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Re: CAL "command" for DOS/Win?

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From: Phred
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:20
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In article <newscache$qz3m1i$0sk$1@bell.nelsonbay.com>, Noemail@noemail.com (John Smith) wrote:
>In aus.computers Phred <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In article <newscache$dfdg1i$fub$1@bell.nelsonbay.com>, Noemail@noemail.com
> (John Smith) wrote:
>>>In aus.computers Phred <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <d361e386.0407250431.68011f7a@posting.google.com>, 
>>>> posts@subdimension.com (Joe P) wrote:
>>>>>Perhaps the cal.exe program Ben Ritchey has listed on his website at
>>>>>http://cmech.port5.com/ is what you are looking for.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your interest, Joe, but I'm afraid cal.exe is a bit 
>>>> limited for what I want.
>>>> <quoting http://cmech.port5.com/>
>>>> Cal.Exe will display a small but concise Calendar of the current month 
>>>> with today hilighted
>>>> </quoting>
>>>> 
>>>> I was actually looking at something for past/future dates etc.  
>>>> Initially came about due to discussion of the *day* various events 
>>>> occurred in the past rather than just the date that you're taught at 
>>>> school.  :-)
>>>
>>>The windows one I have used is 'tclockex'
>>>Visit the TClockEx home page at:
>>>http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen
[ That's now http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/index.htm ]
>> Thanks for your interest, mate, but this one seems to just give you 
>> current time and date. As indicated above, not really what I'm after.
>
>I can tell why you like the unix one now.
>I thought tclockex was rather easy to use, and you would surely
>click on the box to see the calender pop up, with scroll bars.

It does look like quite a neat little program, and I like Dale 
Nurden's "philosophy" as implicitly expressed on his site.  But I'm 
not really looking for a Task Bar mod, just something I can query on 
an ad hoc basis when the mood or need arises.  Thanks again.

Cheers, Phred.

-- 
ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
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Subject: Re: CAL "command" for DOS/Win?
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