On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:12:51 +0000, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Clearly this is not what I intended :-) > > Question 1 - what units is this talking about? man units > Question 2 - does anyone know how I can access the 'units' converter? Try a graphic tool: smart> info gonvert Name: gonvert Version: 0.2.11-1@noarch Priority: -10 Group: Applications/Engineering Installed Size: 271.1kB Reference URLs: Flags: Channels: Fedora Core 3 Extras Summary: Units conversion utility. Description: gonvert is a conversion utility that allows conversion between many units like CGS, Ancient, Imperial with many categories like length, mass, numbers, etc. All units converted values shown at once as you type. Easy to add/change your own units. Written in Python,pygtk,libgade. -- --------------------------------------------------------- Lic. Martín Marqués | SELECT 'mmarques' || Centro de Telemática | '@' || 'unl.edu.ar'; Universidad Nacional | DBA, Programador, del Litoral | Administrador ---------------------------------------------------------