---
name: "xdkcal"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "xdkcal"
version: "0.9d-3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xdkcal"
---

# xdkcal(1x)

Desktop Calendar for X

## NAME

xdkcal - Desktop Calendar for X

## SYNOPSIS

**xdkcal** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

X Desktop Calendar (**xdkcal**) is a Calendar for X Window System.  It draws calendar on your desktop.  You can customize, fontset, color drawing style.  This application is completely internationalized so it reads locale database and draw locale specific strings, such as name of months or weeks.

First time you run it, maybe xdkcal says "can't open file ..." But it's no problem.  You'll find file named ".xdkcalrc" in your home directory.  Next time you run xdkcal, xdkcal read configuration from "~/.xdkcalrc".  Such configurations can be specified from command line arguments or you can edit "~/.xdkcalrc" directly.

This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  display help message.

- **-x, --window\_x *x***

  position x

- **-y, --window\_y *y***

  position y

- **-f, --fontset *fontset***

  fontset to write calendar

- **-C, --default\_color *color***

  default color

- **-H, --holiday\_color *color***

  holiday color

- **-S, --saturday\_color *color***

  saturday color

- **-T, --today\_color *color***

  today color

- **-M, --month\_color *color***

  month color

- **-t, --shape *on/off***

  transparent (default off). If you often change your root window image, you may turn on this option or you can send HUP signal to xdkcal. Honestly I don't recommend you to use thisoption, coz needs lot of CPU power.

- **-p, --padding *padding***

  padding

- **-s, --style *style\_num***

  drawing style (0:normal 1:line)

- **-m, --draw\_month *on/off***

  draw month (default on)

- **-w, --draw\_week *on/off***

  draw weeks (default on)

- **-n, --num\_week *num***

  number of chars for weeks (default 2)

- **-N, --no\_save**

  don't save configuration. If you specify this option, xdkcal do NOT save configuraion to .xdkcalrc.

- **-v, --version**

  show version of program.

## BUG

The upstream auhtor doesn't know other country's holidays except Japan.   If you have any infomation or implementation about holiday function for your locale, please feedback.

When run xdkcal and calendar is drawn under any Window, the calendar is not drawn correctly.  Then You need to send HUP signal to the process. It might not be a problem if you run xdkcal when X starts up ;-).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Yoshizumi Endo \<y-endo@debian.or.jp\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).