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* calc/calc.el (calc-default-power-reference-level) (calc-default-field-reference-level): New variables. * calc/calc-units.el (math-standard-units): Add dB and Np. (math-logunits): New variable. (math-extract-logunits, math-logcombine, calcFunc-luplus) (calcFunc-luminus, calc-luplus, calc-luminus, math-logunit-level) (calcFunc-fieldlevel, calcFunc-powerlevel, calc-level): New functions. (math-find-base-units-rec): Add entry for ln(10). * calc/calc-help.el (calc-u-prefix-help): Add logarithmic help. (calc-ul-prefix-help): New function. * calc/calc-ext.el (calc-init-extensions): Autoload new units functions. Add keybindings for new units functions.
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30 have more time to produce code!!). Thanx.
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131 behave, this is a bug. Don't send bug reports to a help-* list; mail
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143 reports. For GNU programs other than GNU Emacs, also consult their
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144 documentation for their bug reporting procedures. Always include the
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147 number, send the date of the latest entry in the file ChangeLog). For
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148 GNU Emacs bugs, type "M-x emacs-version". A debugger backtrace of any
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149 core dump can also be useful. Be careful to separate out hypothesis
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247 gnUSENET newsgroup: NONE PLANNED
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248 Guile source code to: guile-sources@gnu.org
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270 repost it. If you also want something that is requested, send mail to
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271 the requester asking him to forward it to you. This kind of traffic is
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282 GNU Emacs source code to: gnu-emacs-sources@gnu.org
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