EVOLUTION(1)

💌 evolution(1) — the manual page, but make it slay

okay bestie so you opened the man page for evolution and it's giving... very "written by someone in 2018 who has never once said the word 'vibe'." not on my watch. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let me tell you about the Evolution PIM and Email Client.

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✨ NAME ✨

evolution — literally the Evolution PIM and Email Client. that's her. that's the whole name. iconic of her honestly 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

evolution [ -c|--component component ] [ -g|--geometry geometry ] [
--offline ] [ --online ] [ --force-online ]  [ --force-shutdown ] [
--disable-eplugin ] [ --disable-preview ] [ -i|--import filenames ] [
-q|--quit ]

look at all those brackets. every single one of them is optional. she's flexible like that. 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so Evolution is the GNOME mailer, calendar, contact manager and communications tool. all four. at once. main character energy fr fr 👑

and here's the thing — the components that make up Evolution are tightly integrated with one another and act as a seamless personal information-management (PIM) tool. like a group chat where everyone actually reads the messages. no cap. 🌸

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

ngl this program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-`). a summary of options is included below, and yes we're doing all of them, no skipping, that's the rule 💖

• -c|--component component — start Evolution showing the specified component. the available options are “mail”, “calendar”, “contacts”, “tasks” and “memos”. pick your fighter. 🎀
• -g|--geometry geometry — apply the given geometry to the main window. make her the size you want, she doesn't mind ✨
• --offline — start in offline mode. airplane mode but make it PIM ✈️
• --online — start in online mode. she's back, she's connected, she's thriving 🌈
• --force-online — ignore network availability. the network does not get a vote. ⭐
• --force-shutdown — forcibly shut down Evolution and background Evolution-Data-Server processes. this one is aggressive, bestie, it does not ask nicely 💀
• --disable-eplugin — disable loading of any plugins. no add-ons, no extras, just vibes 🧚
• --disable-preview — disable preview pane of Mail, Contacts and Tasks. bye preview pane 🫶
• -i|--import filenames — import URIs or filenames given as rest of arguments.
• --view filenames — view URIs or filenames given as rest of arguments. (she's in the options list even though she's not in the synopsis — we don't gatekeep) 🙈
• -q|--quit — request a running Evolution process to quit. the polite "hey bestie you can log off now" button. she asks. she doesn't force. that's what --force-shutdown is for. 😭

fr fr: --force-shutdown and --quit are NOT the same thing. one is a text message, one is showing up at your house. know the difference. 💅

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

the Evolution team, and their home base is https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/wikis/home — go say hi, they built all of this 🫶

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this version dropped on Aug 27, 2018 as EVOLUTION(1) — that's the source/version and the date, and we're giving them a lil moment at the end because they deserve it. slay. periodt. 🌟