# Ruby WX

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-wx/141598>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 27, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-wx/141598 "2008-06-27T14:51:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hans\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Hans\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hans_F)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-wx/141598/1 "2008-06-27T14:51:03Z")

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Ruby WX (not to be confused with wxRuby) version 0.1.5 is released. This  
is a bugfix release, but I also added a binary called metar that fetches  
and decodes the current METAR for a station, e.g.

$ metar klru  
KLRU 271231Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 24/12 A3011 RMK AO2  
Conditions at: KLRU  
Temperature/Dewpoint: 24°C / 12°C (75.2°F / 53.6°F) [RH 46.4%]  
Pressure (altimiter): 30.11 inches Hg (1019.6 mb)  
Winds: 220.0 degrees (SW) at 5 knots (5.8 MPH; 2.6 m/s)  
Visibility: 10 mi  
Clouds: Clear below 12000 ft  
Remarks: AO2

[http://hans.fugal.net/src/ruby-wx](http://hans.fugal.net/src/ruby-wx)

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**Author:** ![Hans\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Hans\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hans_F)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-wx/141598/2 "2008-06-27T20:16:29Z")

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On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Hans F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Ruby WX (not to be confused with wxRuby) version 0.1.5 is released.

In your readme, you state “WX is shorthand for weather in aviation  
circles.” Not only are the names Ruby WX and WxRuby quite similar, the  
your library directory layout, as shown by the require statement  
(“require ‘wx/metar’”) uses the directory ‘wx’, the same as WxRuby.  
This means that on some systems, such as those following the  
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (I know, many people hate it), files for  
WxRuby and Ruby WX would be in the same folder. Needless to say, this  
would be quite a mess. Even without caring for directory layouts, I  
think it’s expected that require “#{a}” and require "#{a}/#{b} will  
refer to related libraries. Please consider changing the name, and  
also the require path and directory layout to match.

Daniel Brumbaugh K.

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**Author:** ![Hans\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Hans\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hans_F)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-wx/141598/3 "2008-06-29T15:11:13Z")

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Hehe the first time I have read about RubyWX got me thinking whether  
this is a new ruby wxwidgets binding