Re: Console-based PIM for old laptop ?

[David Fokkema <dfokkema@ileos.nl>]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 05:23:26AM +0300, Manolis Tzanidakis wrote:
> Hello,
> slightly OT, but is there any nice console-based PIM program
> available ? 
> I need one since I have an old laptop & progs like evolution or
> kpim are simply out of the question.
> I already use abook to keep an addressbook, mainly cause it's
> compatible with mutt, but I also need a prog to track my 
> schedule & appointments.
> 
> ps. I'm thinking of .bashrc & cronjobs as alternatives...

Since you also think of scripting...

dfokkema@sirius:dfokkema$ apt-cache search appointment
ccal - Colorised calendar utility
ezpublish-src - CMS for e-commerce, e-publishing and intranets
gcal - Prints calendars
korganizer - KDE personal organizer
lx-gdb - Dump and load databases from the HP palmtop
mhc - Message Harmonized Calendaring system
op-datebook-fb - Qt/Embedded datebook/appointment manager
op-today-fb - Qt/Embedded today screen
plan - X/Motif day planner (dynamically compiled with LessTif)
remind - a sophisticated reminder service
rxvt - VT102 terminal emulator for the X Window System
rxvt-beta - VT102 terminal emulator for the X Window System
xcal - a graphical calendar with memos and reminder alarms
dfokkema@sirius:dfokkema$ apt-cache show ccal
Package: ccal
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 128
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: cal
Version: 3.5-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.3-7)
Filename: pool/main/c/cal/ccal_3.5-4_i386.deb
Size: 24310
MD5sum: 2eabae907341d769a5cc948fdff612a5
Description: Colorised calendar utility
 CCAL is a drop in replacement for the standard unix calendar
 program.  It includes support for color and daily, weekly,
 and yearly reminders/appointments.
 .
 This release contains bug fixes and
 new features including support for reading "reminder"
 data files.

dfokkema@sirius:dfokkema$ apt-cache show mhc
Package: mhc
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 708
Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.25+20030224-1
Replaces: mhc-utils
Depends: emacs21|emacs20|xemacs21-mule|xemacs21-mule-canna-wnn|mule2, wl (>= 2.4) | wl-beta (>= 2.3) | wanderlust2 (>= 2.2.10) | mew (>= 1:1.94) | t-gnus, semi(>=1.14)
Recommends: mhc-utils, bitmap-mule
Filename: pool/main/m/mhc/mhc_0.25+20030224-1_all.deb
Size: 155802
MD5sum: 62bbdba6e3ba83c93d35a1dc3d4eb375
Description: Message Harmonized Calendaring system
 MHC is designed to help those who receive most appointments via email.
 Using MHC, you can easily import schedule articles from emails.
 .
 MHC has following features:
  + Simple data structure allows you to manipulate stored data in many ways.
  + Appointments can be made to repeat in flexible ways.
  + powerful but simple expression of appointments.
  + Multiple User Interface such as commandline/emacs/GUI/Web.
    MHC currently has following interfaces:
    + Elisp package cooperative with  Mew, Wanderlust or Gnus
        (popular MUA in the Emacs world)
        (emacs/mhc.el)
 MHC stores schedule articles in the same form of MH; you can manipulate
 these messages not only by above tools but also by many other MUAs,
 editors, UNIX commandline tools or your own scripts.
 .
 For more information, you can find at http://www.quickhack.net/mhc/

dfokkema@sirius:dfokkema$ apt-cache show remind
Package: remind
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 632
Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 03.00.22-1.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13)
Suggests: tcl, wish
Filename: pool/main/r/remind/remind_03.00.22-1.1_i386.deb
Size: 224874
MD5sum: 98ba2eb54aabecaac44dba1a96f2d911
Description: a sophisticated reminder service
 Remind allows you to remind yourself of upcoming events and appointments
 via a reasonably easy to understand config file.  Each reminder or alarm
 can consist of a message sent to standard output, or a program to be
 executed.
 .
 It also features: sophisticated date calculation, moon phases,
 sunrise/sunset, Hebrew calendar, alarms, PostScript output, tcl/tk
 front-end, multilingual messages, and proper handling of
 holidays.
 .
 Includes scripts for making a nice WWW calendar server
 (in the /usr/share/doc/remind/examples directory). And provides a
 graphical front-end for people who don't want to learn the scripting
 language.

HTH, David

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