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dtcm(1) USER COMMANDS dtcm(1)
NAME
dtcm - The TED Calendar Manager.
SYNOPSIS
dtcm [-v view ] [-c calendar ] [-p printer]
DESCRIPTION
dtcm is the TED appointment and resource scheduling tool.
Use it to:
- Display day, week, month, and year views of your
calendar
- Schedule single or repeating calendar entries
- Browse and edit another user's calendar
- Schedule reminders to give you notice of events
- Restrict access to your calendar
- Print high-quality hardcopy
- View and Schedule entries for a group of calendars
- Change the time zone context
- Announce appointments via electronic mail
- Schedule appointments received in electronic mail
OPTIONS
dtcm accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line
options as well as the following:
-c calendar
Specifies the calendar to display. The default value
is equivalent to $USER@$HOST.
-p printer
Specifies the default printer. The default is the
system's default printer.
-v view
Specifies the initial view. Values can be "day",
"week", "month" or "year".
CONCEPTS
A calendar is a persistent entity existing somewhere on the
network, which contains scheduling data for a user. A
calendar entry is an event recorded within the context of a
calendar. Calendar entries supported by dtcm are appoint-
ment and to-do. Calendar entries can be single, or repeat
entries. A calendar entry may have one or more reminders
associated with it. A reminder causes dtcm to notify you by
issuing an alarm when the system time enters your specified
reminder notice period before the event. When viewing your
calendar, you have the notion of the current date, which is
the date you last selected by selecting the Day View, or by
clicking in any of the other views. The current date does
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not change until you select another date, even if you have
navigated out of a view that would contain the current date.
dtcm presents a network calendar model. To operate on a
calendar belonging to some user on the network, dtcm estab-
lishes a session with a calendar server. The calendar
server is (conceptually at least) a separate process running
on the host where the calendar is located. It manages all
the calendars for the host on which it is running, and can
service multiple connected applications simultaneously. The
calendar server responds to authentication, session control
and calendar transactions initiated by dtcm. In addition
dtcm responds to events occurring at the server, such as
updates caused by other connected applications instances.
USAGE
dtcm has a single main window, containing a graphical calen-
dar. You can choose to view day, week, month or year in the
main window. Navigating between the views is achieved by
selecting the view from the View menu, or by clicking one of
the navigation buttons displayed in the current view.
Menu Bar
File Menu
Print Current View
Prints hard-copy based on the currently
displayed calendar view.
Print... Brings up a print dialog that allows you to
specify what entries you want to print.
Options...
Brings up default options for all of dtcm's
global attributes.
Exit Terminates the dtcm application.
Edit Menu
Appointment...
Brings up the appointment editor, described
below.
ToDo... Brings up the to-do editor, described below.
View Menu
Day Changes the current view in the main window
to Day View.
Week Changes the current view in the main window
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to Week View.
Month Changes the current view in the main window
to Month View.
Year Changes the current view in the main window
to Year View.
Appointment List...
Brings up the Appointment List dialog.
ToDo List...
Brings up the ToDo List dialog.
Find... Brings up the Find dislog, which you can use
to locate calendar entries by specifying some
search criteria.
Go to Date...
Brings up the Go to Date dialog, which allows
you to change the view to a specified date.
This is a convenient way to get to dates that
are distant from the current date.
Time Zone...
Brings up the Time Zone dialog, which allows
you to set the Calendar time.
Browse Menu
Show Other Calendar...
Brings up a dialog to let you connect to a
different calendar than the one currently
displayed, in the main window. You will
still be displaying a single calendar.
Compare Calendars...
Brings up the Compare Calendars dialog,
described below.
Menu Editor...
Brings up a dialog that allows you to add
frequently used calendars to the Browse menu
for this and future sessions with dtcm.
<user>@<host>
... This sequence of entries consists of your own
calendar, followed by an optional list of
calendars that you can add to the menu using
the Menu Editor... option described above.
Your own calendar always appears first. The
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other options are listed in alphabetical
order.
Secondary Windows In addition to the main window, dtcm has
several secondary windows, which give you access to the
scheduling and browsing features of dtcm. The Appointment
Editor allows scheduling of appointments. An appointment is
the most common type of calendar entry. It is useful for
scheduling time-slots in your calendar, and can be exported
to other users either by direct entry to their calendars, or
through electronic mail. To invoke the appointment editor,
select it from the Schedule menu in the main window, or
double-click anywhere in the graphical calendar view. The
To Do Editor allows you to maintain a list of to-do items
for your personal use. To-do entries are not visible to
other dtcm users who are browsing your calendar; they are
private to you. To-do entries differ from appointments in
that they do not necessarily appear as scheduled events in
your calendar views. If they have a Due Date associated
with them, you will see that on your calendar view. The
main purpose of to-do entries is to allow you to maintain a
list of work items, without necessarily allocating calendar
time for them. Invoke the to-do editor by selecting it from
the Schedule menu in the main window. The Group Appointment
Editor allows you to schedule an appointment on multiple
calendars at once. Invoke the group appointment editor by
clicking Schedule in the Compare Calendars window. You may
optionally announce the appointment over electronic mail.
The Compare Calendars window allows you to connect to
several calendars simultaneously, and get a graphical over-
view of busy and available time in the resultant "virtual
calendar". Invoke the compare calendars window by selecting
it from the Browse menu in the main window. The Options
window, accessible from the File menu, gives you access to
the dtcm options that you can configure. There are several
categories of options: Editor Defaults; Display Settings;
Access List and Permissions; Printer Settings; Date Format.
Set the options to suit your requirements, and save them by
clicking Apply.
RESOURCES
dtcm supports a number of application resources to allow you
to configure its behaviour. The application class name for
dtcm is Dtcm. To set application resources, you can copy
the system default version of this file from /usr/dt/app-
defaults/<LANG>/Dtcm to a personal version, typically
~/app-defaults/Dtcm, and edit it with your changes. Follow-
ing is the list of supported resources and their default
values.
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Application Resources
Name Class Type Default
(TBS)
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FILES |
|/usr/dt/bin/dtcm This is the executable for dtcm. |
|/usr/dt/app-defaults/<LANG>/Dtcm |
| This is the system-default application |
| defaults file for dtcm. |
|/usr/dt/bin/rpc/cmsd |
| This is the calendar daemon (server) |
| that manages calendars on a machine. |
|/var/spool/calendar/callog.<user> |
| This is the persistent calendar database
| for a user on this machine. |
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