Easy fix to allow characters with an umlaut. In the skin.conf file that you are using, change this
[[SummaryByMonth]] # Reports that summarize "by month" [[[NOAA_month]]] encoding = strict_ascii template = NOAA/NOAA-%Y-%m.txt.tmpl [[SummaryByYear]] # Reports that summarize "by year" [[[NOAA_year]]] encoding = strict_ascii template = NOAA/NOAA-%Y.txt.tmpl to this [[SummaryByMonth]] # Reports that summarize "by month" [[[NOAA_month]]] encoding = utf8 template = NOAA/NOAA-%Y-%m.txt.tmpl [[SummaryByYear]] # Reports that summarize "by year" [[[NOAA_year]]] encoding = utf8 template = NOAA/NOAA-%Y.txt.tmpl On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:42 AM gjr80 <gjroder...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes it would but the current code base is limited to what we can do with > the python string encode() function. However, I have an idea for something > we could do to hopefully improve things, let me discuss with Tom. > > Gary > > On Tuesday, 26 January 2021 at 17:55:23 UTC+10 sjr4...@gmail.com wrote: > >> wouldn't that make more sense to drop the umlaut and Düsseldorf = >> Dusseldorf - that is what other webservices do that can't deal with >> non-ascii characters. would be better than dropping the character completely >> >> On Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 7:02:00 AM UTC+1 gjr80 wrote: >> >>> NOAA files use strict_ascii encoding >>> <http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#Specifying_template_files> so no >>> umlauts or other accented characters unfortunately. You can change the >>> encoding but as the NOAA format reports are tabulated reports it will mess >>> up the format of the report. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> On Tuesday, 26 January 2021 at 15:53:23 UTC+10 sjr4...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> The staion name has a German umlaut in it. It shows correctly on the >>>> web pages, but in the NOAA files it misses the letter completely. >>>> e.g. name = "Köln", NOAA file has "Kln" >>>> >>>> On Monday, January 25, 2021 at 11:52:49 PM UTC+1 tke...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> dumb question. the climatogical report & summary - Name, is missing "ö" >>>>>> looks like it did not like UTF-8. >>>>>> is there a way to manually fix this? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Not a dumb question at all, but I don't understand it either. What >>>>> "ö"? >>>>> >>>> -- > 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 on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/614395f3-d991-45f9-ad80-dba7fe59168en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/614395f3-d991-45f9-ad80-dba7fe59168en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEDZdUrj-sZ%2B3x%2BeSfOeH4kxC6T%2BoCBWu2KnqVJrfW-OAQ%40mail.gmail.com.