"gsimplecal" - simple-lightweight gtk Calendar

[Richard N]

 First off, I would like to thank the author, as listed below, for helping
making the "gsimplecal" desktop-tool available for installation, for
FreeBSD.

Project home:
http://code.google.com/p/gsimplecal/
https://github.com/dmedvinsky/gsimplecal

Downloads:
https://github.com/dmedvinsky/gsimplecal/downloads

Home page and Description:
http://dmedvinsky.github.com/gsimplecal/

The above should be self-explanatory, but basically, gsimplecal, is a
"very" light-weight calendar (dock)applet for the "tint2" trayer-panel, in
the "Openbox" environment.
 Optionally, of course, it can also be used with other DE's, such as
Fluxbox, lxde,..., with a variety of other "panel's" as well.

### The below are the recommended Pre-requisite pkg's for "gsimplecal"
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atk-2.0.1
atkmm-2.22.5
automake-1.11.1     -(This is Required !)
automake-wrapper-20101119
cairo-1.10.2_2,1
cairomm-1.10.0
dbus-glib-0.94
dejavu-2.33
freetype2-2.4.7
gdk-pixbuf-2.23.5_1
gio-fam-backend-2.28.8
glib-2.28.8_2
glib-networking-2.28.7_3
glibmm-2.28.2,1
gtk-2.24.6
gtk-engines2-2.20.2
gtk-theme-switch-2.0.0.r2_4
gtk-update-icon-cache-2.24.6
gtk2-qtcurve-theme-1.8.12
gtkmm-2.24.2
linux-f10-atk-1.24.0
linux-f10-cairo-1.8.0_1
linux-f10-gtk2-2.14.7_3
linux-f10-pango-1.28.3
linux-f10-png-1.2.37_1
linux_base-f10-10_4
openbox-3.5.0  -(This or LXDE, Fluxbox, Gnome, ..., is advisable)
pango-1.28.4
pangomm-2.28.2
pixman-0.24.0
png-1.4.8
poppler-glib-0.18.0
py27-cairo-1.8.10
py27-gtk-2.24.0
X11/Xorg, ..., xorg-fonts, ... -(This is definitely Required !)
### The below pkg's (optionally) "Enhance" the use of gsimplecal, with
tint2, ..., for example.######
tint2-0.11
xcompmgr-1.1.5
xineramaproto-1.2.1
xrandr-1.3.5

INSTALLATION (alternatives):
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https://github.com/dmedvinsky/gsimplecal/downloads
-(download the "latest", which is, in this example: gsimplecal-1.5.tar.gz)
#
tar -zxvf gsimplecal-1.5.tar.gz
cd gsimplecal-1.5
./configure; sudo make; sudo make install
-(you can now run it from "/usr/local/bin/gsimplecal"
#
Or, you can also install it via this method:
#
git clone git://github.com/dmedvinsky/gsimplecal.git
cd gsimplecal
git pull
./autoreconf.sh
./configure
make
./src/gsimplecal   (to run it)
# Or
sudo make install  (to run it from "/usr/local/bin/gsimplecal")
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For example, with OpenBox/Fluxbox, +  tint2:
 If I simply add this line: "clock_lclick_command = gsimplecal"  to my
~/.config/tint2/tint2rc file, I get a simple "toggling" calendar.

Right now, there is NO "gsimplecal", in our FreeBSD ports/pkg's systems.
Yes, I realize there is a heavier "osmo" alternative, however,
 it would still be great to also have this "gsimplecal" available in our
FreeBSD "ports"
 as maybe:
"/usr/ports/deskutils/gsimplecal"  ???

HISTORY, and BUG Fixes to "make" gsimplecal work in FreeBSD9:
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 Below is some excerpts from how the "Author's" fixed "gsimplecal" to make
it installable, and useable in FreeBSD9:
(Please read these excerpts, with respect for the Author:)

"...First, BSD uses different layout of /proc. On Linux the path for
current binary is stored as a symbolic link in /proc/self/exe, on BSD
it's /proc/curproc/file. I actually knew it would break into pieces on
something different from Linux, as I indicated that in the comment in
the source long time ago
(https://github.com/dmedvinsky/gsimplecal/blob/master/src/Unique.cpp#L23-24
).

The second bug is that I use semaphores to store current PID for the
second instance to kill the first one to implement toggling behaviour
(when you first run `gsimplecal` it starts, when you run it again, it
exits) without any external dependencies, like libunique. It works for
most users, because the PIDs are usually small enough (smaller than
32767 that is), but for some reason, on your system gsimplecal gets
PIDs like 38207 or something. Sadly, values that big cannot be
assigned to semaphores. So if I can easily fix the first problem — in
fact, I already did it — I can't fix the second one easily. I need to
ponder about it and figure some way to do this."

 Basically, it now works great in FreeBSD:
"Well, gsimplecal is BSD licensed, so I guess it plays nice with *BSD
systems. :-)"
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What would we like ?:
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 I would like "gsimplecal" to be officially ported over to the FreeBSD
"ports" system.
Feel free to make any changes you need, to make it install easier in
FreeBSD, if you like.
 Also, if you need any other help or details please let me know.
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Thanks.

Rick.