Re: [h5md-user] units module

[Pierre de Buyl]

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 02:09:45PM -0400, Peter Colberg wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 07:34:15PM +0200, Pierre de Buyl wrote:
> > It seems so. But I cannot read the attached file in Python, can you?
> 
> Yup, works fine:
> 
> import h5py
> f = h5py.File("h5ex_t_vlstring.h5", "r")
> print(" ".join(f["DS1"][:]))                    --> Parting is such sᏠsorrow

Ok, I tried to print f["DS1"][:] but then UTF8 does not display in a IPython
terminal.

> The units module could define two alternate SI notations though, one
> using short symbols and the other using long identifiers. For example,
> a symbol is "Å" (in UTF-8 encoding), and the corresponding identifier
> is "angstrom" (in ASCII encoding). The former appears more suited for
> human consumption, the latter more suited for machine consumption.

Apart from "Å", what use do you have for UTF8 in units?

> > By the way, I had to find a unicode character table to enter an Å.
> 
> You are missing out! :-)
> 
> There is a wonderful world of Unicode characters hidden in your

Well, it's not yet done for me. Despite a "Multi_key" setting in my .Xmodmap :-/