X-Git-Url: https://www.yuggoth.org/gitweb?p=weather.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;h=ce7f213c8040ba53502b4d60d9279f1286805913;hp=45ffcfd24d501f85c4aeeeff9cc79de5adb7e0d4;hb=eb249a0ae2f1644a67d6231b7cddf292058080e7;hpb=a4375bf577aede658066af89df19e5f1a1e5640d diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 45ffcfd..ce7f213 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ Copyright (c) 2006 Jeremy Stanley , all rights reserved. Licensed per terms in the LICENSE file distributed with this software. +Table of Contents: + +1. Can I help? +2. How do I figure out my local METAR station ID? +3. How do I figure out my local city name and state abbreviation? +4. I live outside the USA--can this be made to work for me + anyway? +5. Why do I get the wrong forecast when specifying -i or --id? + + 1. Can I help? Sure! Bug reports and feature suggestions are always welcome, but @@ -42,3 +52,17 @@ likely to be published in a non-English language, requiring some additional input from speakers of that language for how to handle filtering and formatting of the text. + +5. Why do I get the wrong forecast when specifying -i or --id? + +The -i or --id switch (or the id parameter in an alias definition), +only tells weather(1) what current conditions to retrieve. If you +specify -f or --forecast on the command line (or forecast=True in +an alias) without providing a city name and state abbreviation +(-c/--city and -s/--st, or city and st in an alias), you will +instead see the forecast for the built-in default location (or the +city and st defined in the default alias, if you have one). See +question 3 above for information on figuring out what city name and +state abbreviation to use, and the manual for weatherrc(5) for +information on defining aliases. +