INX Is Not X - Apps (was Re: Life on the Command Line)

[Hal Burgiss]

On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 12:05:13AM +1100, Peter Garrett wrote:
> 
> calcurse appointments/to-do calendar

For just quick date checking there is also the 'cal' program:

$ cal -3

   November 2007         December 2007          January 2008    
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
             1  2  3                     1         1  2  3  4  5
 4  5  6  7  8  9 10   2  3  4  5  6  7  8   6  7  8  9 10 11 12
11 12 13 14 15 16 17   9 10 11 12 13 14 15  13 14 15 16 17 18 19
18 19 20 21 22 23 24  16 17 18 19 20 21 22  20 21 22 23 24 25 26x
25 26 27 28 29 30     23 24 25 26 27 28 29  27 28 29 30 31      
                      30 31                         


(Shows the current date in inverse video, not surviving the insert).

> dict <keyword>  ( dictionary)

Excellent program! There is also aspell, spell checker that does a lot
of neat stuff with "text" files like spell check html, xml, and
comments inside various program files. And the 'spell' script wrapper,
that checks individual words.

-- 
Hal