https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141094
--- Comment #5 from Telesto <tele...@surfxs.nl> ---
(In reply to Luke from comment #3)
> Heiko,
> If you set your units to "cm" in the measurement settings, then your dpi,
> should be dpcm. That is the smart, well designed solution.
>
> The inelegant, cluttered UI solution is to make the user select units in
> every dialog box that has units. This ignores the fact that there are
> natural units accepted units.
>
> This is only a dupe of bug 72662 if you make the user micromanage the units
> in every dialog box. The correct solution is for LibreOffice to be smarter
> about how it handles units.
So to summarize, you want to go DPI route. Similar to the compress dialog in
the current shape. I'm fine with that (it's worth the complexity and clutter)
but pretty sure there is some group wanting it differently (there plenty of
image editors around giving the option to choose between units; sadly, IMHO).
So I speculate people complaining they can't choose measures anymore. Or maybe
some group finds inches stupid measure and CM superior. And we can do history
lesion why different measuring system are invented for the same thing. Say
celsius/Fahrenheit. Miles/KM. Except you can localize nearly everything. So
things build in EU don't fit in UK (speaking about protectionism)
And computer somehow more UK/VS oriented. So screen diagonals are again in
INCH. And the internet made everything even more 'interconnected'. Which makes
the 'negative side-effects' more obvious. Carrying about the triviality's
around DPI/DPCM (or paper sizes for that matter A4/Letter). It's quite insane
that this still not sorted out with multiple standards.
But well I'm as attached to CM/KM/Celsius/compared someone else feels connected
to Inch/Mile/Feet/Fahrenheit
And units being Imperial giving 'cachet to it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units
Long life a form of historical nationalism in today's world
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