Jay Belanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... >>> Also, using "point" for point (of >>> whatever kind) and "tpt" for TeX point lacks symmetry; perhaps >>> "texpoint" for TeX point would be better. >> >> Well you're probably right that it should be "pspoint", with an alias. > > That's a good idea, although I was thinking of "pt" vs "point" difference. > >> [The common name for what tex uses seems to be "typographer's point"] > > According to the data file for the units program, the printer's point > (the same as typographer's point?) is precisely 0.013837 inches, while > the TeX point is 1/72.27 inches = 0.013837000138... inches. Then the > units program cheerfully ignores the difference. Makes sense, > perhaps.
Not really. The TeX dimensions happen to be all _rationally_ related to the metric system and are exactly representable. One should probably have all TeX dimensions be defined in the course of those ratios: that makes it possible to use rational operations for converting units between TeX and PostScript (for example). -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
