[Gimp-developer] the symbol for inch can be ' ?

[Andrew A. Gill]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Cristian Secar? wrote:

> Somewhere in the po-plug-ins file there is this string:
>
> The unit's symbol if it has one (e.g. \"'\" for inches). The unit's
> abbreviation is used if doesn't have a symbol.
>
> Is this correct ? As far as I know the symbol for inch is ", not '.

I believe the definitive discussion of this is in This is Spinal 
Tap, where they mistakenly request a model of Stonehenge 18" 
high, instead of 18', resulting in a prop that was in danger of 
being crushed by a dwarf.

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