Maybe a little more humility would be in order here Julius. This is an experimental application which has been created by Tom and his team, devoting thousands of hours freely given. A piece of software which has cost none of us a single penny. I cannot claim 40yrs experience and I am certainly not a Python expert but careful reading has provided most of the answers to my questions. If not, a polite please and thank you usually does the trick. Most of what I know l learnt in this forum and collaborating with other users.
So how about disseminating some of that 40yrs experience and make your mark in a positive way? If there is a better way to do it, I am sure we would all like to learn more. In the meantime, Tom, Matt, Gary, Vince and anybody else who has contributed over the years, a huge thank you. Ian On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 at 11:36, Julius Thijssen <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to burst your weewx fanboy bubble here, but its config is a total > mess, to be fairly honest. > There's a weewx.conf that holds no "defaultskin =" entry anywhere. It does > have > [StdReport], which every new user assumes is short for [StandardReport], > except it isn't, because under it you also find > [[StandardReport]] (which defaults to "false", strangely) and also > [[Defaults]] > both of which also do not hold default skin settings. > > Seriously, it took me hours to find out how to get a skin for the standard > html report to be used. I have never seen a config for a skin in any > package before in my 40 years in IT that was so unclear. And no, it's not > explained well in the docs. > > > On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 10:53:42 PM UTC+2 vince wrote: > >> On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 11:52:08 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> It is refreshing to have that level of detail to read through, but >>> it also takes some time to figure out what isn't there, what is there, and >>> what section it's in. Sometimes, it's quicker to ask people. >>> >> >> With all due respect, the purpose of the docs is so you can do the >> research and fend for yourself, rather than asking several thousand of >> people questions that have answers that are already documented. (and then >> the 'next' person does the same thing....and the next....and the next....) >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7746bb0d-5579-4b79-9c15-16677b25f6c4n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7746bb0d-5579-4b79-9c15-16677b25f6c4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CADASSaRR7dbH-iN_9aUxAx9Lg%3Dy-d%3DkwAhsXAQuh2hacVpDo2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
