Added info about the new settings.py web-ui
All credit to TobyChui for his great work and time to create a web-ui for easily modifying the settings in the programm. The modified version is now up-to-date and has extended to support all new functions. Instructions on usage have also been added.
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This software fully supports the 3-Colour **and** 2-Colour version of the 7.5" E-Paper display from waveshare/gooddisplay and works with Raspberry Pi 2, 3 and 0 (Zero, Zero W, Zero WH).
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This software fully supports the 3-Colour **and** 2-Colour version of the 7.5" E-Paper display from waveshare/gooddisplay and works with Raspberry Pi 2, 3 and 0 (Zero, Zero W, Zero WH).
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## News:
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## News:
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* **Added a user-friendly Web-UI for adding details to the programm** (Credit to TobyChui for the template)
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* **Version 1.5 released (Early February 2019) with a new layout, displayed events and many back-end improvements**
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* **Version 1.5 released (Early February 2019) with a new layout, displayed events and many back-end improvements**
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## Preview
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## Preview
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<img src="https://github.com/aceisace/Inky-Calendar/blob/master/Gallery/installer-v1-5-p1.png" width="650"><img src="https://github.com/aceisace/Inky-Calendar/blob/master/Gallery/installer-v1-5-p2.png" width="650">
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<img src="https://github.com/aceisace/Inky-Calendar/blob/master/Gallery/installer-v1-5-p1.png" width="650"><img src="https://github.com/aceisace/Inky-Calendar/blob/master/Gallery/installer-v1-5-p2.png" width="650">
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## Adding details to the programm
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## Adding details to the programm
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Once the packages are installed, navigate to the home directory, open 'E-Paper-Calendar' and open the file 'settings.py' inside the Calendar folder. Adjust the values using the list below as a reference. You can edit the settings.py file by typing:
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There are currently 2 ways to add details to the programm, the user-friendly method and the legacy method. It's recommended to use the
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user-friendly option first. If you encounter any bugs, please use the legacy method and write a comment describing the bug.
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1) **User-friendly method**
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To use the new WEB-UI (Web-User-Interface), simply double-click the file Settings-Web-UI.html located in /home/pi/E-Paper-Calendar/Calendar/ to open up the document with the browser (Chrome etc.). Next, fill in the details (you can use the table below for a reference) and click on generate to create your settings.py file. Lastly, copy the generated 'settings.py' file to /home/pi/E-Paper-Calendar/Calendar (the same path where the settings.py file is) and try starting the main script with:
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python3.5 /home/pi/E-Paper-Calendar/Calendar/E-Paper.py.
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If you encounter any issues, please leave a comment here or via email. Thanks in advance.
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2) **Legacy method**
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Navigate to the home directory, open 'E-Paper-Calendar' and open the file 'settings.py' inside the Calendar folder. Adjust the values using the list below as a reference. You can edit the settings.py file by typing:
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`nano /home/pi/E-Paper-Calendar/Calendar/settings.py` in the Terminal.
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`nano /home/pi/E-Paper-Calendar/Calendar/settings.py` in the Terminal.
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