On 02/01/2016 13:45, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 01:23:28PM +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>>> you see here. And the qt5 screen shot is half as big again as the qt4. >>> >>> I don't quite get that. >> >> ?? > > Both images are the same size. The usable content area in the qt5 screenshot > is far from just half. Maybe the word “again” tips me off b/c I try to > interpret a meaning into every word, being a pedantic non-native. ;-) >
"half as big again" means "50% larger than". i.e. calculate 50% and add it, making the total 150%. It's an English idiom, so don;t try to figure it out from each word, just recognize the whole phrase. English is full of that shit. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
