From: Marco Patzer <lists@homerow.info>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: [NTG-context] Re: Using Farad with \unit messes up feet, µ not recognised as prefix
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 16:27:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231003162431.0c6e863e@homerow> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10b0f30c-72d8-b7c1-76d5-35e214cd4ed2@gmail.com>
On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 15:42:57 +0200
Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Marco Patzer schrieb am 03.10.2023 um 12:31:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I struggle using the unit Farad (unit of capacitance):
>
> The unit "farad" exists.
You're right \unit{10 Farad} works.
> The unit for feet is "foot" and "ft" is a combination of a prefix
> (femto) and a unit (tonne).
Makes sense if you think about it. Never crossed my mind that ft not
meaning feet in this instance and also never contemplated the
existence of a “femto tonne”.
> You can list the individual parts in the log file with the
> "physics.units" tracker.
That gives some insight, indeed. Thanks.
What about:
\unit{10 um}
\unit{10 µm}
Can I assign µ to mean micro (prefix)?
Marco
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-03 10:31 [NTG-context] " Marco Patzer
2023-10-03 13:42 ` [NTG-context] " Wolfgang Schuster
2023-10-03 14:27 ` Marco Patzer [this message]
2023-10-03 15:06 ` Marco Patzer
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