From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Amendments in calc-units.el Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:39:54 +0200 Message-ID: <85u0feld1x.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87hdbihexg.fsf@wilson.rwth-aachen.de> <87irvuvcip.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1129672805 20114 80.91.229.2 (18 Oct 2005 22:00:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:00:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 19 00:00:02 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERzTJ-00012v-T5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:58:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERzTJ-0002MT-B8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:58:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ERzT7-0002MO-BF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ERzT6-0002MB-On for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:58:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERzT6-0002M8-K7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:58:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ERzT6-0003oM-VR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:58:01 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ERzT5-0000bC-JP; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:57:59 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 22F481C4CD7E; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:39:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: belanger@truman.edu In-Reply-To: <87irvuvcip.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> (Jay Belanger's message of "Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:41:18 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:44278 Archived-At: Jay Belanger writes: > Miles Bader writes: > >> 2005/10/16, Torsten Bronger : >>> 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). >> >> I suspect more calc users use postscript points than "real points"... > > I don't have a strong opinion on this, but would using "point" for > PostScript point be less accurate? Also, using "point" for point (of > whatever kind) and "tpt" for TeX point lacks symmetry; perhaps > "texpoint" for TeX point would be better. It's too long to enter already. It would be an idea to offer all TeX dimensions with t prefixed: tpt (TeX's point) tpc (TeX's pica) tcc (TeX's cicero) tcm (TeX's cm. Hm, seems unnecessary) tbp (TeX's big point, same as point) tsp (TeX's scaled point, collides with teaspoon. Too bad) Seems like this scheme is not feasible, either. That's somewhat of a nuisance, since TeX users would probably like to be able to work with calc without investing too much thought. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum