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Weatherspell v0.1.0

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@github-actions github-actions released this 04 Oct 20:01
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The first release. Simply download Weatherspell.exe and run it. For Windows 10 (version 1903 or later) and Windows 11. Press F1 for the user guide.

Added

  • The forecast as text you can arrow through, select and copy, in sections: Alerts, Right now, Rest of today, the coming days, and Sources. Ctrl+PageDown and Ctrl+PageUp move between them, and every command is in a menu with its shortcut (#5, #15, #17, #23).
  • In Canada and the United States, including most US territories, the forecast in the words of official sources (Environment and Climate Change Canada or the National Weather Service), with current conditions from the nearest station (#3, #19).
  • Everywhere else, a forecast written from Open-Meteo data: the rest of today by part of day, and each coming day as a day and a night (#2).
  • Shows the location's own local time, with your PC time in parentheses when they differ. Each location's forecast is in one unit system: metric in Canada, and elsewhere per your Windows region (#2, #6, #21).
  • Urgent weather alerts for Canada and the United States, most severe first. Press Enter on an alert, or double-click it, for its details; Ctrl+Shift+A moves to the alerts section. Every saved location is checked every 10 minutes by default (configurable), and new alerts can be announced as they arrive (#4, #19, #20).
  • Add Location (Ctrl+Shift+L) finds a place by name, postal code or coordinates (#1, #18).
  • Manage Locations (Ctrl+L): put locations in order, rename them with a nickname such as "Home", remove them, and choose which locations' alerts are announced. Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+9 switch to the first nine (#1).
  • The forecast refreshes itself, every 30 minutes by default (configurable), without moving the caret, and says how old it is once it's out of date. Each location's last forecast and alerts are kept, and shown with their age when the weather service can't be reached (#5, #6, #7, #16).
  • Settings: how often the forecast refreshes and alerts are checked, and which new alerts are announced (#6).
  • The window follows the display scale and the Windows Text size setting, and opens how it was last closed (#5, #16).
  • A user guide (F1), and an About dialog with credits for each source (#8).