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Bug 135068 - constant descriptions
constant descriptions
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-calculator
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: ---
Assigned To: Rich Burridge
Rich Burridge
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-02-21 20:37 UTC by Paisa Seeluangsawat
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Fix to adjust several default constant descriptions. (1.32 KB, text/plain)
2004-03-28 23:33 UTC, Rich Burridge 		Details

Description Paisa Seeluangsawat 2004-02-21 20:37:39 UTC 
In constant descripions, "grams or ounces" could be replaced by a more
descriptive "grams per ounce" or "grams in an ounce".  Same for some other
constants.

"kilometers per hour or miles per hour" could replaced by a more succinct
"kilometers in a mile".  I concede thought that some people don't know that
these two ratios are the same.
Comment 1 Rich Burridge 2004-02-22 01:45:13 UTC 
Another one for Breda to rule in on.
Comment 2 Breda McColgan 2004-02-23 12:40:05 UTC 
I agree that the current text is not very descriptive :)

Perhaps we could change the constant definitions as follows:

C0: Kilometer-to-mile conversion factor
C4: Centimeter-to-inch conversion factor
C7: Gram-to-ounce conversion factor
C8: Kilojoule-to-British-thermal-unit conversion factor
c9: Cubic-centimeter-to-cubic-inch conversion factor

Rich, let me know if you make these changes, and I'll update the
manual accordingly.
Comment 3 Rich Burridge 2004-02-23 15:29:52 UTC 
Hi Breda. Thanks. Again, I think we should wait until GNOME 2.7/8
because of the current string freeze (and I think it'll be
hard to justify this as an exception when the sevitory is
"minor". Does this seem reasonable?
Comment 4 Breda McColgan 2004-02-23 15:33:34 UTC 
Yes, this change can definitely wait until GNOME 2.7/8.
Comment 5 Rich Burridge 2004-02-23 15:42:23 UTC 
Removing GNOME 2.5 keyword.
Comment 6 Rich Burridge 2004-03-28 23:33:00 UTC 
Created attachment 26038 [details]
Fix to adjust several default constant descriptions.
Comment 7 Rich Burridge 2004-03-28 23:39:22 UTC 
Changes checked into CVS HEAD. I've bumped the version
number in configure.in to 4.2.2. I'll also add this
bug to the gcalctool documentation placeholder bug.

Couple things to note:

1/ These relatively long descriptions now make the
   Con menu quite wide (compared with the previous
   version).

2/ Existing gcalctool users aren't going to see these
   new default Con descriptions unless they blow away
   the existing gcalctool Constant gconf resources in
   ~/.gconf/apps/gcalctool/%gconf.xml