On 04/17/2011 11:56 AM, Craig Bradney wrote: > On 4/17/11 10:30 AM, a.l.e wrote: >> hi >> >>> It looks like the spinboxes have trouble handling/parsing the points >>> decimals for picas. Aside from calculations, you can't even enter >>> 3p2.4 -- this reverts to 0p0. >>> >>> In the meantime, you could enter 3p3, then hold down Shift + >>> mousewheel to get to 3p3.1, 3p3.2, etc. Hold down Shift+Alt to get >>> 3p3.01, 3p3.02, etc. >>> >>> And of course, working in points is another alternative (or even just >>> back and forth). >> i seem to recall a discussion where somebody was suggesting that decimal >> values are not valid for picas... >> > IIRC that was Louis, and AFAIK therefore, we don't support entering > decimals with pica.
OTOH, as one can readily see, if you have a page in mm, points, etc., then switch to picas, you will see picas + points, with tenths and even hundreths of points, e.g., 3p3.12 Greg
