From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#1018: 23.0.60; Calculator Units Table "weirdness" Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:26:54 -0500 Message-ID: <87y71hiemp.fsf@gmail.com> References: <874p46iyrk.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> Reply-To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com, 1018@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1222282217 5020 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2008 18:50:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:50:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 1018@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: David Hansen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 24 20:51:15 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KiZSD-0001x2-QU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56140 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KiZRB-0000UP-Kr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:50:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KiZR5-0000Sv-D9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:50:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KiZQz-0000Qh-Os for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:50:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60472 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KiZQz-0000Qb-FZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:49:57 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:46204) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KiZQy-0000c8-Q0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:49:57 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m8OInsYs000541; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:49:54 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m8OIZ5xn029673; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:35:05 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Jay Belanger Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:35:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1018 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1018-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1018.122228079928293 (code B ref 1018); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:35:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1018) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 24 Sep 2008 18:26:39 +0000 Original-Received: from uranium.truman.edu (uranium.truman.edu [150.243.160.94]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m8OIQag0028287 for <1018@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:26:37 -0700 Original-Received: from uranium.truman.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id E92D05821F; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:26:34 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from vh213601 (unknown [150.243.163.28]) by uranium.truman.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFDCB581FD; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:26:31 -0500 (CDT) In-Reply-To: <874p46iyrk.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> (David Hansen's message of "Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:59:43 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-CrossAssassin-Score: 2 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:50:02 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:20730 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:23079 Archived-At: David Hansen writes: ... >>>From the units table (u v in calc): > > tsp 492892159375 10^-11 ml Teaspoon The values are stored that way, instead of as a float, when they are exact. > is common, but at least the "Teaspoon" should be changed to > > tsp 4.92892159375 ml Teaspoon I'll add optional element to the `math-standard-units' entries that will determine how to display the definition in the table, so the tsp definition will be displayed as in the second case above. (I don't want to change the definition or have the table display all fractions as floats, so I'll have Calc determine how to display the entry on a case by case basis.) Perhaps there should also be an indicator in the displayed table telling whether the definition is exact or not. Jay