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NAME
gaby - small personal databases manager
SYNOPSIS
gaby [ --as name ] [ --version ] [
DESCRIPTION
Gaby is a _small_ personal databases manager for Linux using GTK+
(http://www.gtk.org) and Gnome (if available, http://www.gnome.org)
for its GUI.
It was designed to provide straight-forward access to databases a
'normal' user would like (addresses, books, ...) while keeping the
ability to easily create databases for other needs. On a technical
side it was designed with extensibility in mind and thus use relies a
lot on plug-ins.
OPTIONS
These options can be supplied to the command:
-a, --as name
Starts Gaby using an alternative descfile (see below).
--disable-other-windows
Doesn't load additional windows defined in the descfile.
--skip-startup-actions
Doesn't launch startup actions (standard or defined in the
descfile).
-V, --version
Displays the Gaby version number and compile-time definitions.
-h, --help
Displays a short help message
DESCFILES
Simply launching Gaby will put you in an addressbook but the title
says that Gaby is a personal databases manager, not an addressbook.
Other kinds of databases are defined in "descfiles" (short for
description file) located in the system configuration directory
(usually /etc) or the user's Gaby directory (~/.gaby).
There are two ways to use those files; you may use the --as option (as
in gaby --as gcd ) or you may create a symlink (as in ln -s gaby
/usr/bin/gaby ).
SEE ALSO
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builder(1), gabyprint(1), gabyscript(1)
A complete documentation (including user, advanced user and developer
guides) should be available in /usr/doc/gaby/ (or where your
particular distribution puts docs).
There should also be a bunch of README files with useful informations.
and the website is located at http://gaby.netpedia.net
AUTHOR
Frederic Peters (fpeters@swing.be)
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