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Bug 594886 - missing second decimal size descriptor
missing second decimal size descriptor
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 594918
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File Properties Dialog
2.26.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-09-11 13:34 UTC by Iuga Marian-Silviu
Modified: 2009-10-07 15:53 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
more details about the file size (662 bytes, patch)
2009-09-11 18:50 UTC, Mark
none Details | Review
screenshot with the patch applied (20.27 KB, image/png)
2009-09-11 18:50 UTC, Mark
  Details
same patch but with thousands seperator in byte text (664 bytes, patch)
2009-09-11 19:05 UTC, Mark
rejected Details | Review

Description Iuga Marian-Silviu 2009-09-11 13:34:50 UTC
When preparing to write a DVD with documents, I right-click on the containing
folder and select Properties.
The size information is:
4.3 GB
That is not enough, I consider. There should be two decimal numbers, like:
4.26 GB
or
4.27 GB
or
4.28 GB
or
4.29 GB
or
4.30 GB
because loosing ~100 MB on each DVD write by setting the size to 4.2 GB is not acceptable - and I have to check the size from nautilus while making adjustments
to the containing folder.
If you implement the second decimal size, thank you.

Maybe this problem comes from GTK or VFS.
Comment 1 Iuga Marian-Silviu 2009-09-11 13:41:15 UTC
The size should also be shown in bytes, even if the size is in the order of
gigabytes, for exactity:

4.26 GB , 4576678403 bytes
Comment 2 Mark 2009-09-11 18:50:05 UTC
Created attachment 143009 [details] [review]
more details about the file size

This patch will add more details about the file size. The 2 decimal precision is dependent on the acceptance of bug 594918
Comment 3 Mark 2009-09-11 18:50:33 UTC
Created attachment 143010 [details]
screenshot with the patch applied
Comment 4 Mark 2009-09-11 19:05:45 UTC
Created attachment 143011 [details] [review]
same patch but with thousands seperator in byte text
Comment 5 Cosimo Cecchi 2009-10-07 15:52:57 UTC
Mark, thanks for the patches.

This is a duplicate of bug #594918, as that's about showing the second decimal descriptor (which I agree with).
At a nautilus level, I think it does not make sense to show both the formatted size and the raw number of bytes, at least with the current design of the properties windows.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 594918 ***