Re: acceleration profille

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Graham Hollis" <ghollis@m...> wrote:

> > > I believe the correct units for acceleration is 1000 steps
> > > per sec. per sec or 1000steps/sec. squared. It is really
> > > hard to represend the (sec. power of 2) When is some genius
> > > programmer going to allow us to do that over the net?
> >
> > use "steps/sec^2"
> >
> > We don't need (or want) some "genius" programmer coming up
> > with some non-compatible special characters. The caret
> > ("^") is _almost_ universally accepted as the indicator
> > for raising a number to a power in the computing world.
> >
> > John Kasunich
> >
>
> If you run windows the genius programmers have already
> been hard at work. Just hold down the ALT key and type
> 0178 on the *numeric* key pad. If the mail servers don't
> strip it out, ALT+0178 should produce:
>
> steps/sec²
>
> Graham

This is exactly what I was complaining about. _IF_ you run
windows, and _IF_ the mail servers don't strip it out, it
prints a nice superscript 2. What if I want to raise a
number to the 3.2 power? What if I'm not running windows?
"steps/sec^2" is understandable on just about any computer
running any OS. The windows ALT+0178 may look nicer on
_some_ computers, but is totally meaningless on others.

John