\fInum\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-dump\-imported\fR
.RS 4
When importing items, print each newly created object to stdout\&. Format strings can be used to specify which details are printed\&. See also:
\fIFormatting Options\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-next\fR
.RS 4
Print the next appointment within upcoming 24 hours and exit\&. The indicated time is the number of hours and minutes left before this appointment\&.
.sp
\fINote:\fR
the calendar from which to read the appointments can be specified using the
\fB\-c\fR
flag\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
.RS 4
Be quiet\&. Do not show system dialogs\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-Q\fR, \fB\-\-query\fR
.RS 4
Print all appointments inside a given query range, followed by all TODO items\&. The query range defaults to the current day and can be changed by using the
\fB\-\-from\fR
and
\fB\-\-to\fR
(or
\fB\-\-days\fR) parameters\&. The filter interface can be used to further restrict the output\&. See also:
\fIFilter Options\fR,
\fIFormatting Options\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-r\fR[num], \fB\-\-range\fR[=num]
.RS 4
Print events and appointments for the
\fInum\fR
number of days and exit\&. If no
\fInum\fR
is given, a range of 1 day is considered\&. Equivalent to
\fB\-Q \-\-filter\-type cal \-\-days \fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-read\-only\fR
.RS 4
Don\(cqt save configuration nor appointments/todos\&.
.sp
\fIWarning:\fR
Use this this with care! If you run an interactive calcurse instance in read\-only mode, all changes from this session will be lost without warning!
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR[date], \fB\-\-startday\fR[=date]
.RS 4
Print events and appointments from
\fIdate\fR
and exit\&. If no
\fIdate\fR
is given, the current day is considered\&. Equivalent to
\fB\-Q \-\-filter\-type cal \-\-from \fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-search\fR=
.RS 4
When used with the
\fB\-a\fR,
\fB\-d\fR,
\fB\-r\fR,
\fB\-s\fR, or
\fB\-t\fR
flag, print only the items having a description that matches the given regular expression\&. Equivalent to
\fB\-Q \-\-filter\-pattern \fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-status\fR
.RS 4
Display the status of running instances of calcurse\&. If calcurse is running, this will tell if the interactive mode was launched or if calcurse is running in background\&. The process pid will also be indicated\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR[num], \fB\-\-todo\fR[=num]
.RS 4
Print the
\fBtodo\fR
list and exit\&. If the optional number
\fInum\fR
is given, then only uncompleted todos having a priority equal to
\fInum\fR
will be returned\&. The priority number must be between 1 (highest) and 9 (lowest)\&. It is also possible to specify
\fB0\fR
for the priority, in which case only completed tasks will be shown\&. Equivalent to
\fB\-Q \-\-filter\-type todo\fR, combined with
\fB\-\-filter\-priority\fR
and
\fB\-\-filter\-completed\fR
or
\fB\-\-filter\-uncompleted\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-to\fR
.RS 4
Specify the end date of the range when used with
\fB\-Q\fR\&. Cannot be combined with
\fB\-\-days\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Display
\fBcalcurse\fR
version and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-x\fR[format], \fB\-\-export\fR[=format]
.RS 4
Export user data to specified format\&. Events, appointments and todos are converted and echoed to stdout\&. Two possible formats are available:
\fIical\fR
and
\fIpcal\fR\&. If the optional argument
\fIformat\fR
is not given, ical format is selected by default\&.
.sp
\fINote:\fR
redirect standard output to export data to a file, by issuing a command such as:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
$ calcurse \-\-export > my_data\&.dat
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.RE
.sp
\fINote:\fR The \fB\-N\fR option has been removed in calcurse 3\&.0\&.0\&. See the \fIFORMAT STRINGS\fR section on how to print note along with appointments and events\&.
