Package: units-filter Version: 3.5-1 Severity: minor Tags: patch Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man1/units-filter.1.gz', see attached '.diff'.
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--- units-filter.1 2011-08-27 15:15:21.000000000 -0400 +++ /tmp/units-filter.1 2011-11-18 04:55:07.191411066 -0500 @@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ .PP \fB\-s \fR .RS 4 -Like Significative\&. +Like Significant\&. .sp -Takes in account the number of significative digits\&. For example 1\&.0 m contains 2 significative digits, while 0\&.00100 contains 3 significative digits\&. It is possible to enforce the number of significative digits by using a special syntax : if units\-filter parses the input "1\&.0m#6", it interprets it as a value with exactly 6 significative digits, like "1\&.00000 m"\&. The number following the # sign is the forced number of significative digits\&. The number of significative digits appears just before the last zero in the output of the command (this zero is a placeholder for future extensions)\&. +Takes in account the number of significant digits\&. For example 1\&.0 m contains 2 significant digits, while 0\&.00100 contains 3 significant digits\&. It is possible to enforce the number of significant digits by using a special syntax : if units\-filter parses the input "1\&.0m#6", it interprets it as a value with exactly 6 significant digits, like "1\&.00000 m"\&. The number following the # sign is the forced number of significant digits\&. The number of significant digits appears just before the last zero in the output of the command (this zero is a placeholder for future extensions)\&. .RE .PP \fB\-o \fR .RS 4 Like Output\&. .sp -Outputs a correct representation of the physical quantity with its physical unit in the International System notation\&. There may be some simplification with usual units\&. For example, a newton will be represented by the unit N in place of m\&.kg\&.s^\-2\&. The value is expressed as a floating number with one digit before the decimal point, and as many digits in the mantissa as necessary to fit the desired number of significative digits (see an example below)\&. It is possible to enforce the output unit : just add a colon and the desired unit at the end of the input\&. If this unit is homogeneous with the former one, it will be used to format the output\&. +Outputs a correct representation of the physical quantity with its physical unit in the International System notation\&. There may be some simplification with usual units\&. For example, a newton will be represented by the unit N in place of m\&.kg\&.s^\-2\&. The value is expressed as a floating number with one digit before the decimal point, and as many digits in the mantissa as necessary to fit the desired number of significant digits (see an example below)\&. It is possible to enforce the output unit : just add a colon and the desired unit at the end of the input\&. If this unit is homogeneous with the former one, it will be used to format the output\&. .RE .PP \fB\-l \fR @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ .RE .SH "EXAMPLES" .PP -Establishing the SI value and units exponents of a quantity in the mksa system: +Establish the SI value and unit exponent of a quantity in the mksa system: .PP \fB~$ echo 1\&.5e3 nN\&.m\&.s^\-1 | units\-filter\fR .PP @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ which means : 1\&.5e\-6 (SI unit) m^2\&.kg\&.s^\-3 .PP .PP -Comparing to different physical quantities: +Compare different physical quantities: .PP \fB~$ e1=$(echo "1\&.2e\-3 V" | units\-filter)\fR .PP @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ .PP \fBok\fR .PP -\&.\&.\&. which emphasizes that webers by unit time are the same than volts\&. +\&.\&.\&. which emphasizes that webers by unit time are the same as volts\&. .PP .PP -Playing with the number of significative digits: +Playing with the number of significant digits: .PP \fB~$ echo "0\&.00100m" | src/units\-filter \-s\fR .PP @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ \fB5\&.000e\-01 A\&.h\fR .SH "KNOWN BUGS" .PP -Few units out of the mksa system are sucessfuly parsed\&. +Few units out of the mksa system are successfully parsed\&. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP \fBGeorges Khaznadar\fR <\&georgesk@ofset\&.org\&>
