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2013-03-09 Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com>
* calc.texi (Basic Operations on Units): Streamline some
descriptions.
2013-03-08 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
* faq.texi (Top): Don't say this was updated @today.

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@ -27859,7 +27859,8 @@ while typing @kbd{u c au/yr @key{RET}} produces
If the units you request are inconsistent with the original units, the
number will be converted into your units times whatever ``remainder''
units are left over. For example, converting @samp{55 mph} into acres
units are left over. (This can be disabled; @pxref{Customizing Calc}.)
For example, converting @samp{55 mph} into acres
produces @samp{6.08e-3 acre / m s}. (Recall that multiplication binds
more strongly than division in Calc formulas, so the units here are
acres per meter-second.) Remainder units are expressed in terms of
@ -27875,12 +27876,6 @@ change the @samp{s} to @samp{ms} to get @samp{9.8e-4 cm/ms^2}.
The ``remainder unit'' @samp{cm} is left alone rather than being
changed to the base unit @samp{m}.
If you want to disallow using inconsistent units, you can set the
customizable variable @code{calc-ensure-consistent-units} to @code{t}
(@pxref{Customizing Calc}). In this case, if you request units which
are inconsistent with the original units, you will be warned about it
and no conversion will occur.
You can use explicit unit conversion instead of the @kbd{u s} command
to gain more control over the units of the result of an expression.
For example, given @samp{5 m + 23 mm}, you can type @kbd{u c m} or
@ -27916,13 +27911,11 @@ prompt first for the old units which this value should be considered
to have, then for the new units. (If the value on the stack can be
simplified so that it doesn't contain any units, like @samp{ft/in} can
be simplified to 12, then @kbd{u c} will still prompt for both old
units and new units. You can ignore the prompt for old units with
@key{RET}, or turn off the prompt by setting the customizable variable
@code{calc-allow-units-as-numbers} to @code{nil};
@pxref{Customizing Calc}.) Assuming the old and new units you give are
consistent with each other, the result also will not contain any
units. For example, @kbd{@w{u c} cm @key{RET} in @key{RET}} converts
the number 2 on the stack to 5.08.
units and new units. This can be disabled; @pxref{Customizing Calc}.)
Assuming the old and new units you give are consistent with each
other, the result also will not contain any units. For example,
@kbd{@w{u c} cm @key{RET} in @key{RET}} converts the number 2 on the
stack to 5.08.
@kindex u b
@pindex calc-base-units