From opensuse Mon Jul 13 20:25:05 2009 From: "Carlos E. R." Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:25:05 +0000 To: opensuse Subject: Re: [opensuse] How to configure konqueror to show KB and MB instead Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=opensuse&m=124751673101126 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="---1463809023-322446090-1247515798=:5712" This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---1463809023-322446090-1247515798=:5712 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=UTF-8; FORMAT=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-ID: On Tuesday, 2009-07-07 at 01:07 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote: > 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. You can not change it, period. MiB is the correct unit per the current standard, so it is here to stay, and devs have the "obligation" to use it. I think I read a commitment to that end somewhere, perhaps in Novell or openSUSE. You could request the devs to add a setting to measure sizes in multiples of 10 instead, and then the units would show as "MB", but meaning 10⁶, which is not what you expect. Some references: IEEE 1541-2002 is a standard issued by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) concerning the use of prefixes for binary multiples of units of measurement related to digital electronics and computing. International Electrotechnical Commission's standard on Letter symbols to be used in electrical technology And there you can find the references to the official references of the professional associations. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpbmCgACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WPJwCfSQWZH8Aw9deA4f+oiBOEQjFe D4oAn3X73W+svTWvO9baXHESnGGDA/vU =eX9s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---1463809023-322446090-1247515798=:5712-- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org