A couple of minor bug fixes and cleanups

[lyx.git] / src / lyxlength.C

diff --git a/src/lyxlength.C b/src/lyxlength.C
index 67be44c917df7c0dba587c603acebdbc1e18846a..2a0b2fa0b57ad1fbc3629268d7b7403bb599ea03 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lyxlength.C
+++ b/src/lyxlength.C
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 
+using std::abs;
 
 LyXLength::LyXLength()
        : val_(0), unit_(LyXLength::PT)
@@ -238,6 +239,34 @@ int LyXLength::inPixels(int default_width, int default_height) const
 }
 
 
+int LyXLength::inBP() const
+{
+       // return any LyXLength value as a one with
+       // the PostScript point, called bp (big points)
+       double result = 0.0;
+       int val_sign = val_ < 0.0 ? -1 : 1;
+       switch (unit_) {
+       case LyXLength::CM:
+               // 1bp = 0.2835cm
+               result = val_ * 28.346;
+               break;
+       case LyXLength::MM:
+               // 1bp = 0.02835mm
+               result = val_ * 2.8346;
+               break;
+       case LyXLength::IN:
+               // 1pt = 1/72in
+               result = val_ * 72.0;
+               break;
+       default:
+               // no other than bp possible
+               result = val_;
+               break;
+       }
+       return static_cast<int>(result * val_sign + 0.5);
+}
+
+
 bool operator==(LyXLength const & l1, LyXLength const & l2)
 {
        return l1.value() == l2.value() && l1.unit() == l2.unit();