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Re: Amendments in calc-units.el
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Torsten Bronger |
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Re: Amendments in calc-units.el |
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Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:45:23 +0200 |
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Hallöchen!
David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> Torsten Bronger <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I suggest two renamings of unit abbreviations in calc-units.el,
>> in the attached patch.
>>
>> "pt" should become "pint" in order to make room for the
>> typographic point (pt). I think this is more practical since the
>> latter is much more significant for calc usage, and its current
>> abbreviation "tpt" isn't used outside calc.
>>
>> Secondly, "point" should be renamed "bp" (big point). It's not
>> *the* point after all (but an invention by Adobe, as far as I
>> know).
>
> It is pretty widespread, I think.
>
>> [...]
>
> Anyway, I think it unreasonable to work with gal, qt, but then
> require "pint". If gal and qt are the usual abbreviations, then I
> think the normally used abbreviation for pint should also be used.
> Sure, TeX users would prefer to have pt and bp, but I don't think
> at the price of making the Imperial system inconsistent.
Thanks to you and Miles for your input. The most important "point"
is indeed the "1/72in" point. Therefore, I attached a slightly
different proposal: Keep "tpt" and add "pt" as a synonym for
"point".
(If changes are adopted, I'll also send the corresponding patch for
the docs.)
calc-units.el.diff
Description: Patch for calc-units.el (second try)
P.S.: The patch also removes the "degree" for "Kelvin". It was
included in a list I had sent to the then maintainer two years ago,
however, he seems to have missed this one.
--
Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus ICQ 264-296-646
Re: Amendments in calc-units.el, Miles Bader, 2005/10/15