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[91.64.201.42]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p13sm23141615bkd.4.2011.12.11.03.22.11 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:22:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <746538930812A54DA07A768D52329470020EE17449@exvic-mbx01.nexus.csiro.au> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.214.41; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 04G7LmdSi - c9ed29c71a67 - 20111211 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.155 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:73071 Archived-At: Am 11.12.2011 11:25, schrieb Robin.Kirkham@csiro.au: > All, > > I have put together some suggestions to extend the number formatting > capability in \unit, particularly for scientific and engineering purposes, > including basic support for tolerances and uncertainties. > > It is a bit long, so source is attached and a PDF is at > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36891398/units6.pdf > > Of course, this is just my opinion, so I welcome any feedback from the list. I like your suggestions. Especially the current handling of `e-23` etc. is not intuitive but rather confusing and does not meet the standard. I do not know if there is already a solution for automatically shortening the number of digits in the output, but that would be nice, too. Xenia ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________