Re: OK Brian - weather conversion to script Question

Hale, Paul wrote:
>> Hehe - you can't do that. =P
>>
>> The "%1" and "%2" are the way that the arguments to the alias 
>> module are tokenized. Mzscript syntax is different (%{\1}, 
>> %{\2}, at least for certain versions), so for starters you'd 
>> need to change all of those. Something like this *might* work:
>>
>> *Script bang !savesetting
>>      *scriptexec !SetEvar %{\1} %{\2}
>>      *sciptexec !ReloadTEM
>>      *sciptexec !xTextSaveEvar @$SettingsFile$@ @%{\1}@ @%{\2}@
>>      *sciptexec !UnloadTEM
>> *script ~bang
>>
>> Look at all the other translated aliases: lather, rinse, repeat. YMMV.
>>
> 
> Hehe... I thin I found a way to do this without any of my scripting or
> your Aliases. In the true redneck hillbilly ways of my upbringing in
> Solitude Indiana, I have removed all elegance and sophistication from
> your weather doo-hickey.
> 
> Now all that is left:
> 
> WeatherNotDLL.vbs
> weather.xml (replaces city.xml)
> weather.rc (replaces weatherloc1.txt)
> storedwxString.xml
> 
> Changing cities may be done by textedit boxes, I haven't decided.
> 
> Brian, your work is amazing, but it is just too much for my little
> brain.

I swap locations too much: work, home, parent's home, sister's home, travel, 
etc. But yep, it's probably overkill if you just want to 'set it and forget it'. =)


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