Weather Widget for Tahrpup-6.05?

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Sky Aisling · #1 Post by **Sky Aisling** » Mon 20 Mar 2017, 16:35

Hello,

Does Anyone have a suggestion for a simple desktop weather widget for Tahrpup-6.05?

I'd prefer not to use Pwidgets.

Thank you in advance for your suggestions.

Semme · #2 Post by **Semme** » Tue 21 Mar 2017, 00:20

What did you have in mind? A pretty desktop display, one that sits in the tray, a quick'n dirty curl script?

Sky Aisling · #3 Post by **Sky Aisling** » Tue 21 Mar 2017, 00:45

Hi Semme,
Oh! something simple, like the Pwidget's icon, a symbol showing rain, sun, wind, night time, daytime and the temperature. A small icon, non-intrusive, that can sit over on the starboard side of the screen.

Semme · #4 Post by **Semme** » Wed 22 Mar 2017, 20:55

Sky Aisling · #5 Post by **Sky Aisling** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 04:08

TMI?

Yes, way too much TMI. lol
I just want the temp and a one icon showing rain, sun, wind, snow...

drunkjedi · #6 Post by **drunkjedi** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 05:25

Hi sky,
search for some simple conkyrc weather script. You can edit it to show what you want and comment out what you don't want.

Like this may be https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=139962

666philb · #7 Post by **666philb** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 08:44

not a widget but a nice little weather script

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#!/bin/sh
rxvt --geometry 130x45+0+0 -hold -e curl wttr.in/cardiff

location at the end can be a name or postcode/zipcode

Semme · #8 Post by **Semme** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 09:09

As there's nothing extra to install, wttr.in's what I use.

drunkjedi · #9 Post by **drunkjedi** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 09:18

Didn't musher created a small app using wttr?

Mike Walsh · #10 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 21:49

666philb wrote:not a widget but a nice little weather script
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#!/bin/sh
rxvt --geometry 130x45+0+0 -hold -e curl wttr.in/cardiff
location at the end can be a name or postcode/zipcode

Hey, thanks for that, Phil!

Very neat indeed. And easily modifiable, too! Nice one.

Cheers.

Mike.

perdido · #11 Post by **perdido** » Fri 24 Mar 2017, 03:05

Nice open source weather widget that resides in tray but is a 40MB download.

"It's an Electron-based project, which as usual makes for a chunky download (over 40MB),
but there's no installation required and you can just download, unzip and run."

Info
https://www.downloadcrew.com/article/34864-temps

downloads
https://github.com/jackd248/temps/releases

.

Mike Walsh · #12 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Fri 24 Mar 2017, 12:03

Hi, perdido.

Man, this stuff just keeps getting better...

Thanks for that one, mate; that's one of the neatest little apps I've seen for a long while.

I've got it up-and running in every single one of my Pups.....32-bitzers & 64-bitzers alike.

Cheers! Much appreciated.

Mike.

Sky Aisling · #13 Post by **Sky Aisling** » Tue 28 Mar 2017, 17:01

Hi Folks,
What a fun bunch of weather scripts and widget like stuff.

So, while I play with some of the suggestions, I've temporarily solved the issue by putting my local weather station via https://www.wunderground.com as my home page on SeaMonkey.
That way I'll see the weather each time I bring up the browser.
Thank you, I'll leave the thread open for a while longer so we can collect some more ideas.

P.S. @ 666Philb

Is there a Pwidgets that works with Tahrpup-6.05?

Mike Walsh · #14 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Tue 28 Mar 2017, 17:13

@ Sky Aisling:-

AFAIK, pWidgets works with all Pups from 5-series onward for certain. Tahrpup was the very first Pup I ran full-time, and I've always ran pWidgets in Tahr, right from the moment I discovered it on the Forum, some 2-3 months later.

Mind you, I can't say for definite that it'll run with the Tahr 6.05 ISO. My own started life as Tahr 6.0, back in November '14, and reached 6.05 status via the Service Packs that Phil released for it over time.....

I can't see any reason why it shouldn't work. pWidgets has never given me problems yet. I also run an extension within Chrome, called 'Currently', which replaces my New Tab page.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... nfo-dialog

.....which gives me my local weather every time I open a tab. It, too, works via Weather Underground. However, I can't say if it's available for any other browsers.

A few of the themes are non-free; they cost a small, nominal amount (somewhere between US$3-$5).

Mike.

Sky Aisling · #15 Post by **Sky Aisling** » Tue 28 Mar 2017, 17:19

Mike, the Chrome apps are cool. Thank you.

Where do you get your download for Pwidgets for Tahrpup?

Sky

Mike Walsh · #16 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Tue 28 Mar 2017, 17:30

Hi, Sky.

Glad you like the Chrome new tab weather extension. It's quite neat, isn't it?

I get my pWidgets from zigbert's pWidgets thread, here:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=35601

I first used 2.5.6, but have since updated to 2.5.8. It still runs flawlessly. I used to use all the CPU, RAM, Puppy Space, etc., widgets that are available with it, but since I've been using the GKrellM system monitor for all the 'techie' stuff, I now just run the pWidgets weather app on its own, with the geometry adjusted to sit either above or below GKrellM.

If you're interested, I did a thread on GKrellM here:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=109031

You can see the pWidgets 'Weather2' app sitting below GKrellm in the screenshot.

Mike.

Sky Aisling · #17 Post by **Sky Aisling** » Tue 28 Mar 2017, 17:57

Mike writes:

I get my pWidgets from zigbert's pWidgets thread, here:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=35601

I first used 2.5.6, but have since updated to 2.5.8. It still runs flawlessly. I used to use all the CPU, RAM, Puppy Space, etc., widgets that are available with it, but since I've been using the GKrellM system monitor for all the 'techie' stuff, I now just run the pWidgets weather app on its own, with the geometry adjusted to sit either above or below GKrellM.

If you're interested, I did a thread on GKrellM here:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=109031

You can see the pWidgets 'Weather2' app sitting below GKrellm in the screenshot.

What a delightful page you've made, Mike!

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=109031

Looks like you've got a full kennel of pups too!

Sky Aisling · #18 Post by **Sky Aisling** » Tue 28 Mar 2017, 18:29

Thanks, Mike. Originally I said I didn't want Pwidgets because I've had too many issues with it. However, this Pwidget seems to working as you say, 'flawlessly'.
This is exactly what I wanted.

Mike Walsh · #19 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Tue 28 Mar 2017, 18:40

Well, I'm glad you like what I've done.

Many folks who've seen my desktops reckon they're too 'busy' for their liking. I take the view that I'm the one who has to sit and look at it.....so I'll have it set-up the way I want it..!

I suppose a 40 year interest in graphic design was bound to come out on my Puppy desktops, sooner or later...

And, er....yes. Puppies are addictive, mate. (If you hadn't already realised...!)

Good to hear pWidgets is now working for you. Nice one.

I do like your little pussycat.....

Mike.

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