Update/rework panel option "Use SI size units"

[mc-butler]

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This issue was migrated from Trac:

Origin	https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/3675
Reporter	michael-o (@michael-o)

With the advent of #3666 the panel option "Use SI size units" does not properly document the behavior. As layed out in #3666:

• the option does not say what will happen when this option is disabled
• There are no SI units used here at all because byte is not a SI unit. Only SI prefixes are used with Improper use of IEC and SI prefixes for size in size_trunc()/size_trunc_len() #3666.

The label should either be changed to "Use SI prefixes instead of IEC ones" (which reflects the correct terms and new reality) or better to "Size prefix style: [IEC, SI]".

It is to be discussed whether C code and config ini will be changed accordingly or mapped for maximum compat.

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Aug 17, 2016 at 13:30 UTC (comment 1)

• Milestone set to Future Releases
• Component changed from mcview to mc-core