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Gourmet Recipe Manager
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Unit Abbreviations #94

Open ockham opened 11 years ago

ockham commented 11 years ago

Converted from SourceForge issue 1188938, submitted by SourceForge user jcwinnie on 2005-04-24 14:09:01 UTC.

To young eyes and a person who enjoys the nuances of detail, the difference between tsp. and tbs. may be quite discernible.

To old eyes and someone with dyslexic traits, it is confusing. For my recipes, I use the traditional tsp. and T. abbreviations to make more of a distinction. And, I tend to spell out pint and quart rather than pt. or qt.

Just a thought...

ockham commented 11 years ago

Submitted by SourceForge user eadmund on 2005-08-31 17:30:17 UTC.

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I like Tbsp. vs. tsp.--very, very difficult to confuse those two...

ockham commented 11 years ago

Submitted by SourceForge user jcwinnie on 2005-04-24 17:10:04 UTC.

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Ah... Yes, gourmet maintains what I used. I have been changing to the default abbreviations what I import so as to try to ensure compatibility when recipes are exported, upgraded, or whatever.

Yes, I can see the pairing. After reading many recipes, I appreciate when the authors makes an effort to distinguish the units. Others might see it as idiosyncratic.

ockham commented 11 years ago

Submitted by SourceForge user thomas_hinkle on 2005-04-24 15:57:52 UTC.

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I always thought of the abbreviations coming in pairs:

T / t or tbs. / tsp.

I found the T / t a little bit cryptic.

If you use T / tsp., I could see that would be easier to distinguish at a glance.

Gourmet should respect your choice about how you name ingredients.

Only the standard abbreviations are available in the drop-down menu, but Gourmet will recognize "T" or "Tbs" as a tablespoon and do proper addition/multiplication with it (or course, if gourmet doesn't recognize the unit, the only drawback is that you won't get nifty unit-adjustments made when multiplying).

I'll think about making the standard abbreviations configurable in future versions.