[Kstars-devel] [patch] Change magnitude display in details dialog

Khudyakov Alexey alexey.skladnoy at gmail.com
Thu Mar 5 11:36:13 CET 2009


On Wednesday 04 March 2009 18:21:36 Akarsh Simha wrote:
> Hi Alexey
>
> > Change how does magnitude displayed in details dialog. Use "m"
> > superscript instead of "mag."
>
> Would that not affect the ease of understanding? Well, maybe we could
> just put an explanation in the tooltip for the label. I like the idea
> of the <sup>m</sup> instead of mag, but just wondering if that will
> cause any usability issues, particularly with languages that have a
> translation for magnitude.
>
Yes it would. Will make it easier I believe. AFAIK `m' superscript is 
international designation. 

Also it's possible to put string "%1 <sup>m</sup>"  into internationalization 
machinery with comment like: "You generally need not to translate this string 
unless you have reasons to do so".



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