.SS "Filter Options"
.sp
Filters can be used to restrict the set of items which are loaded from the appointments file when using calcurse in non\-interactive mode\&. The following filters are currently supported:
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-hash \fR
.RS 4
Only include items with a hash starting with the specified pattern\&. The pattern can be inverted by prepending an exclamation mark (\fI!\fR)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-type\fR
.RS 4
Ignore any items that do not match the type mask\&. The type mask is a comma\-separated list of valid type descriptions which include
\fIevent\fR,
\fIapt\fR,
\fIrecur\-event\fR,
\fIrecur\-apt\fR
and
\fItodo\fR\&. You can also use
\fIrecur\fR
as a shorthand for
\fIrecur\-event,recur\-apt\fR
and
\fIcal\fR
as a shorthand for
\fIevent,apt,recur\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-pattern\fR
.RS 4
Ignore any items with a description that does not match the pattern\&. The pattern is interpreted as extended regular expression\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-start\-from\fR
.RS 4
Ignore any items that start before a given date\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-start\-to\fR
.RS 4
Ignore any items that start after a given date\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-start\-after\fR
.RS 4
Only include items that start after a given date\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-start\-before\fR
.RS 4
Only include items that start before a given date\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-start\-range\fR
.RS 4
Only include items with a start date that falls within a given range\&. A range consists of a start date and an end date, separated by a comma\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-end\-from\fR
.RS 4
Ignore any items that end before a given date\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-end\-to\fR
.RS 4
Ignore any items that end after a given date\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-end\-after\fR
.RS 4
Only include items that end after a given date\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-end\-before\fR
.RS 4
Only include items that end before a given date\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-end\-range\fR
.RS 4
Only include items with an end date that falls within a given range\&. A range consists of a start date and an end date, separated by a comma\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-priority\fR
.RS 4
Only include items with a given priority\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-completed\fR
.RS 4
Only include completed TODO items\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-filter\-uncompleted\fR
.RS 4
Only include uncompleted TODO items\&.
.RE
.SS "Formatting Options"
.PP
\fB\-\-format\-apt\fR
.RS 4
Specify a format to control the output of appointments in non\-interactive mode\&. See the
\fIFORMAT STRINGS\fR
section for detailed information on format strings\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-format\-recur\-apt\fR
.RS 4
Specify a format to control the output of recurrent appointments in non\-interactive mode\&. See the
\fIFORMAT STRINGS\fR
section for detailed information on format strings\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-format\-event\fR
.RS 4
Specify a format to control the output of events in non\-interactive mode\&. See the
\fIFORMAT STRINGS\fR
section for detailed information on format strings\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-format\-recur\-event\fR
.RS 4
Specify a format to control the output of recurrent events in non\-interactive mode\&. See the
\fIFORMAT STRINGS\fR
section for detailed information on format strings\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-format\-todo\fR
.RS 4
Specify a format to control the output of todo items in non\-interactive mode\&. See the
\fIFORMAT STRINGS\fR
section for detailed information on format strings\&.
.RE
.SH "FORMAT STRINGS"
.sp
Format strings are composed of printf()\-style format specifiers \(em ordinary characters are copied to stdout without modification\&. Each specifier is introduced by a \fB%\fR and is followed by a character which specifies the field to print\&. The set of available fields depends on the item type\&.
