Package: units Version: 1.87-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch
The units database does not have the twip unit. A twip is a unit of length that is a 1/20th of a point, a point being a 1/72th of an inch. It is an abbreviation of "twentieth of a point". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twip for more details and some sketchy references. This works for me: --- /usr/share/misc/units.dat.orig 2009-03-19 17:27:00.000000000 +0000 +++ /usr/share/misc/units.dat 2009-03-19 17:30:42.000000000 +0000 @@ -2736,6 +2736,7 @@ point computerpoint computerpica 12 computerpoint # to an even 1|72 inch by computer postscriptpoint computerpoint # people at some point. +twip 1|20 computerpoint # abbreviation of twentieth of a point pspoint postscriptpoint Q 1|4 mm # Used in Japanese phototypesetting # Q is for quarter -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.12-bytemark-kvm-2009-01-19 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages units depends on: ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline5 5.2-3.1 GNU readline and history libraries units recommends no packages. units suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
