xfce weather applet

[sktsee]

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:19:43 +0000, R Kimber wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:14:39 -0800
> Mike Kupfer wrote:
> 
>> xfapplet was removed for Oneiric.  Here's a comment from
>> http://open.knome.fi/2011/11/09/canonical-community-collaboration/ that
>> explains what happened:
> 
> Thanks for that explanation.
> 
> Do you happen to know if there's any way to get a working weather applet
> in Xubuntu 11.10?
> 

Yes. 

1. Remove the weather applet from the panel if it is running

2. Install a hex editor. 

3. make a copy for backup of /usr/lib/xfce4-weather-plugin/xfce4/panel-
plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin because you'll be editing the binary 
directly with the hex editor.

4. As root, open the file and search for the following text:
3c4cd39ee5dec84f.1121946239

5. Replace that set with 4128909340a9b2fc.1003666583

   IMPORTANT! Only replace the number portions. The "." between the 
number set is not a period, but the hex editor's representation of non-
displayable characters. In this case, the "."'s are null (hex 00) 
characters. Just move the cursor over them.

6. save file and re-add applet to panel.

The workaround above was derived from this xfce bug report:
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8105

and this Archlinux patch to xfce4-weather-plugin
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26815

So far, it's working, but I have no idea how long this workaround will 
last, or what, if any, legal ramifications are with using a different 
weather.com API license key. 

-- 
sktsee