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To use bbweather, you will need to know the station-ID of a weather-station to
grab the information from. You can find out which stations are near you at
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/siteloc.shtml.
Note that you will need the 4-letter code and not the
5-digit code.
Once you determined the proper station, you need to run the perl-script
"GrabWeather" with that ID as the first command-line parameter. Since you
probably want to stay updated on the weather conditions, you might consider
adding an entry to your crontab:
0 * * * * /path/to/GrabWeather StationID
This will create a directory called ".wmWeatherReports" in your $HOME in which
it will place the data-files. You can then run bbweather:
bbweather StationID
If you prefer celsius over fahrenheit, pass the "-m" or the "--metric" option:
bbweather -m StationID
If you left-click on bbweather, it will display detailed weather information
in an xmessage much like wmWeather.
If you specify the -c
or the --cycle
option,
bbweather will cycle through the first four items in the list below. Per default, it only
shows Temperature and Humidity. To cycle through ALL items, pass the
-x
or the --extra
option. When in extra-cycle-mode, the following information
is displayed in a one-minute interval:
- T: Temperature H: Humidity
- W: Wind speed and direction
- V: Visibility
- General Conditions
- P: Pressure
- DP: Dew Point
- As of: Time Data collected
- In: location
Additionally, cycling can be toggled at any time by middle-clicking on
bbweather. Alternatively, you can cycle through the information by hand by
right-clicking on bbweather unless the information to be displayed is too
long to fit into the window, in which case it will be scrolled until the
current cycle is over.
Per default, bbweather starts in the top-left corner of your screen.
If you prefer another location, you can either change the configuration-file
(/usr/local/share/bbtools/bbweather.conf) or pass the geometry as a
command-line option.
For example, to make bbweather start in the bottom-left hand corner
of the screen and cycle through ALL the information for the weather station in
New York City's Central park, you would start it like this:
bbweather -g +0-0 -c -x KNYC
If you run into any problems, if you encounter bugs, or if you have any
other comments on this program, please don't hesitate to email me.
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