XFORECAST(1)                X Version 11(Release 4)                XFORECAST(1)


NAME
      xforecast - X window system interface to the weather program

SYNOPSIS
      xforecast [toolkit options]

DESCRIPTION
      Xforecast is an X Window System interface to the weather program.
      Xforecast will bring up a map of the USA (sorry, Alaska and Hawaii not
      included), and allow X users to click on cities (that appear as dots) to
      get the current weather forecast for that area.  The current (closest)
      city will change from a solid dot to a hollow dot, when the cursor is
      near.  In addition, the name of the city, state and 3 letter airport code
      will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.

      Typing a "q" or clicking on the top "quit" bar will cause xforecast to
      end.

      Clicking the left mouse button will popup a window containing the current
      weather for that city.

      Clicking the middle mouse button will popup a window containing the
      current weather for that state.

      Essentially, this is a wrapper for the weather program, a Perl script
      that queries the weather server at The University of Michigan.

ENVIRONMENT
      DISPLAY To get default host and display number.

FILES
      cities  List of city names and X,Y coordinates.

BUGS
      Possibly the location of some of the cities. Occasionally a city will not
      be redrawn as solid, but this is usually fixed the next time a refresh
      happens.

SEE ALSO
      weather(1)

COPYRIGHT
      Copyright 1991, Frank Adelstein











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