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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

I've written a script to replace gmeasures ( when it's completed).
It's purpose is to convert the common units quickly and accurately.

It will show in start menu along side the calculators.
EDIT - added more languages - now Italian , French Spanish , German

It would be flexible so any programmer could modify it. It is gettexted.

Instructions are in next post. Select a category and click 'Proceed'
Then select a conversion and enter a value. Click 'Convert'.

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

Here's a picture of version 1.0 ....

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

New version 1.2

-added more conversions
-math reference windows are completed

Note that the math reference windows feature slows down the launching
of the program however it's still quick enough. Laughing

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

new version 1.5

-custom conversion is possible. Just fill in a conversion factor
and puppy will remember the factor.

I have finished all the features. I will test it for the next couple days
and report back.

I would appreciate people installing version 1.5 and giving it a test.

Please report to me. Is it fast enough?? Any mistakes in conversions??

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

Finished version 1.6

- added a few small changes
-found mistake ----> name for gettext was Puppyunits.sh
It should have been PuppyUnits.sh

Oddly it still worked with momanager... Very Happy

Contact me if you want to translate script using momanager.

It should be quite easy. albeit time- consuming.

Just set your computer language (for instance fr for French)
Then install dev SFS package and then launch momanager.
Send mo file to me for inclusion.

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

Version 1.7

I found out how to put a default entry into inputbox using Xdialog Cool

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technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4464

fyi - in posix shells the way to do default entries is ${VAR:-default_value}
so if $VAR is not set, it will display "default_value"
I once set up a whole method of localization this way that was faster than gettext and even had script for google to auto-translate the values

xanad · Posted: Wed 01 Oct 2014, 11:25 Post subject:

Ciao Don570,
after a few months here is the Italian translation.
Excellent pet, congratulations. Wink

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

New version 1.8 has Italian translation - thanks to xanad

For some reason the Convert button isn't colored. I'll have to look into that.

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

version 1.9

- corrected mistake in solution to quadratic formula (bracket)

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

version 2.0

- I tracked down the bug that was causing my orange button
to stay white in the international versions. I had
forgotten to gettext in an 'if' statement

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

version 2.1

-fixed volume of pyramid line

- added more languages - now Italian , French Spanish , German

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3608 Location: Ontario

version 2.2

- Fixed minor mistakes in Italian translation thanks to Xanad.
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