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[184.155.95.203]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t9sm249886obv.8.2012.01.20.20.22.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:22:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <8762g8i7s6.fsf@niu.edu> (Roland Winkler's message of "Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:24:41 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:55882 Archived-At: > In Calc type > > 'e T m^2 / hbar > > Convert this to SI units with u c si RET > - That's perfect. We get a dimensionless number. > Let's try again. In Calc type (more my range of numbers) > > 'e T nm^2 / hbar > > Now when we type again u c, Calc remembers what we did before. > So as a unit it offers "default 1". Let's take this default. > So just type RET > > Error: No units specified > > In other words: if an expression with units simplifies to a > dimensionless number, Calc does not accept the unit "1", though it > even offers this unit as a default for calc-convert-units. The version of Calc in bzr Emacs will no longer offer "1" as a default.