Reconsidering the display of percent values in task summaries

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Markus Elfring

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Message 112819 - Posted: 7 Oct 2023, 7:15:15 UTC

A known program was extended according to the development topic “boinc_cmd: add --get_task_summary command.” during March 2023.

The presented table can contain the column “% Done”.
How do you think about to omit the display of the percent character besides the values?
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Richard Haselgrove
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Message 112820 - Posted: 7 Oct 2023, 8:17:26 UTC - in response to Message 112819.  

boinccmd  --get_task_summary c
% Done
---
59.74%
28.47%
28.13%
59.65%
---
47.51%
On my University course, 50 years ago, I was firmly taught:

"A number is meaningless unless the units are stated"

But we do need to add that to the User Manual - thanks for reminding me.
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Message 112822 - Posted: 7 Oct 2023, 10:22:51 UTC - in response to Message 112820.  

"A number is meaningless unless the units are stated"


  • How good is corresponding information already provided by the column header “% Done” or the documentation hint “c: completion %”?
  • Would you like to improve automated data processing by using a customised type?

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Message 112823 - Posted: 7 Oct 2023, 11:19:02 UTC - in response to Message 112820.  

But we do need to add that to the User Manual - thanks for reminding me.
Done.
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Message 112824 - Posted: 7 Oct 2023, 11:52:03 UTC - in response to Message 112820.  

But we do need to add that to the User Manual - ….

How do you think about to express any influence of number format settings on the percent value presentation?
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Message 112825 - Posted: 7 Oct 2023, 12:05:12 UTC - in response to Message 112823.  

Done.

I suggest to put the information “Options:” behind the version hint “New in 7.24” in this documentation approach.
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