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diff --git a/man/man1/units.html b/man/man1/units.html deleted file mode 100644 index fed0c287..00000000 --- a/man/man1/units.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,156 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>units(1) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> -<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> -</head> -<body bgcolor=#ffffff> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=10><td> -<tr><td width=20><td> -<tr><td width=20><td><b>UNITS(1)</b><td align=right><b>UNITS(1)</b> -<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> - <br> -<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - units – conversion program<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>units</font></tt> [ <tt><font size=+1>−v</font></tt> ] [ <i>file</i> ]<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <i>Units</i> converts quantities expressed in various standard scales - to their equivalents in other scales. It works interactively in - this fashion:<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>you have: inch<br> - you want: cm<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - * 2.54<br> - / 0.393701<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - </table> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - - - </table> - - </table> - A quantity is specified as a multiplicative combination of units - and floating point numbers. Operators have the following precedence:<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>+ − </font></tt> add and subtract<br> - <tt><font size=+1>* / x ÷ </font></tt> multiply and divide<br> - catenation multiply<br> - <tt><font size=+1>² ³ ^ </font></tt> exponentiation<br> - <tt><font size=+1>| </font></tt> divide<br> - <tt><font size=+1>(</font></tt> ... <tt><font size=+1>) </font></tt> grouping<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - - </table> - Most familiar units, abbreviations, and metric prefixes are recognized, - together with a generous leavening of exotica and a few constants - of nature including:<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>pi,</font></tt>π ratio of circumference to diameter<br> - <tt><font size=+1>c </font></tt> speed of light <br> - <tt><font size=+1>e </font></tt> charge on an electron <br> - <tt><font size=+1>g </font></tt> acceleration of gravity <br> - <tt><font size=+1>force </font></tt> same as <tt><font size=+1>g <br> - mole </font></tt> Avogadro’s number <br> - <tt><font size=+1>water </font></tt> pressure head per unit height of water <br> - <tt><font size=+1>au </font></tt> astronomical unit <br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - - </table> - The <tt><font size=+1>pound</font></tt> is a unit of mass. Compound names are run together, - e.g. <tt><font size=+1>lightyear</font></tt>. British units that differ from their US counterparts - are prefixed thus: <tt><font size=+1>brgallon</font></tt>. Currency is denoted <tt><font size=+1>belgiumfranc</font></tt>, - <tt><font size=+1>britainpound</font></tt>, etc. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The complete list of units can be found in <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/lib/units</font></tt>. - A <i>file</i> argument to <i>units</i> specifies a file to be used instead of - <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/lib/units.</font></tt> The <tt><font size=+1>−v</font></tt> flag causes <i>units</i> to print - its entire database.<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>EXAMPLE </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>you have: 15 pounds force/in²<br> - you want: atm<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - * 1.02069<br> - / .97973<br> - - </table> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>FILES </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/lib/units<br> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/units.y<br> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Since <i>units</i> does only multiplicative scale changes, it can convert - Kelvin to Rankine but not Centigrade to Fahrenheit. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - Currency conversions are only as accurate as the last time someone - updated the database.<br> - -</table> - -<td width=20> -<tr height=20><td> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=15><td width=10><td><td width=10> -<tr><td><td> -<center> -<a href="../../"><img src="../../dist/spaceglenda100.png" alt="Space Glenda" border=1></a> -</center> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -</body></html> |