I agree with David. Although it would be nice to have the flexibility of entering feet/inches, I think it should be rather low on the priority list. In my somewhat limited experience with cave survey, I have never seen one done in feet/inches. The syntax for fractional inches could be difficult. I suggest it is not really necessary. In working with feet/tenths, I almost never take a measurement closer than the nearest tenth of a foot. That is slightly more than an inch, so measurements to the nearest inch would be about the same accuracy. Bill Gee On Monday 24 November 2008, David A. Riggs wrote:
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Martin Budaj <m.budaj@gmail.com> wrote:
It would simplify code like -value [3 ft] into -value 3'.
Any comments on this? How to enter fractions of an inch?
-value 3.65'
In my experience, it is much more common to encounter "decimal feet" rather than "feet and inches" in American cave survey.
DR