Hi Rick, On Friday, 2016-01-08 19:52:49 -0500, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> The category is called *"Metric."* > > When conveying fractional values, such that 1.2345E-08 (which is > 0.000,000,012,345), it would do so in a metric-relative way using the > standard milli (10^-3), micro (10^-6), nano (10^-9), pico (10^-12), and so > on... > > In the example, the *Metric* display would cause the value to show up > as "*12,345 > pu*" (pico-units) if the thousands separator was used. Could you give some examples what you think how the format code actually should look like? > There would be an > option to override the default "u" character in use, changing it into > something that may have significance for the cell, such as "s" or "seconds" > for seconds, "m" or "meters" for meters, and so on. So, the unit itself would be a cell property, which replaces the generic "u"? That sounds related to the feature branch Markus already mentioned. > An ability to lock in a working range would also exist, such as *"show > everything in nano-units"* so that everything is adjusted to that base. In > such a case, the above example above would present as "*12.345 nu*" instead > of in its default *pu*. Where/how should that "lock-in" happen? By applying a different number format to that range? One main problem with inventing new format code features is, that they don't survive an Excel roundtrip unless Excel has the same feature. I guess it doesn't. Eike -- LibreOffice Calc developer. Number formatter stricken i18n transpositionizer. GPG key "ID" 0x65632D3A - 2265 D7F3 A7B0 95CC 3918 630B 6A6C D5B7 6563 2D3A Better use 64-bit 0x6A6CD5B765632D3A here is why: https://evil32.com/ Care about Free Software, support the FSFE https://fsfe.org/support/?erack
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