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| author | Jay Belanger | 2005-10-28 04:49:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Jay Belanger | 2005-10-28 04:49:41 +0000 |
| commit | 5dee9246a3c9d29745b6486f30dcaa57255b3530 (patch) | |
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(Predefined Units): Fix the symbol for a TeX points, mention other
TeX-related units.
| -rw-r--r-- | man/calc.texi | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/calc.texi b/man/calc.texi index df92a3f2e9b..726a7bc7a0c 100644 --- a/man/calc.texi +++ b/man/calc.texi | |||
| @@ -27991,9 +27991,17 @@ for Angstroms. | |||
| 27991 | @end ifinfo | 27991 | @end ifinfo |
| 27992 | 27992 | ||
| 27993 | The unit @code{pt} stands for pints; the name @code{point} stands for | 27993 | The unit @code{pt} stands for pints; the name @code{point} stands for |
| 27994 | a typographical point, defined by @samp{72 point = 1 in}. There is | 27994 | a typographical point, defined by @samp{72 point = 1 in}. This is |
| 27995 | also @code{tpt}, which stands for a printer's point as defined by the | 27995 | slightly different than the point defined by the American Typefounder's |
| 27996 | @TeX{} typesetting system: @samp{72.27 tpt = 1 in}. | 27996 | Association in 1886, but the point used by Calc has become standard |
| 27997 | largely due to its use by the PostScript page description language. | ||
| 27998 | There is also @code{texpt}, which stands for a printer's point as | ||
| 27999 | defined by the @TeX{} typesetting system: @samp{72.27 texpt = 1 in}. | ||
| 28000 | Other units used by @TeX{} are available; they are @code{texpc} (a pica), | ||
| 28001 | @code{texbp} (a ``big point'', equal to a standard point which is larger | ||
| 28002 | than the point used by @TeX{}), @code{texdd} (a Didot point), | ||
| 28003 | @code{texcc} (a Cicero) and @code{texsp} (a scaled @TeX{} point, | ||
| 28004 | all dimensions representable in @TeX{} are multiples of this value). | ||
| 27997 | 28005 | ||
| 27998 | The unit @code{e} stands for the elementary (electron) unit of charge; | 28006 | The unit @code{e} stands for the elementary (electron) unit of charge; |
| 27999 | because algebra command could mistake this for the special constant | 28007 | because algebra command could mistake this for the special constant |