Desktop Weather

[Doug]

On 04/03/2016 09:22 PM, Richard Barmann wrote:
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> On 04/04/2016 02:36 AM, Doug wrote:
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>> On 04/03/2016 06:19 PM, Richard Barmann wrote:
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>>> On 04/03/2016 07:03 PM, bmarsh at bmarsh.com wrote:
>>>> I have it running on 16.04.      Put in your town. Or find the code 
>>>> for your local airport.
>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 3, 2016, at 6:41 PM, Richard Barmann <reb at barmannsbar.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have Kubuntu 16.04 running and I really like it. I am trying to 
>>>>> set up the Widget for desktop weather. Can I do that or should I 
>>>>> wait until the release? What would be the recommended weather to use?
>>>>> Thanks for all the help. I learned a lot from this forum. If only 
>>>>> I can remember it.
>>>>> Dick Barmann
>>>>>
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>>>> When I go to the colunm of Widgets below "Newpaper" and go to the 
>>>> bottom Im double click on the weather. I get a small square with a 
>>>> Red square with an X in it. Thats as far as I get. I do get the 
>>>> drop down to Add Widgets/Activities/Leave etc.
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>> Dick Barma
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>> I like the app from the National Weather Service. There seems to be a 
>> version for every place there's a weather station, like an airport. 
>> I'm on Long Island,
>> and only a few miles from the Brookhaven airport, which is rather 
>> small, but has its own weather station. I narrowed down the location, 
>> and made an icon
>> (or widget--I think it's an icon in my system) on the screen. Here's 
>> the version that I use:
>>
>> http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?x=225&y=163&site=okx&zmx=&zmy=&map_x=225&map_y=163#.VwIKS7NpU0R 
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>> You should be able to find one not far from wherever you are, as long 
>> as you're in the United States.
>>
>> --doug
>> I went to that site and pulled up the weather 3 miles from my house. 
>> BUT I have no idea how to make a widget or use it with the weather 
>> Widget I have.
> Dick Barmann
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It will depend on what graphic system you're using. If you're running 
KDE, you should be able to highlight the URL, do a CTRL-C, then right 
click an open
area of your desktop, select "Create new" name it --"Weather"--then snap 
on "Link to Location" and it will place an icon on your desktop. At 
least that's
the way it works on PCLOS and Mint, and Mint is a direct descendent of 
Ubuntu. I don't know how you turn an icon into a widget, or if it's 
possible, but I
think they can coexist.

--doug