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TkWeather_3.40
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/ tkweather.pl

NAME

        TkWeather, by (c) Jim Turner

SYNOPSIS

        tkweather.pl [-options=values] [zip-code|"lookup"]

DESCRIPTION

        This program fetches the current weather conditions every 12 
        minutes (720 seconds) (configurable) from 
        https://forecast.weather.gov and displays a nice square iconic button 
        showing the current weather condition.  Clicking the button shows the 
        current basic weather condition values, such as temperature, humidity, 
        and wind.  Clicking again shows additional information, namely the 
        barometric pressure, visiblility, and "heat index" or 
        "wind chill" or "misery index".  
        Holding the [Shift] key while 
        clicking displays a webpage showing the detailed weather info. 
        Double-clicking or holding the [Alt] key while clicking refreshes the 
        data. 
        Holding the [Shift] and [Ctrl] keys simultainously while clicking 
        exits the program.
        
        For anyone not from Houston, Texas,
        the old "misery index" is the temperature plus dewpoint.  Anything 
        over 150 is considered "miserable"!  I use this for planning 
        workouts.  The default is to use the more modern "heat index".  
        Specify "index=misery" for the old Houston "misery index".  
        "wind chill" is used if the temperature is below 70 and wind 
        is >= 10mph regardless.  This has now been updated to a more 
        temperature-friendly value (>=100 is "miserable") by multiplying 
        the old value by 2/3 (0.6667).

CONFIGURATION

        How to set up:

        1)  Create a "tkweather" directory in your home directory.

        2)  You will also need to specify your zipcode either as the 
        command-line argument or add a "zipcode=yourzip" line in 
        $HOME/tkweather/tkweather.cfg
        Otherwise you get the weather at the author's zipcode!
        If you specify a string, such as "lookup" instead of a number, 
        tkweather will attempt to look up your zip-code using geolocatezipp.pl.

        3)  The optional file:  $HOME/tkweather/tkweather.cfg takes the
        format (defaults shown below):  Any line starting with "#" is 
        ignored as a comment (Default values are shown).

        geometry=+100+100
        zipcode=76087
        #BROWSER TO BE INVOKED IF USER PRESSES SHIFT-CLICK ON BUTTON. 
        browser=mozilla
        #URL USED FOR SCRAPING WEATHER DATA.
        weatherurl=https://forecast.weather.gov/zipcity.php?Go2=Go&inputstring=<ZIP>
        #COMMAND URL TO BE INVOKED IF USER PRESSES SHIFT-CLICK ON BUTTON. 
        weathercmd=https://forecast.weather.gov/zipcity.php?Go2=Go&inputstring=<ZIP> &
        #MILLISECONDS TO WAIT BETWEEN QUERIES TO THE WEATHER URL.
        checkmsec=720000
        #BUTTON RELIEF (CHOICES:  flat, groove, raised, ridge, sunken)
        relief=ridge
        #INDEX:  "misery": USE OLD "MISERY INDEX" (HEAT+DEWPOINT),
        #OTHERWISE ("heat") USE MODERN "HEAT INDEX" AS REPORTED.
        #NOTE:  WIND CHILL IS REPORTED IF TEMP. < 70 AND WIND >= 10 MPH
        #REGARDLESS OF THIS SETTING!
        index=heat
        #OVERRIDEDIRECT ARGUMENT 0=MANAGED BY WINDOWMANAGER (DECORATE)
        #1=BYPASS WINDOWMANAGER (NO DECORATION).  USE 0 IF DOCKING IN
        #WINDOWMAKER OR AFTERSTEP.
        windowmgr=0
        #STARTUP ICON IMAGE (MUST BE IN $ENV{HOME}/tkweather/)
        startimage=tkweather.gif
        #WARN ON WHICH TYPES:
        warntypes=tornado|storm|blizard|freeze|flood
        #NORMAL TEXT FOREGROUND COLOR
        normalcolor=green
        #COLOR OF 1 PIXEL FRAME AROUND BUTTON
        framecolor=#222222
        #WARNING COLOR
        warningcolor=yellow
        #ALERT COLOR
        alertcolor=red
        #COLD WARNING COLOR  (I USE cyan)  DEFAULT IS warningcolor IF NOT DEFINED.
        cwarningcolor=<undef>
        #COLD ALERT COLOR    (I USE blue)  DEFAULT IS warningcolor IF NOT DEFINED.
        calertcolor=<undef>
        #HOT WARNING COLOR  (I USE orange)  DEFAULT IS warningcolor IF NOT DEFINED.
        hwarningcolor=<undef>
        #NORMAL BACKGROUND COLOR
        bgcolor=black
        #CONVERT TEMPS, WIND-SPEED ETC. TO METRIC IF SET.
        metric=0
        #DO NOT DISPLAY MESSAGE TO STDERR WHEN FETCHING WEATHER FROM WEB (IF SET):
        silent=0
        #DO NOT DUMP DEBUG INFORMATION TO STDERR (UNLESS SET)
        debug=0
        #SHOW SITE NAME IN TEMPERATURE BALLOON (IF SET)
        noshowsite=0
        #SHOW ZIPCODE IN BALLOON (0=always show, 1=only if zip=lookup, 2=never show)
        noshowzip=1
        #FONT (USED FOR THE TEXT VALUES IN BUTTON (SHOULD BE A SMALL ONE!)
        font=-*-lucida console-bold-r-*-*-9-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
        #DO NOT SHOW CPU TEMP. IN BALLOON IF SET:
        nocputemp=0

        4)  Copy the image "tkweather.gif" to $HOME/tkweather/

        5)  Copy tkweather.pl to somewhere in your PATH or wherever you 
        want to be able to run it from.  Make sure line 1 points to your
        perl interpreter.

        6)  To make this app appear in your AfterStep/Windowmaker "wharf", 
        add the following to your config file:
        *Wharf TkWeather "-" MaxSwallow "TkWeather" /usr/bin/nice -n 15 /usr/local/bin/tkweather.pl &
        
        7)  Enjoy!

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2003-2023 Jim Turner.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

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