pscal - PostScript Calendar Creator.
Current German Calendars Created with pscal
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pscal - Creates printable calendars in PostScript.
pscal [options] <year>
creates a year calendar for the given year and prints it to stdout.
An output file can be specified using the -o switch.
pscal -h gives an overview of the available options.
Annotations to certain days can be made by editing a file called
notes-YYYY.txt where YYYY stands for the year in YYYY format.
This file must be either in the current working directory or in
a directory .pscal/ in the user's home directory.
There are samples that show the syntax to be used.
pscal respects your locale settings. If you like month and daynames
appear in a different language, use option -l.
I don't care about creating PDF since this can be easily done using
tools like ps2pdf or a print-to-pdf pseudo printer.
If you use a duplex-printer, the back side will be turned correctly
(tumble-mode) given that your printer respects these PostScript commands.
pscal -wc -l fr_FR -o 2525.ps 2525
creates a french calendar with week numbers for the year 2525.
All you need is Perl running on your machine.
There's another program out there called pscal, so the name is likely
to change in the future: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pscal/.
This version can only use one template and is committed to year calendars
in a4 paper format.
Holiday files are supplied only for Germany and have to be created
separately for every year.
The generated PostScript files does not contain fonts. If the printer
does not know the font used, it will choose a default font instead.
This should not be a problem, since the template uses a common font
that all postscript printers will know. Anyway, future versions should
be able to include fonts.
When I found out that stationery shops demand insane amounts of money
for simple calendars printed on paper, I immediately started to create
those plain year-calendars.
Since the calendar is in the public domain, I think one should have
to pay only for the paper and the printing.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program (see file COPYING); if not, write to the
Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
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Ralf Sternberg (2002 - 2004)
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