From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re: Units -- a few things
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:59:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43D13320.6020809@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43D124DC.7080705@kpatents.com>
Ville Voipio wrote:
>
> Well, then to a more practical thing... This is a very trivial
> question, but still. When writing a number and the unit, it would be
> nice to have automatic formatting. What I mean is that when I have a
> million two hundred thousand kilograms, I would like it to be typeset:
>
> 1(small space)200(small space)000(small space)kg
>
> Everything on a single row despite where it is. Now I write:
>
> 1\,200\,000\,\Kilo\Gram
>
> It would be more legible, if I could just write:
>
> \unit{1200000}{\Kilo\Gram}
>
> Taking care of all the fancy small spaces should be computer's
> problem. not mine... (Or does this mechanism already exist?)
grep for \digits
Hans
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