X-Git-Url: https://www.yuggoth.org/gitweb?p=weather.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;h=ce7f213c8040ba53502b4d60d9279f1286805913;hp=9a2662409236617533b1c1506876b2a3d154dedd;hb=eb249a0ae2f1644a67d6231b7cddf292058080e7;hpb=b755668b64a70bb7b0efbf1bd0aff8c310471ee1 diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 9a26624..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 @@ -43,29 +53,16 @@ additional input from speakers of that language for how to handle filtering and formatting of the text. -5. I get a warning when using apt-get to install on Debian Etch -or later... - -If you're getting a warning from apt-get update like: - - W: GPG error: http://fungi.yuggoth.org ./ Release: The - following signatures couldn't be verified because the - public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 29ABF7441FB84657 - -...it means my PGP key is not recognized by apt-get. Since this -isn't an official Debian package repository, the Release.gpg -file can't be signed by a key on the default keyring. To add my -personal key to the list of trusted package repository Release -signers, run (as root): - - finger fungi@yuggoth.org | apt-key add - - -...or if you want to be a little paranoid, retrieve it from a -public keyserver instead (all one line): - - wget -O- "http://subkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks - /lookup?op=get&search=0x29ABF7441FB84657" | apt-key add - +5. Why do I get the wrong forecast when specifying -i or --id? -Though if you're really, truly paranoid, you'll re-write the -program from scratch anyway, right? +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.