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74 lines
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Hints for wmweather+
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(blatantly copied from the Hints for WMPPP ;)
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Generic
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wmweather+ supports various commandline options, 'wmweather+ -h' prints
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help about them. Actually, any unrecognized option will print the same help.
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WindowMaker
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WindowMaker users simply drag and drop the wmweather+ dock.app on
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the WindowMaker Dock (preferred) or the Clip.
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Now press the rightmouse button on wmweather+'s outer edges and
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select "Settings..." from the popup menu that appears.
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Enable the 'Start when WindowMaker is started' option, then
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click on the 'OK' button in the Docked Applications Panel.
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Afterstep
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Afterstep users put something like this in their .steprc
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"Wharf wmweather+ - MaxSwallow "wmweather+" wmweather+ &"
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Other WindowManagers
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For other windowmanagers, wmweather+ runs nicely as a 64x64
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pixel shaped icon on your desktop.
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BTW, FVWM can swallow it too, so we've heard ;-)
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Dragging wmweather+
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Be sure to drag wmweather+ on it's outer edges, wmweather+ is a bit
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picky due to the large gfx pixmap it keeps ;-)
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Network Usage
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wmweather+ is really rather useless without network access, since it
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has to download everything it wants to display...
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Command Line
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Remember to quote your arguments properly. For example, this command:
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wmweather+ -s KORD -location 48N 78W
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Will be interpreted as passing the value "48N" to the "-location" option.
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wmweather+ will then complain that the location is badly formed. Instead, try
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quoting any options containing spaces like this:
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wmweather+ -s KORD -location "48N 78W"
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Config File
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You may have noticed wmweather+ has an insane number of command line
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options. You may also have noticed the comment in the manpage along the
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lines of "The configuration file is simply one option (with value if
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necessary) per line, leading dashes optional. Empty lines and lines
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beginning with the '#' character are ignored." This means just what it says:
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your configuration file should contain your command line options, with one
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option per line.
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See the file example.conf for a sample configuration file.
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Font Size
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If you think the fonts are too small, you are welcome to redesign the
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display and the font. Please keep in mind the following constraints:
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* The window size is limited to 64x64. Taking off the border, that means
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you get about 54x54 pixels to work with.
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* I require the app to display at least the station ID, the effective
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date and time of the observarion/forecast, the weather graphic, the
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temperature (and high and low for forecasts), the relative humidity, and
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the wind speed+direction. At least one extra line is needed for
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pressure/heat index/wind chill/precip amount as appropriate.
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