rpm for xfce4-weather-plugin-0.2.0

[John Shane]

Ohhhh, THAT code. ;-)  I was using the four letter METAR code instead of
the eight character location code from the weather channel.  Well, now
that it's working I see why so many people like it.  It's a great little
program and fun to have on the panel.  Thanks to all who have made it
available and help the rest of us get started.  John

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:29:31 -0500
"Paul M. Bucalo" <pmbuc at pmbenterprises.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:01:04 +0200, John Shane graced me with:
> > I tried this Fedora-based weather plugin rpm on my RH9 system and
> > it installs okay and is available to add to the panel.  However, no
> > weather data appears.  Also, there is no response when I change
> > from imperial to metric measurement units.  Is this because of
> > using a Fedora rpm on a RH9 system?
> > 
> > I did eventually figure out that the location code must be the 4
> > letter METAR code which I'd never heard of before but eventually
> > stumbled over in my google research. ;-)  I suspect that the
> > problem is other than the Fedora - RH difference because I also
> > tried using the GKrellWeather plugin and it too does not respond to
> > the local METAR code.  Also other Fedora-based plugin rpm's are
> > working on my system (except for not showing the correct colors).  
> > Any pointers how to troubleshoot this?
> > 
> > TIA,  John
> 
> John,
> 
> Here's what you need to do:
> 
> 1) Head out to:
> 
> http://www.atreidis.nl.eu.org/weatherplugin/
> 
> and read the paragraph "Location Code". I had to read this over 
> several times to get it through my thick head what I was suppose to 
> do.
> 
> 2) Then, head out to:
> 
> http://www.weather.com/
> 
> and do a local search for weather based on your city and state, or 
> whatever criteria applies, if you are not in the U.S. This will return
> 
> a page that shows your local weather, and more importantly, a URL at 
> the top of your browser with your 8-digit location code nested within.
> 
> For instance, for my community, the location code is USNY1044
> 
> 3) Copy/paste just the code or hand-type it into the settings of the 
> plugin. Viola! It works!
> 
> I really like this plugin. Just so cool to have. (Thanks again, Joe!) 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
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