Fanboy here to second the thanks for all of the fine people who volunteer their time to write, maintain, and support this excellent tool!
On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 8:44:44 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > 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/7ad8ef45-9b36-4afe-bd9e-9ef40a30f94cn%40googlegroups.com.
