While changing the unit measurements is probably the best answer (and
using points would give the best control -- and is probably easiest
for someone used to inches to deal with 27 points is 3/8th).
This might be a silly question but the difference between .375 and .
38 would be tough to see, and unless you are outputting to an
imagesetter, outside what you can reproduce. Does it really make a
difference?
On a more general note, how many other compromises to usability are
"acceptable"? The "majority" of the world will never user a Swedish
version of the program, does that mean that one should not be available?
Andy
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On Oct 28, 2005, at 4:49 AM, Jonathon Blake wrote:
John wrote:
But the user should not have to use a less familiar unit of
measurement.
For the majority of the world --- which means _every_ country but the
united states --- the inch is the unknown and much less familiar unit
of measurement. [Wondering if South African law still classifies use
of the imperial system as aiding and betting terrorism.]
How hard could it be to add some decimal places?
The issue is one of correctly translating the unit measurements to the
internal representation. More than two decimal places adds noise,
rather than signal.
xan
jonathon
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