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

[Peter Garrett]

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:29:32 -0500
Hal Burgiss <hal at burgiss.net> wrote:

> 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).

"cal" makes an early appearance in INX,  in the intro - in colour :)
> 
> > 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.

How much space would that take? The advantage of "dict" is that it is tiny
and relies on dict.org , so no lists and dictionaries are needed on the
disc.

At the moment I'm trying to make the disc small enough to fit on  an 8cm
CD...

Peter

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