On Saturday 02 December 2006 11:43, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 02 December 2006 19:25, Martin Marques wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Nice one, Martin, thanks. Converts units I'd never even heard of!
>
> Anne
got this result. ideas?
Running Transaction
Installing: gonvert ######################### [1/1]
Installed: gonvert.noarch 0:0.2.15-2.fc5
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# gonvert
(gonvert:5744): libglade-WARNING **: could not find glade
file '/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/../share/gonvert/gonvert.glade'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/gonvert", line 737, in ?
widgets = gtk.glade.XML(gladefile)
RuntimeError: could not create GladeXML object
repeats like that as user, too.
Dave
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