[ale] Weather Satellite Image on X Background

[Josh Freeman]

Forgive me  if I am missing something completely obvious,but this 
doesn't seem to work for me, running KDE 2.0.

If I execute the following statement:

xv -root -quit -geometry 1280x975 ec_vis_sat_720x486.jpg

Nothing seems to happen. If I execute this:

xv +root -quit -geometry 1280x975 ec_vis_sat_720x486.jpg

A window the size of my screen pops up containing ec_vis_sat_720x486.jpg


Thanks in Advance,

Josh

KeithH wrote:
> I had WAY too much fun with this.
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Display weather maps in root window (Japan maps & X-windows)
> #
> cd /tmp
> IMGSIZE="-geometry 1280x975"
> # 1280x975 for 1280x1024 screen with GNOME toolbar at bottom
> # IMGSIZE="-max" for full screen
> 
> while [[ true ]] ; do (
> 
>   SITE=http://tenki.or.jp/himawari/japan/sekigai/
>   FILE=`date +%y%m%d%k`
> # example: 01080517.gif
>   wget -q $SITE$FILE.gif
>   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit $FILE.gif
>   sleep 900
> 
>   wget -q http://weather.is.kochi-u.ac.jp/VRML/fe.jpg
>   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit fe.jpg
>   sleep 900
> 
>   wget -q http://www.usatoday.com/weather/satpic/photos/east_asia.jpg
>   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit east_asia.jpg
>   sleep 900
> 
>   wget -q http://weather.is.kochi-u.ac.jp/WV/00Latest.jpg
>   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit 00Latest.jpg
>   sleep 900
> 
>   wget -q http://image.weather.com/images/sat/japan_sat_720x486.jpg
>   xv -root $IMGSIZE -quit japan_sat_720x486.jpg
>   sleep 900
> ); done
> 
> 
> 
> Joseph A. Knapka wrote:
> 
>> Chris Woodruff wrote:
>>
>>> When I was in college there was a exe that you could run that would 
>>> show a
>>> US weather satellite image on the background of X and update it every 15
>>> minutes.  I was using SunOS or Solaris (can't remember since Michigan 
>>> State
>>> switched to Solaris during my stay).  Does anyone know if there is a
>>> equivalent for Linux?  And if so is the source available?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Chris Woodruff
>>>
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>>
>> You could do this in a shell script:
>>
>> while [[ true ]] do {
>>   wget <URL of weather image>
>>   xsetroot <image fetched by wget> # Maybe "xv" would work better.
>>   sleep 900
>> } done
>>
>> (Note: the Bash syntax is probably not right, I don't
>> write a lot of Bash scriptage.)
>>
>> -- Joe
>> "You know how many remote castles there are along the gorges? You
>>  can't MOVE for remote castles!" -- Lu Tze re. Uberwald
>> // Linux MM Documentation in progress:
>> // http://home.earthlink.net/~jknapka/linux-mm/vmoutline.html
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Josh Freeman
Technical Manager
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access

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