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Subject: Re: Formatting labels with disk size information
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:21:11 +0200
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On 23.08.2012 17:41, rambius wrote:

> I am using the default format for the labels on Y axis and the labels
> pop up in exponential notation, for example 1e+08, 1.5+0.8, 2e+0.8
> bytes. I would like to actually show the labels in megabytes and
> gigabytes, that is whatever is currently in the label, I want it
> divided by (1024 * 1024) for MB or by (1024 * 1024 * 1024) for GB.

Spelling it like that is, strictly speaking, incorrect.  Those should be 
MiB and GiB, respectively.  See 'help format specifiers' for the details.