digits

digits

[Hans Hagen]

Hi,

In response on all this decimal discussions i posted a new magazine 
(mag-0003) about a feature that is maybe unknown.

[btw, it is no problem to make digit handling language dependent, at least 
the presets; math/physics is another thing and needs more discussion]

[i had also planned to upload a new beta but my internet connection is too 
slow today; adsl in a couple of month]

Hans
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Re: digits

[Eckhart Guthöhrlein]

On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 12:13:37AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
> In response on all this decimal discussions i posted a new magazine 
> (mag-0003) about a feature that is maybe unknown.

Hans, thank you for your (as always) minimal response time. I had a
quick glance at the mag, and two thoughts came to my mind:

- Of course, I want to use a different seperator combination than
	available with the predefined modes. Others will have yet more
	different wishes. So when it comes to implementing a higher-level user
	interface one day, it may be better to make thousands and decimal
	seperators definable seperately instead of numbering all possible
	combinations

- At the same point, please don't forget about that customization of the
	space between number and unit...

> [btw, it is no problem to make digit handling language dependent, at least 
> the presets; math/physics is another thing and needs more discussion]

My personal opinion is that I wouldn't want function names to be
language dependent. Concerning scientific language, a common
international set of names / symbols is a progress. Maybe not on the
common speech level, but which ordinary human being uses mathematics,
anyway ;-)
Ok, seriously, as far as German is concerned, I think we are quite happy
without internationalization for math / physics. On the other hand, I am
neither a mathematician nor a physicist, so there may be things I can't
even think of.

-- 
Eckhart

Re: digits

[Willi Egger]

Hi,

> In response on all this decimal discussions i posted a new magazine
> (mag-0003) about a feature that is maybe unknown.

Great! That reads easier than the module documentation of the source.... :-)
Willi

Re: digits

[Jens-Uwe Morawski]

On Sun, 18 May 2003 00:13:37 +0200
Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> In response on all this decimal discussions i posted a new magazine 
> (mag-0003) about a feature that is maybe unknown.

where can i find this magazine (and all the others)?

Thanks.

Jens

Re: digits

[Hans Hagen]

At 10:15 19/05/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>On Sun, 18 May 2003 00:13:37 +0200
>Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>
> > In response on all this decimal discussions i posted a new magazine
> > (mag-0003) about a feature that is maybe unknown.
>
>where can i find this magazine (and all the others)?


website -> show-mag.pdf

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                       Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
  tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com
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                        information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf
                     documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf
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Re: digits

[Eckhart Guthöhrlein]

On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 10:15:47AM +0200, Jens-Uwe Morawski wrote:
> where can i find this magazine (and all the others)?

http://www.pragma-ade.com/overview.htm

There is a link to this page from the main page, too.

-- 
Eckhart

Re: digits

[Jens-Uwe Morawski]

On Mon, 19 May 2003 10:37:11 +0200
Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> At 10:15 19/05/2003 +0200, you wrote:
> >On Sun, 18 May 2003 00:13:37 +0200
> >Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
> >
> > > In response on all this decimal discussions i posted a new magazine
> > > (mag-0003) about a feature that is maybe unknown.
> >
> >where can i find this magazine (and all the others)?
> 
> 
> website -> show-mag.pdf

Thanks. Can the MAGs be added to the documentation section of the web-site?
There are enough user who use a simple modem connection to the internet.
Forcing them to PDF-based navigation is IMO not a good idea.

Best,
  Jens