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Multiplication Sign vs. Bullet Operator
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John Darrington |
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Multiplication Sign vs. Bullet Operator |
Date: |
Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:33:59 +0200 |
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I see that the following change:
commit d3487b8eeb911e0547acf72fe4481338d78d0721
Author: Friedrich Beckmann <address@hidden>
Date: Thu Jun 4 07:35:00 2015 +0200
charts: changed scientifc number display from e+6 type to pango markup
Uses the unicode character decimal 8729, whose formal description is "Bullet
Operator".
This normally gets displayed as a centered dot.
Hence, graph labels will get displayed as somthing approximating to 1.23 . 10^5
I think that unicode character decimal 215 ("Multiplication Sign") would be a
better choice.
That character is a centered diagonal cross. Meaning the labels will look more
like
1.23 x 10^5
I think the latter is more like what users will expect.
What do you think?
J'
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