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@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ print
.br
.B metar
set
-.I STATION
+.I station
.br
.B metar
list
-.RI [ PREFIX ]
+.RI [ prefix ]
.br
.B metar
closest
-.RI [ LATITUDE
-.IR LONGITUDE ]
-.RI [ LIST ]
+.RI [ latitude
+.IR longitude ]
+.RI [ list ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B metar
is a simple utility for find whether stations (hence referred to
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ equivalent to running
(cat ~/.config/metar || cat /etc/metar) 2> /dev/null | head -n 1
.fi
.TP
-\fBset\fP \fISTATION\fP
+\fBset\fP \fIstation\fP
Stores the
-.I STATION
+.I station
as the METAR station from which weather reports shall be retrieved.
-.I STATION
+.I station
shall be the stations's ICAO station identifier. This is equivalent
to running
.nf
- echo STATION > ~/.config/metar
+ printf '%s\\n' \fIstation\fP > ~/.config/metar
.fi
.TP
-\fBlist\fP [\fIPREFIX\fP]
+\fBlist\fP [\fIprefix\fP]
Print all METAR stations. This can take a very long time. You
are strongly encouraged to store the output to a file. For a,
not as good, list you can look at
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ not as good, list you can look at
To speed up the listing process, you can filter the output
by select the
-.I PREFIX
+.I prefix
of the ICAO station identifiers. If you look at the page with
the URL above, you will find the prefix for your country.
-.I PREFIX
+.I prefix
may be a regular expression. These regular expressions are
listed in
<https://\:github.com/\:maandree/\:metar/\:blob/\:master/\:prefixes>.
@@ -76,20 +76,20 @@ Each station is will be printed on a line, containing the its
name, country, ICAO station identifier, and location. The
ICAO station identifier is in parenthesis.
.TP
-\fBclosest\fP [\fILATITUDE\fP \fILONGITUDE\fP] [\fILIST\fP]
+\fBclosest\fP [\fIlatitude\fP \fIlongitude\fP] [\fIlist\fP]
Given a
-.I LATITUDE
+.I latitude
and
-.I LONGITUDE
+.I longitude
in decimal format, print the ICAO station identifier of the
closest METAR station. If you have already created a list of
all stations using the action list, specify the filename of
that list as the
-.I LIST
+.I list
argument. If
-.I LATITUDE
+.I latitude
and
-.I LONGITUDE
+.I longitude
are omitted, ~/.config/geolocation, or /etc/geolocation,
is used.
.SH "FILES"
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ programs are encouraged to use this file too.
Used to get your location in case
.B metar closest
is invoked without
-.I LATITUDE
+.I latitude
annd
-.IR LONGITUDE .
+.IR longitude .
This file contains your geographical location using the Global
Positioning System in decimal format. This will never change.
Other programs are encouraged to use this file too.
@@ -133,14 +133,3 @@ you should specify a negative longitude when using the action
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR xpybar (1),
.BR localeme (1)
-.SH "LICENSE"
-Copyright \(co 2016 Mattias Andrée
-.br
-License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://\:gnu.org/\:licenses/\:gpl.html>.
-.br
-This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
-.br
-There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
-.SH "BUGS"
-Please report bugs to <https://\:github.com/\:maandree/\:metar/\:issues>
-or to <maandree@member.fsf.org>.