i've pushed the changes to rename %(units) to %(kilo), and to add a
new %(kibi) function.
if you're running git master, and are using %(units), you'll need
to change it to %(kilo).
the marker line (still) uses %(kilo), which means it disagrees with
the output of mhlist. that's an easy change to mhform.marker,
depending on how others feel.
mhlist still uses 1024-based math, but prints K/M/G. barring a
more complete rewrite to make mhlist's output tuneable, i guess i
should change it to either print Ki/Mi/Gi or use 1000-based math, to
at least be self-consistent. thoughts?
paul
i wrote:
ralph wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> > it's clearly (to me, at least) not too late to change "units" to
> > "kilo". kibi can be added separately.
>
> Ken said the code used base 2, >> 10, so the shipped files using the new
> `units' should switch to kibi? Or perhaps there aren't any? (I thought
> the functions were being added so marker lines could better represent
> the content so they were being used there.)
summary:
currently (1.6 and previous) the part marker comes from mhlist's
list_content(). that code computes the size using ">> 10", and prints
K/M/G/T. it avoids dealing with fractions by printing small numbers
of megabytes as large numbers of kilobytes, e.g.. "1089K".
when i made the marker controllable, at first the size got dropped
altogether (since part size wasn't available from mh-format), and then
when i realized that was a bit of a UI regression, it got added back
using %(units), which does "/ 1000", and prints K/M/G/T. the default
mhshow.marker then adds a 'B', resulting in KB/MB/GB/TB. ken and i had
agreed that it was okay to change the format somewhat (we were
specifically discussing the "1089K" thing at the time), and since i
was only implementing one %(units) function, decimal seemed like a
better choice than binary. %(units) prints at most one digit after a
decimal point for fractional values.
i'm currently planning on renaming %(units) to %(kilo), and then adding
a new %(kibi), which will print Ki/Mi/Gi/Ti.
i don't particularly care whether %(kilo) or %(kibi) is used in the
default marker. if left to me, i'll choose %(kilo).
=----------------------
paul fox, pgf(_at_)foxharp(_dot_)boston(_dot_)ma(_dot_)us (arlington, ma,
where it's 50.0 degrees)
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