On 12/4/10 3:36 PM, "Mark Polesky" <[email protected]> wrote:
> David Kastrup wrote: >>> We can define all of these as exact quantities: >>> >>> guile> (define mm 1) >>> guile> (define cm (* 10 mm)) >>> guile> (define in (* 254 (/ mm 10))) >>> guile> (define pt (/ (* 100 in) 7227)) >> >> Probably nice. > > This is easier to read, and numerically the same, right? Yes, very nice! I had forgotten that fractions were exact, too. > > (define mm 1) > (define cm (* 10 mm)) > (define in (* 254/10 mm)) > (define pt (* 2540/7227 mm)) You might want to consider (define pt (* 100/7227 in)) Since the point is defined in terms of inches, instead of mm. Thanks, Carl _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
