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From: "Jonathan B. Horen" <me@behere.now>
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Subject: Re: Is there a calendar program for RasPiOS ?
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:46:25 -0400
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On 3/10/25 17:45, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:11:18 -0000 (UTC), bp wrote:
> 
>> Is there something equivalent to the cal program found in FreeBSD
>> for RasPiOS?
> 
> Took me about two minutes to find this
> <https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/ncal>:
> 
>      This package contains the "ncal" program and the traditional "cal"
>      program, both are commonly found on BSD-style systems. This
>      utility displays a simple calendar in a traditional or an
>      alternative and more advanced layout, and the date of Easter.

Out-of-the-box "ncal" gives a weird (to me) *vertically-oriented* output:

     March 2025
Mo     3 10 17 24 31
Tu     4 11 18 25
We     5 12 19 26
Th     6 13 20 27
Fr     7 14 21 28
Sa  1  8 15 22 29
Su  2  9 16 23 30

I prefer the traditional, horizontally-aligned presentation ("ncal -b"):

      March 2025
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
                 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

-- 
You can have everything, and still not have enough.
     I'd give it all up, for just a little more.