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From: Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: auto caluclation for data display
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:58:47 +0200
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Am 22.06.2015 um 22:47 schrieb Karl Ratzsch:
> Am 22.06.2015 um 19:08 schrieb Jörg Buchholz:
>> If I use set format y "%.b %BB" I've get 10kiB, 20kiB ....
>> Is it possible to change the "i"?
.
> 
> ... you cannot get lost of the "i" for binary magitudes. You can use the
> format string "%s %c" for kilogramms or computer salespeople's
> gigabytes. Which are not gigabytes. ;-)


Or, if you really want 1 kByte to be 1024 Bytes, build you own format
function :

fstring(x) = sprintf("%.f ",\
		 x<2**10 ? (ps="",x) :\
 		 x<2**20 ? (ps="Ki", x/2**10) : \
 		 x<2**30 ? (ps="Mi", x/2**20) :\
 		           (ps="Ti", x/2**30)).ps."Byte"