Subj : SNOW!
To   : Mike Powell
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sat Feb 10 2024 07:22:00


Hi Mike!

 MP> These are both pretty neat!

Yes, a nice throw-back to the text-only days we started in.  'curl'
gives a lot of information.

 > Thought:  How about text-based weather forecasts?  Some I use:

 > finger -- Linux and Windows
 >           finger city@graph.no
 >           ex.:  finger davenport@graph.no      Display Celsius
 >                 finger ^davenport@graph.no     Display Fahrenheit (Linux)
 >                 finger "^"davenport@graph.no   Display N++F (Windows)

 MP> This one I have to use frankfort_ky or it will show me Frankfurt,
 MP> Germany.  :)

I get a place in France if I enter 'finger bettendorf@graph.no'; if i 
use 'bettendorf_ia' it takes me to Pleasant Valley, which isn't too bad 
considering it's the eastern boarder of Bettendorf.  


 > curl   -- Linux (gave me an error when tested on VM Windows XP)
 >           curl -s wttr.in/davenport | head -7  Current conditions
 >           curl -s wttr.in/davenport            Three day forecast in
 >                                                four-hour segments.  Display
 >                                                in full screen to avoid line
 >                                                wraps.

 MP> This one works with a simple '/Frankfort'.  I wonder if it uses
 MP> my location info.
 
Hmm, might: I type in 'bettendorf' and gives me the correct Bettendorf. 
....Just as a test tried 'Vienna' -- gave me the one in Austria.  With 
the readings in Imperial, not metric!



 > ansiweather    -- Pretty sure only Linux.  Go to website for details.

 MP> This one is interesting.  Using "Frankfort" seems to give the
 MP> correct current conditions.  However, if I ask for "Frankfort"
 MP> and use the -F command (for forecast), it says that the high for
 MP> the next 5 days will be around 90F!  I tried "Frankfort_KY" but
 MP> that gives an error.
 
Probably not: I remembered the config file (./ansiweatherrc) used a semi-
strange setting: Bettendorf,US, So yours is probably ansiweather -l 
Frankfort,US.  One minor issue is ansiweather doesn't verify the 
reporting site.  I know there are at least two Nashua's (IA and NH), 
numerous Hudson's (NH, NY)....

 MP> I will have to work on that one some.  ;)
Once you set up the config file you can simply type 'ansiweather' at the
command line.  I also played a but with spacing to make it look nice:  I
added a few spaces after the 'Wind' entry so all the arrows and 
therefore readings line up.


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