gaby(1) gaby(1) Gaby Manual Pages 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 - 1 - Formatted: December 26, 2024 gaby(1) gaby(1) Gaby Manual Pages 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) - 2 - Formatted: December 26, 2024