Dylan Thurston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Great work! One documentation bug:
>
>> Now it is time to discuss units. \MP\ uses as basic unit
>> PostScript points which correspond to $1/72$ inch. We use
>> them in \FMP, too. |hspace 8| defines a horizontal
>> distance of $1/9$ inch or approximately $2.82$ mm.
>
> This contradicts the table that immediately follows, in
> which it is evident that a unit of '1' is one printer's
> point, 1/72.27 of an inch; the Postscript points are
> called 'bp'. Which is correct?
Thanks for spotting this mistake. FMPPicture.lhs has the answer:
> mm, pt, dd, bp, cm, pc, cc, inch:: Numeric
> mm = 2.83464
> pt = 0.99626
> dd = 1.06601
> bp = 1
> cm = 28.34645
> pc = 11.95517
> cc = 12.79213
> inch = 72
which a quick test also ensures. So the table is mistaken,
we will fix it shortly.
Cheers: Feri.
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