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short form of inch shall be 'in' not 'i'
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:45 am
by user0
XnViewMP 1.3.1
NConvert
Suggestion:
Short form of '
inch' shall be '
in' (2 letters) not '
i' (1 letter)
I would also change full word 'inch/inches' to short 'in' if it uses together with other short form of units, e.g. 'cm,mm'.
XnView
Set DPI dialog and maybe somewhere else.
- inch_set_dpi.png (12.56 KiB) Viewed 1552 times
NConvert
nconvert.exe -help
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-canvas w h pos : Resize canvas
w h can be percent (ex: -canvas 100% 200%)
w h can be cm (ex: -canvas 100cm 200cm)
w h can be mm (ex: -canvas 100mm 200mm)
w h can be inches (ex: -canvas 100i 200i)
-resize w h : Scale width-height
w h can be percent (ex: -resize 100% 200%)
w h can be cm (ex: -resize 100cm 200cm)
w h can be mm (ex: -resize 100mm 200mm)
w h can be inches (ex: -resize 100i 200i)
Re: short form of inch shall be 'in' not 'i'
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 8:45 am
by XnTriq
user0 wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:45 amShort form of '
inch' shall be '
in' (2 letters) not '
i' (1 letter)
I would also change full word 'inch/inches' to short 'in' if it uses together with other short form of units, e.g. 'cm,mm'.
I support this request.
Re: short form of inch shall be 'in' not 'i'
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 9:07 am
by cday
XnTriq wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 8:45 am
user0 wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:45 amShort form of '
inch' shall be '
in' (2 letters) not '
i' (1 letter)
I would also change full word 'inch/inches' to short 'in' if it uses together with other short form of units, e.g. 'cm,mm'.
I support this request.
Yes, for 'MP...
But for NConvert, changing the switch (
200i -->
200in) would break any existing scripts unless both
200i or
200in are supported; in a switch there is in any case no real reason for
in to be used, the switch is as defined in the Help file.
Re: short form of inch shall be 'in' not 'i'
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 2:45 pm
by user0
cday wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 9:07 am
..there is in any case no real reason for in to be used
Well, I would consider it more a bug rather than a suggestion to be honest, as nobody call inch an i, apart from Pierre
Sometimes clarity prevails over some minor backward compatibility.
Also there are some standards that determines short form for inch, e.g.:
- ISO 80000 "Quantities and units"
- ASME-Y14.38 "Abbreviations and Acronyms for Use on Drawings and Related Documents"
Re: short form of inch shall be 'in' not 'i'
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2022 3:04 pm
by cday
In the NConvert Help file, inches is already correctly used in the description of the option, but in the case of command line software the designer assigns the often cryptic form of the code term. In this case, I agree that in would probably have been a better choice.
But the practical problem is that changing the code term now would, unless both i and in are supported, break any existing script that an NConvert user may have created if they update their NConvert version, as they may well at some point, which could waste a lot of their time.
Re: short form of inch shall be 'in' not 'i'
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 1:38 pm
by xnview
ok i'll fix it
Re: short form of inch shall be 'in' not 'i'
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 2:52 pm
by user0
xnview wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 1:38 pmok i'll fix it
thanks!
also noticed them in ResizePresets.txt
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4x6i, Photo 4x6 inches (10x15 cm)
5x7i, Photo 5x7 inches (13x18 cm)
6x8i, Photo 6x8 inches (15x20 cm)
8x10i, Photo 8x10 inches (20x25 cm)