HOWTO: VinDSL Conky Script

[paramvir]

Bwahahaha! That's funny!

I play "Cafe World" on Facebook, when I reach that point.

It's NOT a meta game... it's very slow paced... forces your mind to spin down.

I play sudoku ha ha ha ha

and watch some youtube on the side wiki doesn't take that long

[VinDSL]

This is what I have fixed finally

This will allow all the variations one can think of

All hail, Paramvir! Heh! You are the King of Bash! That's a PERFECT solution!

I've been messing about with those AM/PM settings since day-one. I get it where I want, then tomorrow, I hate the look, and I change it again. And, the day after that. And, next week. Over, and over, and over, again.

It's probably some sort of psychological defect -- obsessing over the look n' feel of AM PM. LoL!

Anyway, that will make things much easier. Good job!

EDIT

Works like a champ! Allowed me to apply my favorite format.

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Use UPPERCASE or lowercase AM PM or am pm for 12 hour time format
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# [0] ALL UPPERCASE (example: 03:00 PM)
# [1] all lowercase (example: 03:00 pm)
# [2] Hide am pm (example: 03:00)
# [3] all lowercase with no padding/spacing (example: 3:00pm)
# [4] Use custom time format - state the format in custom_time_format
# NOTE: This will only work if Time_format=12 (below)
show_lowercase_ampm=4

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Set custom time format - see man date in a terminal to get more options
# Be sure to quote the time format in single quotes as shown
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# custom_time_format='+%_I:%M%P'
custom_time_format='+%l:%M %p'

That's the format I've stuck with the longest, in all sorts of programs...

[paramvir]

All hail, Paramvir! Heh! You are the King of Bash! That's a PERFECT solution!

I've been messing about with those AM/PM settings since day-one. I get it where I want, then tomorrow, I hate the look, and I change it again. And, the day after that. And, next week. Over, and over, and over, again.

It's probably some sort of psychological defect -- obsessing over the look n' feel of AM PM. LoL!

Anyway, that will make things much easier. Good job!

EDIT

Works like a champ! Allowed me to apply my favorite format.
That's the format I've stuck with the longest, in all sorts of programs...

Hey thanks - feels good to be appreciated
But getting the stuff to work right some times takes a while.

The xml data has higher precision than the main Location data which is usually from a govt weather station.

So if one switches between using the xml or Location the trends go out of the window.

Something I just figured out when I read your post again - you are only using Location - but the trends should work any way - that's what a user would expect.

I love this investigation ha ha ha ha
Hey F1 is happening here later in the month I have to find some passes search in time saves nine ha ha ha other wise me in for a Bier bar with a wall sized Screen Uahhahaha - one needs to book for that as well !!!

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I've been messing about with those AM/PM settings since day-one. I get it where I want, then tomorrow, I hate the look, and I change it again. And, the day after that. And, next week. Over, and over, and over, again.

It's probably some sort of psychological defect -- obsessing over the look n' feel of AM PM. LoL!

you might want to automatically change the fomat depending on the the out put of "date +%H"

[VinDSL]

you might want to automatically change the fomat depending on the the out put of "date +%H"

I might try that, thanks!

As an aside, a mechanic told me once, "Always leave one of the bolts on your rear bumper loose."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because that's where the problems will go. Better to have your bumper fall off, than your transmission."

I guess I enjoy being tormented by the AM PM format and spacing. I dunno...

It's probably better that we create problems with conkywx.conf (the rear bumper), rather than conkywx.sh (the transmission).

Brilliant idea, really!

[VinDSL]

Something I just figured out when I read your post again - you are only using Location - but the trends should work any way - that's what a user would expect.

I love this investigation ha ha ha ha

I haven't mentioned it, but since you brought it up, maybe it's time.

I have yet to get XML data (in my locale) to display correctly in Conkywx.

I haven't tried it in (probably) the past week, but if I remember correctly, the current temp comes up in metric units, everything else in imperial.

I figured I will cross that bridge when I get there. For now, Location (only) is working just fine, and I didn't feel it was worth messing with, at this juncture.

[paramvir]

I haven't mentioned it, but since you brought it up, maybe it's time.

I have yet to get XML data (in my locale) to display correctly in Conkywx.

I haven't tried it in (probably) the past week, but if I remember correctly, the current temp comes up in metric units, everything else in imperial.

I figured I will cross that bridge when I get there. For now, Location (only) is working just fine, and I didn't feel it was worth messing with, at this juncture.

Try it again - that was fixed in 0.7.5 - was found in the Arch forums

[VinDSL]

Try it again - that was fixed in 0.7.5 - was found in the Arch forums

w00t! Works...Yeah!

I tried a different RapidFire PWS. I was using the closest one, a few blocks away in someone's backyard, no doubt. LoL! This one is a few miles away, at an elementary school (thus, an unofficial quasi-government weather station).

Gotta love WU!

New PWS didn't work at first, due to operator error.

Had to encase the Location URL in double-quotes ("). Now it works fine!

I compared the XML data to the WU website, and it matches.

Thanks, for the update. Gonna check the metric side now.

Onward and upward...

[VinDSL]

Worked a treat!

Metric Weather Stats -- XML data feed

10-seconds later, comment/uncomment one line in .conkyrc -- Imperial/English Weather Stats

[paramvir]

Worked a treat!

Metric Weather Stats -- XML data feed

10-seconds later, comment/uncomment one line in .conkyrc -- Imperial/English Weather Stats

Wooooow - that is Fantastic

And the moon is in fact Last Quarter - I see it here as well lol