Torsten Bronger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel