Nothing like complaining about a thread from 4 years ago. It is called StdReport because it is the original report from 10+ years ago.
If you have a particular question please open a new thread with actual details. On Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 11:42:07 AM UTC-7 Benedict wrote: > I was just about to write this exact same thing. It's a very confusing > config. I just wanted to install a skin and work from there, but not only > was the skin dev not very helpful (it just said "see weewx docs"), it isn't > even properly described in the docs. It uses "friendly" wording that is not > the same in the weewx.conf itself. Why even call if "StdReport" ? > > On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 12:36:23 PM UTC+2 Julius Thijssen 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/41660d82-7169-4da1-bca2-22cb2cec68bfn%40googlegroups.com.
