When one gets close to the end of a month, it gets difficult to see
all the days around today. So, using the unix cal program, which
makes
a small ascii calendar:
August 2007
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
I wrote a script, calaround,
ftp://ftp.ncifcrf.gov/pub/delila/calaround
that allows one to see the two months surrounding the current month:
< July 2007
< S M Tu W Th F S
< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
< 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
< 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
< 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
< 29 30 31
= August 2007
= S M Tu W Th F S
= 1 2 3 4
= 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
= 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
= 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
= 26 27 28 29 30 31
> September 2007
> S M Tu W Th F S
> 1
> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
> 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
> 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
> 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
> 30
Here's the documentation:
calaround -help
version = 1.16 of calaround 2007 Aug 31
calaround shows the previous, current and next calendar months
usage: calaround [integer1 [integer2]]
[integer1] and [integer2] are a singlesigned or unsigned integer
EXAMPLES:
calaround 0
gives just the current month:
= August 2007
= S M Tu W Th F S
= 1 2 3 4
= 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
= 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
= 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
= 26 27 28 29 30 31
The previous months are proceeded by '<'
The current month is proceeded by '='
The next months are proceeded by '>'
The current day is underlined
calaround
gives the current month and one month before and after
calaround 2
gives the current month and the two months before and after
calaround -2
gives the current month and the two months before
calaround +2
gives the current month and the two months after
calaround 2 8
gives the next month and the eight months after
You may specify any number of months before and after.
calaround -help
gives this help information
Source:
ftp://ftp.ncifcrf.gov/pub/delila/calaround
Dr. Thomas D. Schneider
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program
Molecular Information Theory Group
Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201
[email address]
permanent email: [email address] (use only if first address fails)
http://www.ccrnp.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/
Something equivalent with Google calendar would be great.
Possibilities:
1. Sliding a bar up and down to see previous and next months
2. a button to switch to 'half month mode' where the calendar
starts at the center of the month.
