Markus Krötzsch wrote: > On Montag, 14. Januar 2008, Temlakos wrote: > >> I don't know exactly how to generate a patch, but back at SMW-1.0-RC2, I >> added support for Rankine degrees to the Temperature data type. A >> Rankine degree is an absolute degree, like the kelvin, but it has the >> same size as a Fahrenheit degree instead of that of a Celsius degree or >> a kelvin. The conversion from Rankines to Kelvins is a linear one: one >> Kelvin is 1.8 Rankine degrees. >> >> In the absence of a patch, I'm sending the entire Temperature data-type >> file, reflecting my Rankine support and all the latest additions as of >> the SMW-1.0 stable release. >> > > OK, I have integrated your conde into SVN. I am surprised that Rankine is > still in use. I hope that none of the remaining temperature scales is > relevant in practice, since otherwise the conversion tooltip would get too > long ;-) > > Markus > > Thank you. And I can assure you that /no/ other temperature scales would be relevant.
Of course, if I might make so bold, if we /did/ need to represent more units than those four, then perhaps the property "Display units::" could have a meaning beyond its present use in linear data types. Terry A. Hurlbut ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
