Re: [NTG-context] Number formatting in \unit

2011-12-11 Thread Robin Kirkham
On 11 December 2011, Xenia wrote: > Am 11.12.2011 11:25, schrieb robin.kirk...@csiro.au: >> All, >> >> I have put together some suggestions to extend the number formatting >> capability in \unit, particularly for scientific and engineering purposes, >> including basic support for tolerances and

Re: [NTG-context] Number formatting in \unit

2011-12-11 Thread Marco
On 2011-12-11 wrote: > Automatic thousands grouping (again with some style > variants) > My main objection is that one seems to have to insert > thousands separators into the input oneself, which is > rather unnatural; Context could and should do this > itself. +1 Marco

Re: [NTG-context] Number formatting in \unit

2011-12-11 Thread Xenia
Am 11.12.2011 11:25, schrieb robin.kirk...@csiro.au: > All, > > I have put together some suggestions to extend the number formatting > capability in \unit, particularly for scientific and engineering purposes, > including basic support for tolerances and uncertainties. > > It is a bit long, so so

[NTG-context] Number formatting in \unit

2011-12-11 Thread Robin.Kirkham
All, I have put together some suggestions to extend the number formatting capability in \unit, particularly for scientific and engineering purposes, including basic support for tolerances and uncertainties. It is a bit long, so source is attached and a PDF is at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36891398/