Re: st: Update of cm2in

[Roger Newson <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

Thanks to Ulrich for this package. The unit that seems to be missing 
here is the twip, defined as 1/1440 of an inch, or 1/20 of a point, 
which is the standard unit of length used in Microsoft Rich Text Format 
(RTF) documents. Roll on the end of Microsoft Office hegemony (but in 
the meantime you can download the -rtfutil- package from SSC or from my 
website).

Roger


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On 06/01/2011 16:47, Nick Cox wrote:
> Such units remain central to many fields.
>
> 1. On a cricket field, 1 chain is the distance between the stumps.
> (Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.)
>
> 2. On fields being ploughed, 1 chain multiplied by 1 furlong (1 furrow
> long) is of course 1 acre. (22 yards * 220 yards = 4840 square yards.)
>
> Roll on metrication!
>
> Nick
> (not Anglo-Saxon, but part Welsh)
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Ulrich Kohler<kohler@wzb.eu>  wrote:
> > <>
> > Courtesy of Kit Baum, -cm2in- for conversion between metric and
> > Anglo-Saxon units of length have been updated on SSC. Previous users of
> > -cm2in-, if any, may update their installation using
> >
> > . adoupdate cm2in, update
> >
> > New users type
> >
> > . ssc install cm2in
> >
> > The update adds to two new programs, -g2oz- and -msq2ftsq- to the
> > package. The added programs convert measures of masses and the measures
> > of areas, respectively. Moreover the measure "chain", which is 22 yards,
> > 20.1168m, or 4752 pica has been included into program -cm2in-.
> >
> > On use of -cm2in- is to produce the input for the -graph twoway- options
> > -xsize()- and -ysize()-. The following, for example, produces a Stata
> > graph in German A4 paper format:
> >
> > . sysuse auto
> > . cm2in A4
> > . graph dot weight, over(make) xsize(`r(in2)') ysize(`r(in1)')
> >
> > The two other tools, -g2oz- and -msq2ftsq- are, perhaps, of less general
> > importance to Stata users. They could be helpful, however, for those
> > who play the American game "Wits and Wagers" with continental European
> > friends (hi frauke).
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