cvs: /phpdoc/functions mcal.sgml

musone Thu Sep 2 23:04:12 1999 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/functions mcal.sgml Log: explained more of what mcal is Index: phpdoc/functions/mcal.sgml diff -u phpdoc/functions/mcal.sgml:1.1 phpdoc/functions/mcal.sgml:1.2 --- phpdoc/functions/mcal.sgml:1.1 Wed Sep 1 16:43:10 1999 +++ phpdoc/functions/mcal.sgml Thu Sep 2 23:04:12 1999 @@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ <titleabbrev>MCAL</titleabbrev> <partintro> +<simpara> + mcal stands for Modular Calendar Access Library. + +libmcal is a C library for accessing calendars. It's written +to be very modular, with plugable drivers. MCAL is the calendar +equivalent of IMAP for mailboxes. + +with mcal support, a calendar stream can be opened much like the +mailbox stream with the IMAP support. calendars can be local file stores, +remote ICAP servers, or other formats that are supported by the mcal library. + +calendar events can be pulled up, queried, and stored. There is also support +for calendar triggers (alarms) and reoccuring events. + +With libmcal, central calendar servers can be accessed and used, removing the need +for any specific database or local file programming. + +</simpara> + <simpara> To get these functions to work, you have to compile PHP with <option role="configure">--with-mcal</option>. That requires the mcal library to be