Re: [Motion-user] How to show the little degrees symbol on text_left

[Frank L. <fl_...@gm...>]

Hi David!

Am 19.01.2012 01:39, David Powell schrub:
> I'm trying to add the temperature to the text_left parm on my webcam.
> I got the temperature there easy enough, but I also want to add the
> little degrees symbol ( like this: 72 °F) but I can't figure out how to
> do it.  I tried "°" but that didn't work. I tried pasting the
> little circle in there directly but that caused it to display the word
> January!
> 
> Anyone know how to do this?

If you save the images it is possible to use

$ convert -draw "text x,y '°'" oldpic newpic

from within the script area in the config file ('on_picture_save').

If you are only using the classic webcam feature, then I don't know how to
do it.

regards
Frank