HOW TO Change the default language or temperature units of the Weather Meter - SilverAzide/Gadgets GitHub Wiki

By default, the Weather Meter gadget will attempt to configure itself to use the language and temperature units that match or most closely match the locale as defined by your Windows configuration. Not all languages are supported by the Weather Meter, and while there are many languages supported by The Weather Channel, not all are available. Also, there are times where you may have your computer set for one locale, but you want to see the weather in a different locale (for example, you have your PC set to English (US) but you want to see the weather in French). If you want to override the temperature scale and force it to be different than the scale used in your locale, you must select a locale that uses the scale you want (e.g., you can select "English (US)" to force temperatures to be in Fahrenheit or "English (CA)" to force temperatures to be in Celsius).

There are two ways to manually configure the locale for your Weather Meter gadget.

1. Right-click the Weather Meter gadget.
2. From the Custom skin actions menu, select the language you want to use. Select Automatic (Default) to have the Weather Meter use your Windows locale and to restore default behavior.
   

1. Open the Settings for the Weather Meter by clicking the wrench icon in the upper right corner.
2. Uncheck the Use Windows Regional Settings option.
3. Navigate to your Gadgets Resources folder, typically C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\Gadgets\@Resources.
4. Use Notepad or your preferred text editor to open the WeatherVariables.inc file.
5. Change the LocaleName variable to any valid Windows locale (language tag) supported by Weather.com. The list of tags can be found here. The complete list of tags supported by Windows can be found here.
6. If you want temperatures in Fahrenheit, change the WxUnits variable to WxUnits=e (imperial). If you want temperatures in Celsius, change the variable to WxUnits=m (metric).
7. If needed, change the date and time formatting variables (FmtDate, FmtTime, and FmtMonthDay) to match the format you want.
8. Change the Lang variable to the language ID of an available language. The ID corresponds to the set of characters before the dash in the language tag. For example, for French Canadian (language tag fr-CA) the language ID is fr, so revise the line to Lang="FR". Use Lang="NA" to turn off all UI language translations. Please note that the language you select must correspond to one of the language files located in the @Resources\Language folder.
9. If you want to create your own translation file, one way is to make a copy of an existing file, like the English (EN) file, and translate each term on the right side of each pair of words. The name of your file must be Weather_<language ID>.inc.

Please note that text translations in the supplied language files may not be accurate and will need adjustment.