Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-09 Thread Hans Hagen
On 7-12-2011 22:27, Marco wrote: There seems to be a bug in the new unit system for \unit{kbit}: % bit \unit{kilo bit} % kbit \unit{kilobit} % kbit \unit{kbit} % kB, shouldn't this be kbit? Another thing: \unit{3.4e-5} yields to 3.4⁻⁵ that's expected according to the manual. But how

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-09 Thread Marco
On 2011-12-09 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: \unit{3.4e-5} yields to 3.4⁻⁵ that's expected according to the manual. But how to get 3.4·10⁻⁵ (either with \cot or \times)? indeed .. here's the fix \unexpanded\def\digitspower#1% {\times10\digits_raised{#1}}

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-09 Thread Hans Hagen
On 9-12-2011 20:41, Marco wrote: One feature request: Could it be make configurable to either insert a \times or a \cdot? is already possible - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-09 Thread Marco
On 2011-12-09 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 9-12-2011 20:41, Marco wrote: One feature request: Could it be make configurable to either insert a \times or a \cdot? is already possible How? ___ If

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-09 Thread Hans Hagen
On 9-12-2011 22:01, Marco wrote: On 2011-12-09 Hans Hagenpra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 9-12-2011 20:41, Marco wrote: One feature request: Could it be make configurable to either insert a \times or a \cdot? is already possible How?

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-08 Thread Ian Lawrence
I solved this = getting what I wanted by writing my own macro: \define[3]\physicalquantitye{\hbox{#1 \times \unit{10^#2 #3}}} % \physicalquantitye{number}{exponent}{unit} -- gives short form of unit That makes sense to me and is working fine. There are a few more like this on the wiki (units

[NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Marco
There seems to be a bug in the new unit system for \unit{kbit}: % bit \unit{kilo bit} % kbit \unit{kilobit} % kbit \unit{kbit} % kB, shouldn't this be kbit? Another thing: \unit{3.4e-5} yields to 3.4⁻⁵ that's expected according to the manual. But how to get 3.4·10⁻⁵ (either with \cot

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 22:27, Marco net...@lavabit.com wrote: There seems to be a bug in the new unit system for \unit{kbit}: % bit \unit{kilo bit}  % kbit \unit{kilobit}   % kbit \unit{kbit}      % kB, shouldn't this be kbit? kB is kilobyte, not kilobit, but kb is probably also valid?

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Marco
On 2011-12-07 Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 22:27, Marco net...@lavabit.com wrote: There seems to be a bug in the new unit system for \unit{kbit}: % bit \unit{kilo bit}  % kbit \unit{kilobit}   % kbit \unit{kbit}      % kB, shouldn't this

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 00:12, Marco wrote: On 2011-12-07 Mojca Miklavec wrote: \unit{3.4e-5}   yields   to  3.4⁻⁵   that's   expected according to the manual. But the behaviour is wrong. I don't know if it's wrong. But 5e3 would render 5^3 which is hopefully still 125. It's very

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 00:12, Marco wrote: On 2011-12-07 Mojca Miklavec wrote: \unit{3.4e-5}   yields   to  3.4⁻⁵   that's   expected according to the manual. But the behaviour is wrong. I don't know