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=Introduction=
Esentially ''strings.ini'' is constructed by including parameters from ''samplestring.ini''. Each parameter is made up of an "attribute=value" pair, with the left hand side indicating what Cumulus is trying to output and the right hand side indicating the phrase you want Cumulus to use instead.▼
No Cumulus release includes a '''strings.ini''' file (note that unless you are running Cumulus in a Windows operating system, all characters in this file name must be lower case). It is a file that a Cumulus user can add to customise some of the output that comes from Cumulus software.
Note that you can only change the display of items that are already present in the samplestrings.ini file (and hence in your strings.ini file). You can't just add other items to the file and expect them to work.▼
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▲Note that you can only change the display of items that are already present in the samplestrings.ini file
Currently you can modify phrases associated with the following:
'''Legacy Cumulus 1.9.x'''
*Forecasting
*Moon phases
*Beaufort Scale
*Trend descriptions
*Compass points
*Graph titles (not applicable to MX)
*Additional sensor names
'''Cumulus MX (under development)'''
*Solar (not applicable to legacy Cumulus)
*Forecasting
*Moon phases
*Beaufort Scale
*Trend descriptions
*Compass points
*Extra sensor names (more extensive than legacy Cumulus)
(Please see [[Samplestring.ini]] page for full list of group names, appearing in square brackets [], for MX).
=Modifying the phrases=
[[Category:Cumulus Files]]
In the folder where you installed Cumulus, you will find a file called <tt>samplestrings.ini</tt>. Take a copy of this, leave it in the Cumulus installation folder, and rename it <tt>strings.ini</tt>. Note that your 'strings.ini' only needs to contain the rows with phrases you want to modify.
You can edit anything that follows the equals sign. By default, there is always a particular phrase already there, but you can replace the right hand text with the equivalent in another language, or with a similar but more descriptive phase that is easier for you to understand. If you do not want to change the right hand text, then the entire line can be deleted, and the default will be used by Cumulus.
'''You must restart Cumulus if you make changes to the
=Forecast phrases=
This section [ExtraSensorCaptions] allows you to assign meaningful names to any addtional sensors you may have added to your WMR100/200 weather station.
=Extra Temperature Captions, Extra Humidity Captions, Extra Dew Point Captions, Soil Temperature Captions, Soil Moisture Captions, Leaf Temperature Captions, and
Check which of these are available for the release you are running. There may be more than those listed here.
Meaningful descriptive labels can be assigned to each extra Davis or Oregon Scientific sensor by editing the lines in the following sections and placing a more appropriate descriptive name to the right of the equals sign:
* [ExtraTempCaptions]
=Solar=
Please note, the calculations used are approximate, this is a "fun" feature, not a "serious" feature.
[Solar]
MoreDaylightTomorrow=There will be {0}min {1}s more daylight tomorrow
LessDaylightTomorrow=There will be {0}min {1}s less daylight tomorrow
The {0} and {1} strings are placeholders for where you want the minutes and seconds to appear. Note by default, there is no space between figure and units.
Legacy Cumulus 1: Remember that these minutes and seconds are calculated only at midnight based on times for '''last Dawn''' and ''next Dusk'' that
MX: Recalculated during the day, so you may see the figures change depending on local time. Please remember, the dawn and dusk used may still be on different days.
▲Remember that these minutes and seconds are calculated based on times for last Dawn and next Dusk that may be on different days, so they are approximate in terms of the current local time.
=Example file=
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