You may direct that towards me, but I just find it super annoying to read fan-boys/girls here constantly pointing others to "read the documentation" and never even trying to answer what are often easy short-cuts, or hints to actual helpful answers. I'm just being honest about it; The weewx and Belchertown docs are also not hiding the fact that it's quite hard and messy, so hey, don't shoot the messenger here. Usually I will try my best to improve and translate docs, for free, for projects like these, because some really could use that here with weewx. And it would be nice to see more helpful related hints and comments INSIDE the weewx.conf file, so you don't have to constantly look up every tiny python-quirk that it's working with.
On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 2:44:44 PM UTC+2 [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/2c3706ae-d0a4-4807-a0b0-0db960b2ed4an%40googlegroups.com.
