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Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:47:18 +0100 |
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Patrick McCarty <address@hidden> writes:
>> 3) I'd like to change this...
>>
>> mm = 1.0
>> in = 25.4
>> pt = #(/ in 72.27)
>> cm = #(* 10 mm)
>>
>> ...to this...
>>
>> mm = #1.0
>> cm = #(* 10 mm)
>> in = #(* 25.4 mm)
>> pt = #(/ in 72.27)
>>
>> Would that be better?
>
Wouldn't
pt = #(/ (* 2540 mm) 7227)
have smaller absolute error? The current definition of pt has to round
25.4 to the nearest presentable number, 72.27 to the nearest presentable
number, and then round the result of the division again.
--
David Kastrup
- paper-defaults-init.ly questions, Mark Polesky, 2010/12/01
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, Patrick McCarty, 2010/12/02
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, Mark Polesky, 2010/12/03
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, David Kastrup, 2010/12/03
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, Carl Sorensen, 2010/12/03
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, David Kastrup, 2010/12/03
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, Mark Polesky, 2010/12/04
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, Carl Sorensen, 2010/12/04
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, Mark Polesky, 2010/12/04
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, Carl Sorensen, 2010/12/04
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, David Kastrup, 2010/12/04
- Re: paper-defaults-init.ly questions, Carl Sorensen, 2010/12/04