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 # Cosmic Weather Applet
 
-Weather applet for COSMIC
+A weather applet for the [COSMIC](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch) desktop environment that displays current conditions in the panel and a full forecast in a popup. Weather data is provided by [wttr.in](https://wttr.in) using IP-based geolocation.
 
-## Installation
+## Building
 
-A [justfile](./justfile) is included by default for the [casey/just][just] command runner.
-
-- `just` builds the application with the default `just build-release` recipe
-- `just run` builds and runs the application
-- `just install` installs the project into the system
-- `just vendor` creates a vendored tarball
-- `just build-vendored` compiles with vendored dependencies from that tarball
-- `just check` runs clippy on the project to check for linter warnings
-- `just check-json` can be used by IDEs that support LSP
-
-## Translators
-
-[Fluent][fluent] is used for localization of the software. Fluent's translation files are found in the [i18n directory](./i18n). New translations may copy the [English (en) localization](./i18n/en) of the project, rename `en` to the desired [ISO 639-1 language code][iso-codes], and then translations can be provided for each [message identifier][fluent-guide]. If no translation is necessary, the message may be omitted.
-
-## Packaging
-
-If packaging for a Linux distribution, vendor dependencies locally with the `vendor` rule, and build with the vendored sources using the `build-vendored` rule. When installing files, use the `rootdir` and `prefix` variables to change installation paths.
+Requires a Rust toolchain. Install via [rustup](https://rustup.rs/) if needed.
 
 ```sh
-just vendor
-just build-vendored
-just rootdir=debian/cosmic-weather-applet prefix=/usr install
+cargo build --release
 ```
 
-It is recommended to build a source tarball with the vendored dependencies, which can typically be done by running `just vendor` on the host system before it enters the build environment.
+## Testing
 
-## Developers
+For development, `cargo run` launches the applet in a standalone window in the center of the display. It behaves the same as when embedded in the panel.
 
-Developers should install [rustup][rustup] and configure their editor to use [rust-analyzer][rust-analyzer]. To improve compilation times, disable LTO in the release profile, install the [mold][mold] linker, and configure [sccache][sccache] for use with Rust. The [mold][mold] linker will only improve link times if LTO is disabled.
+```sh
+cargo run
+```
 
-[fluent]: https://projectfluent.org/
-[fluent-guide]: https://projectfluent.org/fluent/guide/hello.html
-[iso-codes]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes
-[just]: https://github.com/casey/just
-[rustup]: https://rustup.rs/
-[rust-analyzer]: https://rust-analyzer.github.io/
-[mold]: https://github.com/rui314/mold
-[sccache]: https://github.com/mozilla/sccache
+## Deploying
+
+To deploy to your local user session, build a release binary, replace the running instance, and restart the panel so it picks up the new binary:
+
+```sh
+cargo build --release
+cp target/release/cosmic-weather-applet ~/.local/bin/
+# Restart the applet and panel
+killall cosmic-weather-applet
+killall cosmic-panel
+```
+
+The panel will relaunch automatically and load the updated applet.
+
+## Localization
+
+[Fluent](https://projectfluent.org/) is used for localization. Translation files are in the [i18n directory](./i18n). To add a new language, copy the [English (en) localization](./i18n/en), rename the directory to the target [ISO 639-1 language code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes), and translate the message values.