Funny thing happened to me ... Beware of "$_" and the shell

[Thad P Floryan]

Stephen Grove asks "how to install the pcal from /etc/fixes" ...

Rather than try to develop the procedure from scratch, I did a "grep" and
found this posting from about a year ago.  All the steps are sound and if
you follow them you'll soon have a "Personal Calendar" running on your UNIXPC!

The annoying thing, however, is that when AT&T didn't send us our due, we
didn't get ALL the instructions regarding the Calendar; I still cannot figure
out the "key" icon in the daily (or weekly?) window display.

In any event, enjoy!

Thad Floryan [ thad at cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]

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In article <7305 at cup.portal.com> thad at cup.portal.com writes:

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> ...the "pcal" in the "hidden" directory doesn't have the Preferences stuff so
>that one can set and save the options.

Gee, works for me! I pulled my calendar out of "/etc/fixes", too. This was
discussed on the net some time ago, so here is what I recall I did:

1.	move "pcal" to /usr/bin, and "pcal.hlp" to /usr/lib/ua

2.	add this to /usr/lib/ua/Office:

	Name=Calendar
	Default = Open
	Open = EXEC -d /usr/bin/pcal -c
	Help = EXEC -d /usr/bin/uahelp -h /usr/lib/ua/pcal.hlp -t "Calendar"

(now this is it:)
3.	add this to /usr/lib/ua/Preferences:

	Name=Calendar
	Default = Open
	Open = EXEC -d /usr/bin/pcal -p
	Help = EXEC -d /usr/bin/uahelp -h /usr/lib/ua/pcal.hlp -t "Calendar Preferences"

                  ...., ALL (myself included) have returned their warranty
>cards and only ONE person (per a phone call) has received the free calender
>stuff from AT&T.

So did I, and never heard from AT&T. I didn't even bother to call.

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