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## 18. MythWeather.

MythWeather is a part of the mythplugins package. See MythPlugins for instructions on downloading the tarball.

> `

>     $ cd ~/mythplugins-0.23
>     $ ./configure --disable-all --enable-mythweather
>     $ qmake mythplugins.pro
>     $ make
>     $ su
>     # make install
>     # exit

> `

MythWeather uses MSNBC.com as its source for weather data and weather.com for its radar image.

These are the keyboard commands for MythWeather:

> `

>     Left Key             Goes back one page, and extends the time spent
>                          on the page you are on.
>     Right Key            Goes forward one page, see above.
>     Space                Pause, wait on the current page until space is hit
>                          again.
>     Numeric Keys         You can check other weather by keying in other ZIP codes.
>     Enter Key            Switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit. Can also
>                          be used a way to force a data update.
>     "m" Key              Resets the location to the database default, then updates the data.
>     "i"                  Enter / Save settings
>     ESC                  Exit the settings screen without saving / Exit the program

> `

MythWeather also has an "Aggressiveness" setting. This affects how long MythWeather waits for data from the msnbc.com website before timing out. If you are on a slow connection, or have a slow DNS, or MythWeather just doesn't seem to be working and you've already tried everything else, then try increasing the aggressiveness level parameter. This parameter is inverse; a higher number actually means that MythWeather will be less aggressive, and will therefore wait longer before timing out.

MythWeather will print debugging information on the terminal. If you wish to see additional debugging information while MythWeather is running, run mythweather from the command line with as `mythweather --debug`

You may also force mythweather to re-run the configuration by starting it on the command line as `mythweather --configure`. These two options are mutually exclusive.

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