Author:  randyf  Posted:  Feb 8, 2022 16:40  Subject:  Re: Fractions  Viewed:  27 times  Topic:  Catalog Requests Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card randyf (442) Location:  USA, Ohio Member Since Contact Type Status Sep 16, 2009 Seller  Store: The Bricking Spectre BrickLink Catalog Administrator (?)

In Catalog Requests, gunga writes:    While this request is not overly important, is there a way to actually use the fraction characters like ¼, ½, and ¾ instead of 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4? I am sure that they could be used. Although, I am not sure how they would sort. But will we be using them? I highly doubt it, as this would require updating thousands upon thousands upon thousands of catalog entries, and LEGO itself does not use the fraction characters in their part names. I have already had to update almost 800 entries for your requests to add some fractions to some plain parts, and it takes a _lot_ of time. I believe our time is better spent on other things.

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Fractions - gunga (2413)

While this request is not overly important, is there a way to actually use the fraction characters like ¼, ½, and ¾ instead of 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4? The reason I bring this up is [...] (28 months ago, Feb 8, 2022, to Catalog Requests)

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Re: Fractions - SylvainLS (46)

[...] Just to be contradictory :P: ½ (URL) (URL) (URL) (URL) (URL) (URL) (URL) (URL) (URL) ¼ (URL) (Those are from the parts in LDD.  There may be others.) (28 months ago, Feb 8, 2022, to Catalog Requests)

Re: Fractions - gunga (2413)

Not being fluent in computer programming, I am not aware of the work it takes to edit entries. The last computer language I used was BASIC back in the 80's. Like I said, [...] (28 months ago, Feb 8, 2022, to Catalog Requests)

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 Msg 1 - gunga (2413) 28 months ago Feb 8, 2022 to Catalog Requests
 Msg 2 - tons_of_bricks (12799) 28 months ago Feb 8, 2022 to Catalog Requests
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 Msg 4 - SylvainLS (46) 28 months ago Feb 8, 2022 to Catalog Requests
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