On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, adamn...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 09:34:42 +0200 > Charlie Reinl <karl.re...@fen-net.de> wrote: > > > Am Samstag, den 25.04.2015, 23:13 +0200 schrieb Tobias Boege: > > > On Sat, 25 Apr 2015, Beno?t Minisini wrote: > > > > Le 20/04/2015 23:28, Tobias Boege a ?crit : > > > > > Hi Benoit, > > > > > > > > > > I have a quick feature suggestion for gb.util: when working with > > > > > components > > > > > like gb.cairo which partially uses millimeters (e.g. > > > > > CairoPdfSurface._new) > > > > > to measure things, it would be nice to have a global module from > > > > > somewhere > > > > > official which implements those unit conversions. > > > > > > > > > > I am myself always uncertain with "graphical" units and if they could > > > > > under > > > > > any circumstances depend on resolutions or not. A bunch of working > > > > > methods > > > > > would be nice and gb.util is the right place for that it seems. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Tobi > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't see what conversion you need exactly. Can you be more precise? > > > > > > > > > > Things like px <-> mm <-> in. I'm sure there are a lot more unit > > > conversions > > > that people may find useful. Although I'm not sure anymore if it's a good > > > idea to put those into a component, because it's basically multiplying by > > > some constant... The thing is simply that these constants are not easy to > > > memorise and sometimes they depend on some resolution or other factors of > > > which people like me aren't aware. A conversion function in a component, > > > once written by a clever person would come to the rescue then. > > > > > > > Salut, > > > > what's about a conversions page on gambaswiki.org? > > That would be one page about measure conversion more in the net, but > > easy to find for gambas coder. > > > Conversely, why re-invent the wheel? > > http://www.unitconversion.org/index.html >
Yes, I think I was being too lazy. Thanks Fabien for the project. The Convert class looks exactly like what I had in mind. Regards, Tobi -- "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
