[tz] Comments
Brian Inglis
Brian.Inglis at Shaw.ca
Sat Apr 22 22:44:05 UTC 2023
On 2023-04-22 15:07, Michael H Deckers wrote:
> On 2023-04-22 18:21, Brian Inglis wrote:
>> $ units `cat ~/tz/data/{[ef]*,*{ica,asia}} | wc -l`*12point/277mm*A4paper*80gsm
>> 1.3475787 kg
> I guess one would print two-sided so that the 1079 pages you computed would
> fit on 0.68 kg of paper.
My estimate was ~270-272pp; 16 A4 sheets/m^2 == .0625m^2/sheet; * 80g/m^2 ==
5g/sheet; * 272sheets == 1.36kg!
Good point - but I have rarely printed anything large enough to benefit from
duplex in the last decade - I used to print 4 pages/sheet at home using various
imposition packages or print drivers.
> And why did you exclude back*, zone*, etc?
Did not consider those core, but for giggles:
$ units `cat ~/tz/data/{[ef]*,*{ica,asia},back*,zone*.tab} | wc
-l`*12point/277mm*A4paper*80gsm
1.5766488 kg # on about ~316-319pp
$ units `grep -h '^\s*#\|^\s*$' ~/tz/data/{[ef]*,*{ica,asia},back*,zone*.tab} |
wc -l`*12point/277mm*A4paper*80gsm
1.1474093 kg # on about 230-232pp
giving ~73% comment or blank lines by line or page count or weight.
I am here excluding data line comments, which would require analyzing numbers of
characters and/or areas occupied on the line to get comparables.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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