The KAlarm Handbook

The KAlarm Handbook

David Jarvie (djarvie kde.org)

Developer: David Jarvie
Translator: David Jarvie

Revision 2.04.00 (2009-11-28)

Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 David Jarvie

KAlarm is a personal alarm message, command and email scheduler for KDE.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Using KAlarm

Alarm Types

Error Handling

Changing the Alarm List Appearance
Archived Alarms
Searching the Alarm List

Creating and Manipulating Alarms

Creating a New Alarm
Modifying an Existing Alarm
Deleting/Reactivating an Alarm
Enabling/Disabling an Alarm
Acknowledging an Alarm
Alarm Templates
Alarm Calendars
Importing Alarms from External Calendars
Exporting Alarms to External Calendars
Importing Birthdays from KAddressBook
Undo / Redo

The Alarm Edit Dialogue

Alarm Action
Deferral
Time
Reminder
Cancellation
Recurrence
Other Controls

Alarm Message Window

Positioning of Message Windows

System Tray Operation

Displaying KAlarm in the System Tray

Refreshing Alarms

Enabling and Disabling Alarms

Enabling Alarm Monitoring
Disabling Alarm Monitoring
Enabling and Disabling Individual Alarms

Quitting KAlarm

3. Configuring KAlarm

General
Time and Date
Storage
Email
View
Edit

4. Command Line Operation

Schedule a New Alarm
Other Options
Help Options

5. Developer's Guide to KAlarm

D-Bus Interface
Command Line Interface

6. Questions and Answers

7. Credits and Licence

A. Installation

How to Obtain KAlarm
Requirements
Compilation and Installation
Configuration

Introduction