From: Ian Lawrence <physics.rooted@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: more unit weirdness
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:20:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1888BB95-8616-4884-AE04-50A251CCAFE8@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <291A20C2-3196-43A6-948E-4029ACD9ADD8@googlemail.com>
Your wish &c
\starttext
\unit{10 kilo gram}
\unit{1 kilogram}
\unit{0.1 kilogram}
\stoptext
Output:
10 kg
1 kg
1 kg
I think the leading zeros before the decimal point are always clipped…
On 10 Aug 2011, at 14:27, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>
> Am 10.08.2011 um 13:33 schrieb Ian Lawrence:
>
>> I am getting some odd effects...
>>
>>
>> \CheckList % a checkbox list
>> \item \lunit{3 kilogram} block of iron
>> \item \lunit{10 000 kilogram} steel hull car ferry
>> \item \lunit{\digits{0.02} kilogram} piece of iron
>> \item \lunit{10 000 kilogram} wooden hull car ferry
>> \item \lunit{500 kilogram} block of wood
>> \item \lunit{5 gram} brass screw
>> \item \lunit{10 kilogram} piece of wood
>> \item \lunit{5 gram} plastic clothes peg
>> \item \lunit{\digits{0.5} kilogram} football
>> \item \lunit{3 kilogram} block of ice
>> \EndList
>>
>> Here the leading '0.' are dropped, even with the wrapping \{digit}
>>
>> If I put them the same list inside a /startlines /stoplines pair and the digits, then still the leading '0.' are dropped:
>>
>> \startlines
>> \lunit{3 kilogram} block of iron
>> \lunit{10 000 kilogram} steel hull car ferry
>> \lunit{\digits{0.02} kilogram} piece of iron
>> \lunit{10 000 kilogram} wooden hull car ferry
>> \lunit{500 kilogram} block of wood
>> \lunit{5 gram} brass screw
>> \lunit{10 kilogram} piece of wood
>> \lunit{5 gram} plastic clothes peg
>> \lunit{\digits{0.5} kilogram} football
>> \lunit{3 kilogram} block of ice
>> \stoplines
>>
>> But if I drop the digits{} wrapper, then I get weird interline spacing
>>
>> \startlines
>> \lunit{3 kilogram} block of iron
>> \lunit{10 000 kilogram} steel hull car ferry
>> \lunit{0.02 kilogram} piece of iron
>> \lunit{10 000 kilogram} wooden hull car ferry
>> \lunit{500 kilogram} block of wood
>> \lunit{5 gram} brass screw
>> \lunit{10 kilogram} piece of wood
>> \lunit{5 gram} plastic clothes peg
>> \lunit{0.5 kilogram} football
>> \lunit{3 kilogram} block of ice
>> \stoplines
>>
>>
>> **ggnnnggg**
>>
>> Anyone else with particular wisdom?
>
> Send a complete *working* example.
>
> Wolfgang
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-10 11:33 Ian Lawrence
2011-08-10 13:27 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2011-08-10 20:20 ` Ian Lawrence [this message]
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