From 58f9cf641bf801fcc50ada59ec2b9e546e2f3d61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dianne Skoll Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:19:04 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Remove some truly ancient docs. --- docs/README.UNIX | 83 +++--------------------------------------------- www/README | 18 +++++------ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/README.UNIX b/docs/README.UNIX index 5482308b..bca6e090 100644 --- a/docs/README.UNIX +++ b/docs/README.UNIX @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -REMIND version 3.2 for UNIX +Remind for UNIX and Linux -REMIND is a sophisticated alarm/calendar program. Details are given +Remind is a sophisticated alarm/calendar program. Details are given in the man page, "remind.1". INSTALLING REMIND: @@ -19,88 +19,13 @@ If you do NOT have Tcl/Tk or are NOT running X11: 1) Edit the file "src/custom.h" according to your preferences. -2) Edit the file "src/lang.h" to choose a language. +2) Type: "make" -3) Type: "make" - -4) Type: "make install" -- you may need to be root to do this. +3) Type: "make install" -- you may need to be root to do this. The subdirectory "www" contains scripts for making a nice calendar web server. See the files README and Makefile in that directory. -The file "examples/defs.rem" has some sample Remind definitions and -commands, as well as U.S. and Jewish holidays. - -OTHER LANGUAGE SUPPORT - -Remind has support for languages other than English. See the file -"src/lang.h" for details. The language support may vary - you can change -only the substitution filter, or you can translate all of the usage -instructions and error messages as well. See "src/langs/french.h" for an -example of the latter. - -To compile Remind for a non-english language, look at the constants -defined in "src/lang.h". Then, to compile Remind for Italian (as an -example), type: - - make "LANGDEF=-DLANG=ITALIAN" - -If you add support for a non-English language, Remind will accept both the -English and non-English names of months and weekdays in an input script. -However, you should not rely on this feature if you want to write portable -Remind scripts. - -At a minimum, you should support month and day names in the foreign -language, and should modify the substitution filter appropriately. -If you are truly diligent, you can translate usage and error messages -too. - -Take a look at the files "src/langs/english.h" and -"src/langs/german.h" if you want to add support for your favourite -language. If you do add another language to Remind, please let me -know! Here are the basic guidelines: - -- Your language file should be called "src/langs/lxxx.h", where lxxx - is the first 8 characters of the ENGLISH name of your language. - -- Your language file should define L_LANGNAME to be the full English - name of your language, with the first letter capitalized and the rest - lower-case. - -- You can test your language file with the script "tests/tstlang.rem" - -- Your localized strings must be encoded using UTF-8. - -RELEASE NOTES -- miscellaneous info that couldn't go anywhere else! - -1. POPUP REMINDERS - -If you're running under X11 and you have the Tcl tools, you can create -simple pop-up reminders by creating the following Tcl script called -'popup'. It pops a message on to the screen and waits for you to -press the 'OK' button. If you don't press the OK button within 15 -seconds, it exits anyway. To use it, you can use the '-k' option for -Remind as follows: - - remind "-kpopup '%s'&" .reminders - -Or use the following in your Remind script: - - REM AT 17:00 RUN popup 'Time to go home.' & - -This Tcl script is a slightly modified version of one submitted by -Norman Walsh. - --------------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here ------------- -#!/usr/local/bin/wish -wm withdraw . -after 15000 { destroy . ; exit } -tk_messageBox -message Message -detail $argv -icon info -type ok -destroy . -exit --------------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here ------------- - - -- Dianne Skoll https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/ diff --git a/www/README b/www/README index d2015d71..6c3ed6da 100644 --- a/www/README +++ b/www/README @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ README -HTML Hebrew Calendar Server +HTML Calendar Server -This is a rudimentary Hebrew calendar server for the WWW. It -supplies local sunrise and sunset times, moon phases, upcoming Jewish -holidays, and PostScript calendars. It only works under UNIX. I've -only tested it with Linux running NCSA's httpd and Apache's httpd, but -it should work on any UNIX web server. +This is a rudimentary calendar server for the WWW. It supplies local +sunrise and sunset times, moon phases, upcoming Jewish holidays, and +PostScript calendars. It only works under UNIX/Linux. I've only tested it +with Linux running Apache's httpd, but it should work on any UNIX/Linx web +server that supports CGI scripts. -To install it, you need the Remind package, available via ftp from -https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/ You should install Remind, +To install it, you need the Remind package, available from +https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/ You should install Remind, setting the latitude, longitude, location and time zone as appropriate for your machine. @@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ where "what" is one of: called "calendar.html" and installed in the HTMLDIR you specified in the Makefile. -4) Enjoy! +5) Enjoy!