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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] How to configure konqueror to show KB and MB instead
From:       Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-07-07 18:47:19
Message-ID: 87f94c370907071147o70033479i9dc64a165953ad1a () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Sven Burmeister<sven.burmeister@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 7. Juli 2009 08:07:29 schrieb David C. Rankin:
>> On Tuesday 30 June 2009 02:41:45 am Sven Burmeister wrote:
>> > Am Dienstag, 30. Juni 2009 09:34:37 schrieb Roger Oberholtzer:
>> > > >         KDE4 konqueror is displaying size in KiB and MiB instead of the
>> > > > traditional KB and MB. Where can I change this so I can view the size
>> > > > in KB & MB? The 'i' means nothing to my use of konqueror, but it is
>> > > > distracting to the eye to now have a whole new useless column of 'i's
>> > > > streaming down the page. The view is a whole lot cleaner without
>> > > > them. I'm sure somebody cares whether the file is 41.6 KiB instead of
>> > > > 41.6 KB, but I would be startled if the percentage of people that do
>> > > > exceeds 1%.
>> > >
>> > > Not only that, Ki is non standard. I have never seen KiG for kilograms,
>> > > or KiM for kilometers. Are milligrams now MiG and hectograms now HeG?
>> > > I think someone was bored one day. Or this is some emerging EU
>> > > standard?
>> >
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte
>> >
>> > I did not know that a kg could have more than 1000g and hence that this
>> > comparison would apply.
>> >
>> > > To answer your question, I do not know where to change it. Perhaps in
>> > > the locale settings where you set preferences for how money, date and
>> > > such thing are specified?
>> >
>> > I did not know that byte was a local format either.
>> >
>> > Sven
>>
>> Sven,
>>
>>       Thanks, but that was a "non-answer". The question is "where can I turn the
>> stupid "i" off to get MB and KB back?" MB could be defined and "duck soup"
>> by wikipedia and "MiB" could be defined as "horse crap" -- I don't care. I
>> just want to be able to choose whether I see MB or MiB displayed next to
>> the numbers and I prefer MB. This is KDE which is supposed to be
>> configurable. My screen space is at a premium and I don't need it wasted on
>> an additional column of "i"s streaming down my page that mean, and add,
>> "nothing" to my use of the desktop.
>>
>>       So please, asking politely, where do I turn them off? If you don't know,
>> then a simple non-reply will suffice. Thanks.
>
> I did reply to Roger Oberholtzer's email, threading helps! And please stop
> double posting to kde developer's list and opensuse list. As other have told
> you already, kde-devel is not for user support. Thanks.
>
> Don't forget to report a bug against zypper, it uses kib too.
>
> Sven

I have not followed this thread but I hope the request is to have
various apps display MiB and MB etc.

Where MiB is (1024)**2  and MB is (1000)**2

If so, I agree.  If the request is to continue to use the (1024)**2
factor, but change the suffix from MiB to MB, that is just plain
wrong.

Greg
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