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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: gaussian unit abbreviation
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2007-11-04 9:19:25
Message-ID: 472D8E9D.4040404 () acm ! org
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Sascha Pfau wrote:
> Am Sonntag 28 Oktober 2007 14:44:20 schrieb Frederik Schwarzer:
>> Hi,
>>
>> in kspread/extensions/engineering.xml the abbreviation of the unit gauss
>> is "ga" where I only can find "G" (and sometimes "Gs") as the correct
>> abbreviation.
> 
> according to the openformula specs "ga" is the abbreviation to be used. 
> 
That would have to be incorrect because units named for people start 
with a uppercase letter.  The commonly used abbreviation is: G. 
However, this might not be a suitable abbreviation for a spread sheet 
since there might be other units that could also use it.

-- 
JRT
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