[Lcdproc] Re: Does anyone on the list use the sample METAR client?

[Ethan Dicks]

To follow up on my own post, I found a patch for Geo-METAR.pm from
Jeremy Zawodny's last released version, 1.14, that addresses most of
the International concerns I raised.  It still didn't like NZSP's
persistent lack of dew-point temps, but that was easily fixed.

The question I now have is how to take advantage of this with LCDproc.
 I have added a few features to lcdmetar.pl, including adding Celcius
_and_ Fahrenheit temps on the same line if the display is wide enough
(I'm using a 40x4 right now), and the option to use special LCD and
VFD degree symbol chars rather than just a plain ASCII 'C' and 'F' for
temps.  Submitting patches to lcdmetar.pl is easy enough.  Should we
also include a patch to Geo-METAR.pm to allow the LCDproc end-user to
modernize their Perl module?

For those that want to check it out, the Geo-METAR.pm patch is at...

http://koos.idefix.net/tmp/Geo-METAR-koos.patch

I have it installed and it does handle international stations much
better than the original 1.14.

-ethan