.SS "Format specifiers for appointments"
.PP
\fBs\fR
.RS 4
Print the start time of the appointment as UNIX time stamp
.RE
.PP
\fBS\fR
.RS 4
Print the start time of the appointment using the
\fBhh:mm\fR
format
.RE
.PP
\fBd\fR
.RS 4
Print the duration of the appointment in seconds
.RE
.PP
\fBe\fR
.RS 4
Print the end time of the appointment as UNIX time stamp
.RE
.PP
\fBE\fR
.RS 4
Print the end time of the appointment using the
\fBhh:mm\fR
format
.RE
.PP
\fBm\fR
.RS 4
Print the description of the item
.RE
.PP
\fBn\fR
.RS 4
Print the name of the note file belonging to the item
.RE
.PP
\fBN\fR
.RS 4
Print the note belonging to the item
.RE
.SS "Format specifiers for events"
.PP
\fBm\fR
.RS 4
Print the description of the item
.RE
.PP
\fBn\fR
.RS 4
Print the name of the note file belonging to the item
.RE
.PP
\fBN\fR
.RS 4
Print the note belonging to the item
.RE
.SS "Format specifiers for todo items"
.PP
\fBp\fR
.RS 4
Print the priority of the item
.RE
.PP
\fBm\fR
.RS 4
Print the description of the item
.RE
.PP
\fBn\fR
.RS 4
Print the name of the note file belonging to the item
.RE
.PP
\fBN\fR
.RS 4
Print the note belonging to the item
.RE
.SS "Examples"
.PP
\fBcalcurse \-r7 \-\-format\-apt=\*(Aq\- %S \-> %E\en\et%m\en%N\*(Aq\fR
.RS 4
Print appointments and events for the next seven days\&. Also, print the notes attached to each regular appointment (simulates
\fB\-N\fR
for appointments)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBcalcurse \-r7 \-\-format\-apt=\*(Aq \- %m (%S to %E)\en\*(Aq \-\-format\-recur\-apt=\*(Aq \- %m (%S to %E)\en\*(Aq\fR
.RS 4
Print appointments and events for the next seven days and use a custom format for (recurrent) appointments: * \- Some appointment (18:30 to 21:30)*\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBcalcurse \-t \-\-format\-todo \*(Aq(%p) %m\en\*(Aq\fR
.RS 4
List all todo items and put parentheses\&around the priority specifiers\&.
.RE
.SS "Extended format specifiers"
.sp
Extended format specifiers can be used if you want to specify advanced formatting options\&. Extended specifiers are introduced by \fB%(\fR and are terminated by a closing parenthesis (\fB)\fR)\&. The following list includes all short specifiers and corresponding long options:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBs\fR:
\fB(start)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBS\fR:
\fB(start:epoch)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBe\fR:
\fB(end)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBE\fR:
\fB(end:epoch)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBd\fR:
\fB(duration)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBr\fR:
\fB(remaining)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBm\fR:
\fB(message)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBn\fR:
\fB(noteid)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBN\fR:
\fB(note)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBp\fR:
\fB(priority)\fR
.RE
.sp
The \fB(start)\fR and \fB(end)\fR specifiers support strftime()\-style extended formatting options that can be used for fine\-grained formatting\&. Additionally, the special formats \fBepoch\fR (which is equivalent to \fB(start:%s)\fR or \fB(end:%s)\fR) and \fBdefault\fR (which is mostly equivalent to \fB(start:%H:%M)\fR or \fB(end:%H:%M)\fR but displays \fB\&.\&.:\&.\&.\fR if the item doesn\(cqt start/end at the current day) are supported\&.
.sp
The \fB(remaining)\fR and \fB(duration)\fR specifiers support a subset of the strftime()\-style formatting options, along with two extra qualifiers\&. The supported options are \fB%d\fR, \fB%H\fR, \fB%M\fR and \fB%S\fR, and by default each of these is zero\-padded to two decimal places\&. To avoid the zero\-padding, add \fB\-\fR in front of the formatting option (for example, \fB%\-d\fR)\&. Additionally, the \fBE\fR option will display the total number of time units until the appointment, rather than showing the remaining number of time units modulo the next larger time unit\&. For example, an appointment in 50 hours will show as 02:00 with the formatting string \fB%H:%M\fR, but will show 50:00 with the formatting string \fB%EH:%M\fR\&. Note that if you are combining the \fB\-\fR and \fBE\fR options, the \fB\-\fR must come first\&. The default format for the \fB(remaining)\fR specifier is \fB%EH:%M\fR\&.
.sp
There are two additional long format specifiers that do not have any corresponding short options\&. They can be used to print an item\(cqs hash or its internal representation and were designed to be used for scripting:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB(hash)\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fB(raw)\fR
.RE
.SH "HOOKS"
.sp
You can place scripts in $HOME/\&.calcurse/hooks/ to trigger actions at certain events\&. To enable a hook, add a script with one of the following names to this directory\&. Also make sure the scripts are executable\&.
