From kde-core-devel Thu Sep 19 22:50:51 2002 From: Neil Stevens Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 22:50:51 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: [RFC] SI Units in KDE X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=103247587608305 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday September 19, 2002 03:38, Ryan Cumming wrote: > On September 19, 2002 15:19, Neil Stevens wrote: > > > Maybe we could use "old-style" MB when the user has selected > > > imperial as their measurement system? I can see how that could get > > > confusing, however, as "MB" would then have two different meanings. > > > > Ah, so it's not only enough that you want to be able to clear > > confuson, but you want to impose your measuring system on the whole > > world? > > Where did you get that from? Your last sentence was backing away from the configurability, somehow implying that the traditional use of MB is more "confusing" than the new one. > > You still haven't answered one of my original questions: What does > > ifconfig have to do with anything? > > ifconfig is an example of the SI units showing up in user tools. Another > example would be du's strict-SI mode. ifconfig is not a user tool, and du defaults to the binary powers. 50% split in your sample, so why don't you add a global setting to the KDE 3.2 feature plan? - -- Neil Stevens - neil@qualityassistant.com "I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9ilTLf7mnligQOmERAulbAJ9N1TLet986qYoZAGe07jMf2PncCACdG/zx GV6drIQsz/W+m2HcoePDxIs= =jldo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----