[MLUG] Re: getting the current temperature

[Mike Miller]

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007, Jim Locke wrote:

> I agree with Stephen's comment.  This probably takes somewhat more 
> resources though than a command-line.

For one, his method only works if you're running Gnome.  Does Gnome tell 
you the time the temp was last updated?  Does it let you give a zip code 
as an argument, then display the temp for that zip code?  What does it use 
for a source of temp data?

I like my script approach for my uses anyway.  But I am having a problem 
with the degree symbol (°) -- it works great on my solaris box, but when I 
use the script on Linux or Cygwin I'm not seeing the proper symbol. 
Probably a locale or termcap issue.

Mike