I was just about to write this exact same thing. It's a very confusing config. I just wanted to install a skin and work from there, but not only was the skin dev not very helpful (it just said "see weewx docs"), it isn't even properly described in the docs. It uses "friendly" wording that is not the same in the weewx.conf itself. Why even call if "StdReport" ?
On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 12:36:23 PM UTC+2 Julius Thijssen wrote: > Not to burst your weewx fanboy bubble here, but its config is a total > mess, to be fairly honest. > There's a weewx.conf that holds no "defaultskin =" entry anywhere. It does > have > [StdReport], which every new user assumes is short for [StandardReport], > except it isn't, because under it you also find > [[StandardReport]] (which defaults to "false", strangely) and also > [[Defaults]] > both of which also do not hold default skin settings. > > Seriously, it took me hours to find out how to get a skin for the standard > html report to be used. I have never seen a config for a skin in any > package before in my 40 years in IT that was so unclear. And no, it's not > explained well in the docs. > > > On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 10:53:42 PM UTC+2 vince wrote: > >> On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 11:52:08 AM UTC-7 eric.k...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> It is refreshing to have that level of detail to read through, but >>> it also takes some time to figure out what isn't there, what is there, and >>> what section it's in. Sometimes, it's quicker to ask people. >>> >> >> With all due respect, the purpose of the docs is so you can do the >> research and fend for yourself, rather than asking several thousand of >> people questions that have answers that are already documented. (and then >> the 'next' person does the same thing....and the next....and the next....) >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/322519a6-1d03-48a1-94a0-a2976bb33f49n%40googlegroups.com.
