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| author | Jay Belanger | 2011-10-12 21:50:58 -0500 |
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| committer | Jay Belanger | 2011-10-12 21:50:58 -0500 |
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* calc.texi (Basic Operations on Units): Discuss temperature
conversion (`u t') alongside with other unit conversions ('u c').
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| 1 | 2011-10-13 Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com> | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | * calc.texi (Basic Operations on Units): Discuss temperature | ||
| 4 | conversion (`u t') alongside with other unit conversions ('u c'). | ||
| 5 | |||
| 1 | 2011-10-12 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 6 | 2011-10-12 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
| 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | * ert.texi: Whitespace trivia to make main menu items line up better. | 8 | * ert.texi: Whitespace trivia to make main menu items line up better. |
diff --git a/doc/misc/calc.texi b/doc/misc/calc.texi index f732eff5690..5a1ee872a2b 100644 --- a/doc/misc/calc.texi +++ b/doc/misc/calc.texi | |||
| @@ -27748,6 +27748,19 @@ the above example, entering the units expression @samp{100 km/hr} and | |||
| 27748 | typing @kbd{u c @key{RET}} (without specifying new units) produces | 27748 | typing @kbd{u c @key{RET}} (without specifying new units) produces |
| 27749 | @samp{27.7777777778 m/s}. | 27749 | @samp{27.7777777778 m/s}. |
| 27750 | 27750 | ||
| 27751 | @kindex u t | ||
| 27752 | @pindex calc-convert-temperature | ||
| 27753 | @cindex Temperature conversion | ||
| 27754 | The @kbd{u c} command treats temperature units (like @samp{degC} and | ||
| 27755 | @samp{K}) as relative temperatures. For example, @kbd{u c} converts | ||
| 27756 | @samp{10 degC} to @samp{18 degF}: A change of 10 degrees Celsius | ||
| 27757 | corresponds to a change of 18 degrees Fahrenheit. To convert absolute | ||
| 27758 | temperatures, you can use the @kbd{u t} | ||
| 27759 | (@code{calc-convert-temperature}) command. The value on the stack | ||
| 27760 | must be a simple units expression with units of temperature only. | ||
| 27761 | This command would convert @samp{10 degC} to @samp{50 degF}, the | ||
| 27762 | equivalent temperature on the Fahrenheit scale. | ||
| 27763 | |||
| 27751 | While many of Calc's conversion factors are exact, some are necessarily | 27764 | While many of Calc's conversion factors are exact, some are necessarily |
| 27752 | approximate. If Calc is in fraction mode (@pxref{Fraction Mode}), then | 27765 | approximate. If Calc is in fraction mode (@pxref{Fraction Mode}), then |
| 27753 | unit conversions will try to give exact, rational conversions, but it | 27766 | unit conversions will try to give exact, rational conversions, but it |
| @@ -27818,19 +27831,8 @@ The @kbd{u b} (@code{calc-base-units}) command is shorthand for | |||
| 27818 | stack into @code{base} units. If @kbd{u s} does not simplify a | 27831 | stack into @code{base} units. If @kbd{u s} does not simplify a |
| 27819 | units expression as far as you would like, try @kbd{u b}. | 27832 | units expression as far as you would like, try @kbd{u b}. |
| 27820 | 27833 | ||
| 27821 | The @kbd{u c} and @kbd{u b} commands treat temperature units (like | 27834 | Like the @kbd{u c} command, the @kbd{u b} command treats temperature |
| 27822 | @samp{degC} and @samp{K}) as relative temperatures. For example, | 27835 | units as relative temperatures. |
| 27823 | @kbd{u c} converts @samp{10 degC} to @samp{18 degF}: A change of 10 | ||
| 27824 | degrees Celsius corresponds to a change of 18 degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
| 27825 | |||
| 27826 | @kindex u t | ||
| 27827 | @pindex calc-convert-temperature | ||
| 27828 | @cindex Temperature conversion | ||
| 27829 | The @kbd{u t} (@code{calc-convert-temperature}) command converts | ||
| 27830 | absolute temperatures. The value on the stack must be a simple units | ||
| 27831 | expression with units of temperature only. This command would convert | ||
| 27832 | @samp{10 degC} to @samp{50 degF}, the equivalent temperature on the | ||
| 27833 | Fahrenheit scale. | ||
| 27834 | 27836 | ||
| 27835 | @kindex u r | 27837 | @kindex u r |
| 27836 | @pindex calc-remove-units | 27838 | @pindex calc-remove-units |