INX Is Not X - Apps (was Re: Life on the Command Line)
Peter Garrett
peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Sun Dec 30 00:40:13 UTC 2007
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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