.PP
\fBpre\-load\fR
.RS 4
Executed before the data files are loaded\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBpost\-load\fR
.RS 4
Executed after the data files are saved\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBpre\-save\fR
.RS 4
Executed before the data files are loaded\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBpost\-save\fR
.RS 4
Executed after the data files are saved\&.
.RE
.sp
Some examples can be found in the contrib/hooks/ directory of the calcurse source tree\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.sp
Calcurse interface contains three different panels (calendar, appointment list, and todo list) on which you can perform different actions\&. All the possible actions, together with their associated keystrokes, are listed on the status bar\&. This status bar takes place at the bottom of the screen\&.
.sp
At any time, the built\-in help system can be invoked by pressing the \fI?\fR key\&. Once viewing the help screens, informations on a specific command can be accessed by pressing the keystroke corresponding to that command\&.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
.sp
The calcurse options can be changed from the configuration menu (shown when \fIC\fR is hit)\&. Five possible categories are to be chosen from : the color scheme, the layout (the location of the three panels on the screen), notification options, key bindings configuration menu, and more general options (such as automatic save before quitting)\&. All of these options are detailed in the configuration menu\&.
.SH "FILES"
.sp
The following structure is created in your $HOME directory (or in the directory you specified with the \fB\-D\fR option), the first time calcurse is run:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
$HOME/\&.calcurse/
|___notes/
|___conf
|___keys
|___apts
|___todo
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
The \fInotes\fR subdirectory contains descriptions of the notes which are attached to appointments, events or todos\&. One text file is created per note, whose name is the SHA1 message digest of the note itself\&.
.sp
The \fIconf\fR file contains the user configuration\&. The \fIkeys\fR file contains the user\-defined key bindings\&. The \fIapts\fR file contains all of the user\(cqs appointments and events, and the \fItodo\fR file contains the todo list\&.
.sp
\fINote:\fR if the logging of calcurse daemon activity was set in the notification configuration menu, the extra file \fIdaemon\&.log\fR will appear in calcurse data directory\&. This file contains logs about calcurse activity when running in background\&.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.sp
This section describes the environment variables that affect how calcurse operates\&.
.PP
\fBVISUAL\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the external editor to use for writing notes\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBEDITOR\fR
.RS 4
If the
\fIVISUAL\fR
environment variable is not set, then
\fIEDITOR\fR
will be used as the default external editor\&. If none of those variables are set, then
\fI/usr/bin/vi\fR
is used instead\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBPAGER\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the default viewer to be used for reading notes\&. If this variable is not set, then
\fI/usr/bin/less\fR
is used\&.
.RE
.SH "BUGS"
.sp
Incorrect highlighting of items appear when using calcurse black and white theme together with a \fB$TERM\fR variable set to \fIxterm\-color\fR\&. To fix this bug, and as advised by Thomas E\&. Dickey (xterm maintainer), \fIxterm\-xfree86\fR should be used instead of \fIxterm\-color\fR to set the \fB$TERM\fR variable:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
"The xterm\-color value for $TERM is a bad choice for
XFree86 xterm because it is commonly used for a
terminfo entry which happens to not support bce\&.
Use the xterm\-xfree86 entry which is distributed
with XFree86 xterm (or the similar one distributed
with ncurses)\&."
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
If you find other bugs, please send a report to bugs@calcurse\&.org or to one of the authors, below\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.sp
vi(1), less(1), ncurses(3), mkstemp(3)
.sp
The ical specification (rfc2445) can be found at: http://tools\&.ietf\&.org/html/rfc2445
.sp
The pcal project page: http://pcal\&.sourceforge\&.net/
.sp
Calcurse home page: http://calcurse\&.org/
.sp
Calcurse complete manual, translated in many languages and maintained in html format, can be found in the doc/ directory of the source package, or at: http://calcurse\&.org/files/manual\&.html
.SH "AUTHORS"
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBFrederic Culot\fR
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
\fBLukas Fleischer\fR
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.sp
Copyright (c) 2004\-2016 calcurse Development Team\&. This software is released under the BSD License\&.