From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Amendments in calc-units.el
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:24:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85y84u7fdc.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hdbihexg.fsf@wilson.rwth-aachen.de> (Torsten Bronger's message of "Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:23:55 +0200")
Torsten Bronger <bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de> 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.
> ***************
> *** 74,80 ****
> ( L "1e-3 m^3" "Liter" )
> ( gal "4 qt" "US Gallon" )
> ( qt "2 pt" "Quart" )
> ! ( pt "2 cup" "Pint" )
> ( cup "8 ozfl" "Cup" )
> ( ozfl "2 tbsp" "Fluid Ounce" )
> ( floz "2 tbsp" "Fluid Ounce" )
> --- 74,80 ----
> ( L "1e-3 m^3" "Liter" )
> ( gal "4 qt" "US Gallon" )
> ( qt "2 pt" "Quart" )
> ! ( pint "2 cup" "Pint" )
> ( cup "8 ozfl" "Cup" )
> ( ozfl "2 tbsp" "Fluid Ounce" )
> ( floz "2 tbsp" "Fluid Ounce" )
So a quart now is two typographical points? Sorry, that does not
sound right.
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.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-15 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-15 17:23 Amendments in calc-units.el Torsten Bronger
2005-10-15 19:24 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2005-10-16 8:45 ` Torsten Bronger
2005-10-17 3:12 ` Jay Belanger
2005-10-17 6:33 ` James Cloos
2005-10-17 7:12 ` David Kastrup
2005-10-18 8:04 ` Juri Linkov
2005-10-16 1:56 ` Miles Bader
2005-10-16 7:26 ` David Kastrup
2005-10-18 19:41 ` Jay Belanger
2005-10-18 21:33 ` Miles Bader
2005-10-18 21:42 ` Jay Belanger
2005-10-18 22:01 ` David Kastrup
2005-10-19 9:05 ` Piet van Oostrum
2005-10-19 21:01 ` Piet van Oostrum
2005-10-18 21:39 ` David Kastrup
2005-10-18 22:04 ` Miles Bader
2005-10-18 22:15 ` David Kastrup
2005-10-19 14:01 ` Jay Belanger
2005-10-19 20:29 ` Jay Belanger
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