X-Git-Url: https://www.yuggoth.org/gitweb?p=weather.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;h=d8cc569703b3a3d83fe00fa0605dc3177fddb086;hp=9a2662409236617533b1c1506876b2a3d154dedd;hb=refs%2Ftags%2F1.4;hpb=b755668b64a70bb7b0efbf1bd0aff8c310471ee1 diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 9a26624..d8cc569 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -1,7 +1,19 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WEATHER UTILITY -Copyright (c) 2006 Jeremy Stanley , all rights reserved. -Licensed per terms in the LICENSE file distributed with this software. +Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Jeremy Stanley . +Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is +granted under terms provided 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? @@ -34,8 +46,10 @@ state abbreviation to get to a list of cities in that state). 4. I live outside the USA--can this be made to work for me anyway? -If you have any recommendations for similar forecast data in -other countries, I will be happy to try and find a way to +METAR station IDs can be found for cities and airports worldwide, +but forecast data is harder to come by. If you have any +recommendations of forecast data for other countries available in a +format like NOAA's, I will be happy to try and find a way to integrate it into the weather utility, but I suspect that some serious modification would be necessary given that the data is likely to be published in a non-English language, requiring some @@ -43,29 +57,15 @@ 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 - - -Though if you're really, truly paranoid, you'll re-write the -program from scratch anyway, right? +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) and are seeing +an actual forecast, then you probably have a default city and state +abbreviation set in your config. 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.