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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Precision (Re: koffice/kpresenter)
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2004-04-24 22:33:43
Message-ID: 200404250033.43612.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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On Sunday 25 April 2004 00:23, David Faure wrote:
> On Saturday 24 April 2004 22:28, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > > My idea with the unit widgets was more to be able to switch the unit in
> > > the GUI, to be able to choose which unit fits best for a given
> > > parameter, but still with an internal storage in pt. This would allow
> > > people to e.g. enter linespacing between paragraphs either in pt or in
> > > mm.
> >
> > Yes, sure but currently you just can enter the value. So if you use mm as
> > global unit, you cannot use 1/100 pt, even if you can do it using points
> > as global unit.
>
> Isn't this what you implemented in kounitwidgets, being able to type "3pt"
> ?

Yes, but when you have finished typing the "pt", it is immediately converted 
in the global unit. (Not very user friendly, surely not what a user expect 
from other applications.)

So if you type:
0.03pt
you will get immediately:
0.01mm
when using millimeters but
0in
when using inchs.

>
(...)

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