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~/.dayplan - database file of plan(1)SYNOPSISDESCRIPTION
The ~/.dayplan file is read and written by the plan and pland programs.
It can be edited manually, but it has not been designed for this. Gen‐
erally, the format is annoyingly unmnemonic, and there is virtually no
error checking. Use at your own risk. The only reason I didn't make
this a binary file is that I dislike binary config files as a matter of
principle.
The type of every line depends on the first character of the line. The
second character is always a single TAB character. All following char‐
acters are arguments. Comments and blank lines (which are ignored) can
appear anywhere. "Header types" are all at the beginning of the file
before the first "entry type".
TYPES THAT CAN APPEAR ANYWHERE:
# Comment line. The rest of the line is ignored.
HEADER TYPES:
o Options. The argument consists of 14 consecutive flag charac‐
ters, and five numerical arguments. In order, the flags are:
s sunday first
a 12-hour (am/pm) mode
m US date format mm/dd/yy
d auto-delete past options
j show julian dates
w show week numbers
n show the next three notes, rather than the first three
- always a minus sign, not used (used to be warning popup
mode)
w show advance warnings graphically in week view
u show file names next to note strings in week view
b show appointments without time as full-width bar in week
views
- if "w", the first week of the year is the one with full
seven days; if "t", the first Thursday controls which
week is the first; otherwise, any partial week is first
c use group color of other file appointments as the back‐
ground color for the text of these appointments in the
day boxes in the month view
o turn the own-only flag in appointment entry menus on by
default, and only show appointments from the main ~/.day‐
plan file.
After the flags, there is a sequence of integers:
- default early warning time in seconds
- default late warning time in seconds
- expiration time of notifier windows in seconds; 0 means
notifiers never expire
- beginning hour of week views, default is 8 (8:00 o'clock)
- ending hour of week views, default is 20 (20:00 o'clock)
- the number of days displayed in a week view, 1..28,
default is 7
O More options. The argument consists of 24 consecutive flag char‐
acters, most of which are unused and reserved for future use.
'-' means an option is off, everything else means the option is
on. In order, the flags are:
s use the main window for all views
a resize windows if the contents change
t Time adjustment parameters as defined with the Adjust Time
popup. The five numeric parameters are the offset to the system
clock in seconds, the timezone offset in seconds, the DST flag
(0=always on, 1=always off, 2=automatic), and the Julian begin
and end dates for automatic DST.
e Early warning flags,
l Late warning flags, and
a alarm flags:
These three have the same format. The first three argument chars
are flags, as specified in the Alarm Options popup. '-' means
the flag is off, everything else means the flag is on. In order,
the flags are:
w show a color-coded window when the warning/alarm triggers
m send mail when the warning/alarm triggers
x execute a command when the warning/alarm triggers
The flags are followed by a single blank. The rest of the line
is the command to execute when the warning/alarm triggers and
the 'x' flag is on.
y Year overview options. There are 10 consecutive flag characters
and three numerical arguments. Only one flag is currently
defined:
s show single-day appointments too (those with a repeat-
every count of 1)
- nine unused flags that must be present, all '-'
After the flags, there is a sequence of integers:
- the number of months (zoom factor) that fills one screen‐
ful
- The display mode is 0 for the default files as defined in
the file list menu, 1 for all files, 2 for own appoint‐
ments only, and 2 for the file defined by the following
number.
- the number of the file whose appointments are displayed
if the previous number is 3.
P The PostScript printing options. Ten flag characters, followed
by a blank and the print mode:
a omit all appointments from the printout
p omit all private appointments from the printout
- eight unused flags that must be present, all '-'
- the mode: 0 for month, 1 for year, 2 for landscape week,
and 3 for portrait week
p The print spooling string. When printing a PostScript calendar,
the PostScript code is sent to stdin of this command.
m The mailer program, as specified in the Alarm Options menu. Up
to one "%s" is allowed, it is replaced by the (quoted) note
string. "%s" is typically used for a subject.
U This code is obsolete since version 1.5.
u One file in the file list. There are five arguments (the order
is strange because the month flag has been added later in ver‐
sion 1.4):
- the file (login) name
- the file path
- 0 if the file is shown in week views, 1 if the file is
suspended
- the color used in the week view, a number in the range
0..7
- 0 if the file is shown in month views, 1 if the file is
suspended
- 0 if appointments from this file are silent, 1 if they
can trigger their alarms
ENTRY TYPES:
[0-9] Begins an entry. This is the only mandatory line, all others
that follow are optional. All following lines that do not begin
with a numeric digit are extra information for the entry. Unlike
all other types, there is no TAB character in the second column,
the first character is the first digit of the trigger date.
The line consists of five date/time fields, seperated by at
least one blank, and three flag characters that must be consecu‐
tive. As usual, flags are off if the character is '-', and on
otherwise. The fields are:
1/2/3 trigger date, month/day/year. Year can be either
70..99,00..38, or 1970..2038. Do not enter appoint‐
ments after 2037. If there is demand, I'll fix this bug
in about 50 years.
1:2:3 trigger time, hour:minutes:seconds, in 24-hour format.
99:99:99 means that there is no alarm time ("-" in the
time column).
1:2:3 length, hour:minutes:seconds, in 24-hour format
1:2:3 early-warning time, hour:minutes:seconds, in 24-hour
format, 0:0:0 means there is no early warning
1:2:3 late-warning time, hour:minutes:seconds, in 24-hour
format, 0:0:0 means there is no late warning
S suspended (the green button at the left edge is off)
P private (goes into the private dayplan file that has
mode 0600)
N no alarm (trigger warnings if nonzero, but no final
alarm)
M do not show this appointment in the month view
Y do not show this appointment in the year view
W do not show this appointment in the week view
O do not show this appointment in the year overview
D do not show this appointment in the day view
t this is an active todo item, move to today if in the
past
- one unused flag, always '-'
0 appointment text color in month calendar: 0 is default,
1..8 are colors
0 show a warning this many days in advance: 0 means
never, 1 means one day ahead, etc.
E Add an exception date to the appointment. After the 'E', a tab
and a date m/d/y on which the appointment will not trigger fol‐
low. There can be up to four 'E' lines for each appointment (see
NEXC in conf.h).
R Add repetition information to the current entry. There are five
numeric fields, separated by at least one blank. This one is
particularly unsuited for human consumption, sorry.
1 trigger alarm every <1> days (in seconds)
2 delete alarm after this date (seconds since 1/1/70
0:00:00)
3 weekday bitmap and nth-week bitmap:
bit0=sunday ... bit6=saturday
bit8=first ... bit12=fifth, bit13=last
4 month day bitmap, bit0=last day of the month, bits
1..31=on that day of the month
5 if 1, the entry repeats every year; if 0, it doesn't.
N Add a note string to the current entry. All characters that fol‐
low the TAB are part of the note string.
M Add another line to the current entry's message. All characters
that follow the TAB are part of the line. There can be multiple
M lines, they all add to the message.
S Add another line to the current entry's script. All characters
that follow the TAB are part of the line. There can be multiple
S lines, they all add to the script.
G Reserved for group meetings, not currently used.
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