Ticket #268: kilobyte-git.3.patch

ChangeLog

@@ +1 @@
+2009-02-07  Martin Petricek  <tux@centrum.cz> 
+
+        * doc/mc.1.in: Added help about config file option to use SI or binary
+        byte size prefixes (powers of 1000 or 1024)
+

doc/man/mc.1.in

@@ -3125 +3125 @@
 before attempting to reconnect to an FTP server that has denied the
 login.  If the value is zero, the login will no be retried.
 .TP
+.I kilobyte_si
+If this option is set (kilobyte_si=1), Midnight Commander will use SI units
+(powers of 1000) when displaying any byte sizes. The suffixes (k, m ...)
+are shown in lowercase.
+If unset (default), Midnight Commander will use binary units (powers of 1024)
+and the suffixes are shown in upper case (K, M ...)
+.TP
 .I max_dirt_limit
 Specifies how many screen updates can be skipped at most in the internal
 file viewer.  Normally this value is not significant, because the code

src/ChangeLog

@@ +1 @@
+2009-02-07  Martin Petricek  <tux@centrum.cz>
+
+        * setup.c: added option to modify size format used to display
+        byte sizes - in adition to current binary size prefixes, SI
+        (1000 based) size prefixes are now also possible.
+        * util.c: modified size_trunc() and size_trunc_len() to
+        allow using SI size prefixes.

src/setup.c

@@ -68 +68 @@
 
 extern char *find_ignore_dirs;
 
+extern int kilobyte_si; /* util.c */
+
 extern int num_history_items_recorded;
 
 char *profile_name;             /* .mc/ini */
@@ -574 +576 @@
     load_string ("Colors", "color_terminals", "",
                              color_terminal_string, sizeof (color_terminal_string));
 
+    kilobyte_si = load_int ("Misc", "kilobyte_si", 0);
     /* Load the directory history */
 /*    directory_history_load (); */
     /* Remove the temporal entries */

src/util.c

@@ -252 +252 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If true, SI units (1000 based) will be used for
+ * larger units (kilobyte, megabyte, ...).
+ * If false binary units (1024 based) will be used.
+ */
+int kilobyte_si = 0;
+
 const char *
 size_trunc (double size)
 {
@@ -260 +267 @@
     const char *xtra = "";
     
     if (size > 999999999L){
-        divisor = 1024;
-        xtra = "K";
+        divisor = kilobyte_si?1000:1024;
+        xtra = kilobyte_si?"k":"K";
         if (size/divisor > 999999999L){
-            divisor = 1024*1024;
-            xtra = "M";
+            divisor = kilobyte_si?(1000*1000):(1024*1024);
+            xtra = kilobyte_si?"m":"M";
         }
     }
     g_snprintf (x, sizeof (x), "%.0f%s", (size/divisor), xtra);
@@ -316 +323 @@
          1000000000};
     static const char * const suffix [] =
         {"", "K", "M", "G", "T", "P", "E", "Z", "Y", NULL};
+    static const char * const suffix_lc [] =
+        {"", "k", "m", "g", "t", "p", "e", "z", "y", NULL};
     int j = 0;
+    int size_remain;
 
     /* Don't print more than 9 digits - use suffix.  */
     if (len == 0 || len > 9)
         len = 9;
 
+    /*
+     * recalculate from 1024 base to 1000 base if units>0
+     * We can't just multiply by 1024 - that might cause overflow
+     * if off_t type is too small
+     */
+    if (units && kilobyte_si) {
+     for (j = 0; j < units; j++) {
+      size_remain=((size % 125)*1024)/1000; /* size mod 125, recalculated */
+      size = size / 125; /* 128/125 = 1024/1000 */
+      size = size * 128; /* This will convert size from multiple of 1024 to multiple of 1000 */
+      size += size_remain; /* Re-add remainder lost by division/multiplication */
+     }
+    }
+
     for (j = units; suffix [j] != NULL; j++) {
         if (size == 0) {
             if (j == units) {
@@ -332 +356 @@
 
             /* Use "~K" or just "K" if len is 1.  Use "B" for bytes.  */
             g_snprintf (buffer, len + 1, (len > 1) ? "~%s" : "%s",
-                        (j > 1) ? suffix[j - 1] : "B");
+                        (j > 1) ? (kilobyte_si ? suffix_lc[j - 1] : suffix[j - 1]) : "B");
             break;
         }
 
         if (size < power10 [len - (j > 0)]) {
-            g_snprintf (buffer, len + 1, "%lu%s", (unsigned long) size, suffix[j]);
+            g_snprintf (buffer, len + 1, "%lu%s", (unsigned long) size, kilobyte_si ? suffix_lc[j] : suffix[j]);
             break;
         }
 
-        /* Powers of 1024, with rounding.  */
-        size = (size + 512) >> 10;
+        /* Powers of 1000 or 1024, with rounding.  */
+        if (kilobyte_si) {
+            size = (size + 500) / 1000;
+        } else {
+            size = (size + 512) >> 10;
+        }
     }
 }