J-Pilot User Manual

by Judd Montgomery

1. Preface

• 1.1 About J-Pilot
• 1.2 About this document

2. Installation

• 2.1 Prerequisites
• 2.2 Compiling
• 2.3 Disclaimer
• 2.4 Serial Port Setup
• 2.5 Color Files

3. Datebook Application

• 3.1 Viewing Records
• 3.2 Weekly and Monthly View - NEW Version 0.98 -
• 3.3 Deleting a Record
• 3.4 Adding a New Record
• 3.5 Modifying a Record

4. Address Application

• 4.1 Viewing Records
• 4.2 Quick Find
• 4.3 Deleting a Record
• 4.4 Adding a New Record
• 4.5 Modifying a Record

5. ToDo Application

• 5.1 Viewing Records
• 5.2 Deleting a Record
• 5.3 Adding a New
• 5.4 Modifying a Record

6. Memo Application

• 6.1 Viewing Records
• 6.2 Deleting a Record
• 6.3 Adding a New Record
• 6.4 Modifying a Record

7. Searching

8. Installing files to the Palm Pilot

9. Preferences screen

10. Printing - New! Version 0.98 -

11. Quit/Sync/Backup

• 11.1 Quit
• 11.2 Sync
• 11.3 Backup

12. Misc Tips

• 12.1 Restoring a Palm Pilot
• 12.2 Use of the HOME environment variable
• 12.3 Oops, Reverting
• 12.4 Feedback/Contributions

13. Plugins - New! Version 0.98 -

• 13.1 What are Plugins?
• 13.2 Available plugins
• 13.3 Creating plugins
• 13.4 Installing Plugins
• 13.5 System wide or user installation

14. FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

• 14.1 Why is it called J-Pilot? Its not written in Java.
• 14.2 Why do you give it away for free?
• 14.3 Are you going to Gnome-ify it, or KDE-ify it?
• 14.4 How do I cut-and-paste?
• 14.5 The sync or backup quits because of ,,weird packages``. What's
• 14.6 I installed a plugin but it won't show up in JPilot. Now

15. Copyright & About