Alright, so I wanted to mess around with the style of my OMEGA Ω X-33 Marstimer, you know, give it that classic look. I had to figure out some stuff along the way, but I think I got it down now.
First off, I started digging around to see what I could do. It turns out, when you’re dealing with setting strings in the config, especially URLs, you gotta watch out for those special characters. Like, if you have some characters that are not allowed in URLs, you have to replace them with their URL-encoded versions. It’s kind of a pain, but it’s gotta be done.
So I found this neat tool online that helps you convert characters to their URL-encoded equivalents in real-time. It even comes with a cheat sheet, which is super handy. I spent a good chunk of time playing around with that, making sure I got all the right codes for the characters I needed.
Next up, I started poking around the web, looking for any info I could find on how to actually apply this to my watch. Turns out, the characters allowed in a URI are split into reserved and unreserved. Reserved characters have special meanings, like the slash used as a separator in URLs.
Then I found some posts about sending specific characters from the front end to the back end. There are a few special ones that need escaping, like the plus sign, which represents a space in URLs, and the slash, which separates directories.
After doing all that research and experimenting, I started to put together the config string I needed. I carefully replaced all the special characters with their encoded versions, double-checking everything to make sure it was correct.
- First, I found the correct encode chars.
- Then, I try to input them into my watch.
- After that, check the result.
It took some trial and error, but eventually, I got it working! My OMEGA Ω X-33 Marstimer now has that classic style I was going for. It was a bit of a process, but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I just played it step by step, and made some mistakes. It is really fun.
Hope this helps anyone else looking to do something similar. Just remember to watch out for those special characters and use that URL encoding tool!
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