On 28 May 2010 14:20, Markus Krötzsch <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org> wrote: > On Freitag, 28. Mai 2010, Dan Bolser wrote: >> On 28 May 2010 09:55, Markus Krötzsch <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org> wrote: >> > On Freitag, 28. Mai 2010, Dan Bolser wrote: >> >> I guess this should be on the devel list >> >> >> >> On 27 May 2010 15:14, Dan Bolser <dan.bol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > About the fix proposed here: >> >> > >> >> > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23679 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Given that plain (unformatted) printout is just a special case of the >> >> > way units are selected, don't you think it's reasonable to suppress >> >> > the output of units when using plain (unformatted) printouts? >> >> > >> >> > i.e. If I say: >> >> > >> >> > * {{#show: Some page | ? My property # seconds }} >> >> > * {{#show: Some page | ? My property # hours }} >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > It's clear that I want the result in seconds or hours, respectively. >> >> > However, if I say: >> >> > >> >> > * {{#show: Some page | ? My property # - }} >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Isn't it clear that I don't want units? >> > >> > The analogy of #- and #unit is not quite correct, because #- is supported >> > by all datatypes while #unit is specific to the numeric types with units. >> > A value that is a (physical) dimension consists of a number multiplied by >> > a quantity (unit), so leaving away the unit would really change the >> > value. >> > >> > But it makes sense to have a way of accessing only the number and maybe >> > also only the unit. We do not have to use #- as the only special format: >> > we can simply have two more formats for the two behaviours. I just need a >> > useful name for them (keeping in mind that the format names should avoid >> > conflicts with names of units that someone might want to use). How about >> > the following? >> > >> > Given a value "12,345.6 km": >> > #- for "12345.6 km" (as it is now) >> > #-n for "12345.6" >> > #-u for "km" >> >> Great idea! > > Ok, so be it. SVN is updated, the feature will be part of SMW 1.5.1 as > released next week. I would be grateful if someone could document this in the > SMW manual (in two places: for Type:Number and for types with custom units).
Done (under [[Help:Displaying information]]): * http://semantic-mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help%3ADisplaying_information&diff=2852&oldid=1861 * http://semantic-mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help%3ADisplaying_information&diff=2853&oldid=2852 I couldn't see where to fit this information in under [[Help:Custom units]] or [[Type:Number]]. Cheers, Dan. > Markus > > > -- > Markus Krötzsch <mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org> > * Personal page: http://korrekt.org > * Semantic MediaWiki: http://semantic-mediawiki.org > * Semantic Web textbook: http://semantic-web-book.org > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
