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Article #450Re: CAL "command" for DOS/Win?
From: Phred
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:20
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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