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MacDawg said:
Looks good
Keep asking questions... it makes us all better

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Thanks, just have to figure those other parts out and then I think I am set.

Thanks again everyone.
 
MacDawg said:
Do you need help locating the scripts?
Cause I may have them
Or do you need some direction?
Don't hesitate to ask

Woof, Woof - Dawg
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I followed the guide that was posted, but for some reason I can not get the right temp for San Francisco. I also can not get the weather icon of what the forecast is looking like.

If there is anything that you can suggest that would help I would greatly it. appreciate it.

Thanks.
 
Your temperature with the º symbol should be this code:

Code: 
curl --silent "http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss?p=ZIPCODE&u=f" | grep -E '(Current Conditions:|[A-Z]<BR)' | sed -e 's/Current Conditions://' -e 's/<br \/>//' -e 's/<b>//' -e 's/<\/b>//' -e 's/<BR \/>//' -e 's/[A-Z a-z]*, //' -e 's/\(.*\) [FC]/\1°/' | tail -n1

Just replace ZIPCODE with your zipcode

********

The weather icon is a 2 step process requiring 2 entries

First is the image grab as a Shell command

Code: 
curl --silent "YOURYAHOOWEATHERURL" | grep "forecast-icon" | sed "s/.*background\:url(\'\(.*\)\')\;\ _background.*/\1/" | xargs curl --silent -o /var/tmp/weather_image.png\

Go to Yahoo Weather and type in your zip code
Copy the URL
Replace YOURYAHOOWEATHERURL with that URL inside the quotes
It won't show anything on your desktop but a blank

Then you place the image
This is a Picture setting instead of a Shell setting

Code: 
file://localhost/var/tmp/weather_image.png

If that doesn't work... let us know


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MacDawg said:
Excellent, and well done!!

I find the Helvetica Neue easy to read personally

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Thank you for the suggestion...I like the way it made everything even.

I know i keep saying it but thank you and everyone else for there help.
 
Should the refresh rate for the hour be 3600(sec) in the hour shell?? It only seams to want to update when I open the properties and then click on the hour cell.
 
jord1985 said:
Should the refresh rate for the hour be 3600(sec) in the hour shell?? It only seams to want to update when I open the properties and then click on the hour cell.
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Yes, 3600 seconds will be an hourly refresh
Each entry should be set to an appropriate time refresh

In other words, you don't need to refresh your date every 10 seconds
Or the temperature every minute
You get the idea

I believe some were getting shut out of Yahoo for calling the site too frequently
But I have not had that problem

I tend to set my refreshes often, probably more often than I should

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MacDawg said:
Yes, 3600 seconds will be an hourly refresh
Each entry should be set to an appropriate time refresh

In other words, you don't need to refresh your date every 10 seconds
Or the temperature every minute
You get the idea

I believe some were getting shut out of Yahoo for calling the site too frequently
But I have not had that problem

I tend to set my refreshes often, probably more often than I should

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Thanks, I do have the shell set to that. The minutes will update no problem, but for some reason the hours do not want to change unless I open up geektool and then click on the file that I named to set the geeklet up. Once I do that then the hours will turn over.
 
jord1985 said:
Thanks, I do have the shell set to that. The minutes will update no problem, but for some reason the hours do not want to change unless I open up geektool and then click on the file that I named to set the geeklet up. Once I do that then the hours will turn over.
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Are you running Geektool 3?
Cause I am still running Geektool 2 and I don't know the differences in how it is set up

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MacDawg said:
Are you running Geektool 3?
Cause I am still running Geektool 2 and I don't know the differences in how it is set up

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Yeah im using Geektool 3. Could that be the reason for the hour not updating, or could it have been something that I have done.
 
jord1985 said:
Yeah im using Geektool 3. Could that be the reason for the hour not updating, or could it have been something that I have done.
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That I can't say
Someone more experienced and savvy than I am will have to answer that
And probably someone using Geektool 3 who can duplicate your issue

I would be interested to know how many are still using Geektool 2 and how many are using Geektool 3

I installed Geektool 3 but it started hogging my resources for some reason
I just went back to Geektool 2 and left it

Geektool 3 seemed to have a better interface, but Geektool 2 has done everything I have wanted

Woof, Woof - Dawg
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jord1985 said:
Yeah im using Geektool 3. Could that be the reason for the hour not updating, or could it have been something that I have done.
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I would try deleting the shell and put a new one down. I can't say if it is an issue with GT or just the shell since my time is run as H:M and refreshes every 60 seconds.
 
MacDawg said:
I would be interested to know how many are still using Geektool 2 and how many are using Geektool 3
I installed Geektool 3 but it started hogging my resources for some reason
I just went back to Geektool 2 and left it
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I'm utilizing geektool 2 therefore it's more stable, geektool 3 is in beta mode so it will have alot of bugs that will hinder the application.
 
MacDawg said:
That I can't say
Someone more experienced and savvy than I am will have to answer that
And probably someone using Geektool 3 who can duplicate your issue

I would be interested to know how many are still using Geektool 2 and how many are using Geektool 3

I installed Geektool 3 but it started hogging my resources for some reason
I just went back to Geektool 2 and left it

Geektool 3 seemed to have a better interface, but Geektool 2 has done everything I have wanted

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I am using Geektool 2, I had the some issues with 3 as well...that's weird. Must be something with 3.
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I started modding my desktop using geektool 2, when version 3 RC1 was released I did the update but it was the worst thing to do, I lost all my configurations and scripts...
this facts pushed me to find some alternatives and I discovered NerdTool, a branch of GeekTool developed by a programmer disaagree with new paths that GeekTool was taking. I immediately felt at ease with this new application via the GeekTool 2 similar interface and started trying using it for my customizations. Since then I never changed it and my customizations are always perfect.

This is my actual NerdTool view:

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Some posts ago I read for some requests of ready-to-use scripts. I have packed all the items I use in NerdTool, including images for the background that need to be moved into /tmp folder, in a zip file. Everybody who want to have the same effect or just a baseline to start from for their customization can download it from the link below and decompress (use The Unarchiver or 7zX) with the following password. Enjoy!

Nerdtool-HTC_NY_items
password: nerdtool-20100116-HTC_NY
 
Hey guys! Just wanted to say a great big thank you to MacDawg, Poppero and Cody. I had no idea this would be so successful when I was making it last week. If it hadn't been for your generosity I doubt it would have looked as good as it does!

Thanks all once again!
 
partyBoy said:
Here's my new desktop for January 2010 I like the minimal look.
If you want to know how to put the month like "jan" instead of "january"
just put the code in lower case i found this out on my own.

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WOW !!! That's a kool & minimalist desktop look**wait a second** that's me;)
 
I followed the HTC Geeklet write up and everything works except for getting the weather image. Do I need two shells? One for

Code: 
curl --silent "http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=USNY1401&u=f" | grep "forecast-icon" | sed "s/.*background\:url(\'\(.*\)\')\;\ _background.*/\1/" | xargs curl --silent -o /tmp/weather.png\

and one for

Code: 
file:///tmp/weather.png

Thats what I have right now and no image is popping up. Do I need one of those Shells to be an Image? Thanks for the help.
 
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Thanks you all for helping me with this, and for answering all my questions thanks to all your help I was able to make it.
 
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