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Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by gabipurcaru » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:32 PM UTC

I wrote https://dedo.io/ as a web version of this, since there's no good equivalent for linux

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by petey283 » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:32 PM UTC

badatshipping wrote: post #19

The funny thing is that Excel would basically meet this need perfectly if it didn’t take 5 seconds to open.

This. Excel as a notepad would be great. Don't know enough about windows desktop development to implement my own solution, but I'm surprised that nothing currently exists.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by m-p-3 » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:34 PM UTC

fourier_mode wrote: post #5

UI is impressive! But, how is the functionality provided better than tons of free spreadsheet apps out there?

If you just want to quickly input data without caring for cells, rows, columns this is great.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by jeromegv » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:35 PM UTC

badatshipping wrote: post #19

The funny thing is that Excel would basically meet this need perfectly if it didn’t take 5 seconds to open.

Exactly why I use Soulver. I can't stomach opening Excel or switching to it and waiting for it to load. With Soulver I just click and it works.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by zwily » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:35 PM UTC

jonstaab wrote: post #30

daturkel wrote: post #15

I personally use Numi, which is very similar. I like the ability to assign variables and reuse them (and change the value of the variable on the fly, instantly redoing all other calculations). https://numi.io/

Seconded (though I'm tentatively switching to dc[0], reverse polish notation ftw), can anyone who has used both Numi and Soulver point out the differences between the two? They look super similar to me. [0] https://www.computerhope.com/unix/udc.htm

Soulver has iOS apps too.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by CriticalCathed » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:37 PM UTC

I do this kind of thing a lot...this is a tool that I didn't know I needed. Like excel-lite.

Too bad it's mac only. And so is Numi.

Any linux (preferred) or windows alternatives?

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by CriticalCathed » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:39 PM UTC

slig wrote: post #10

indentit wrote: post #4

A paid, Mac only app which could fairly easily be implemented as a plugin to any popular text editor... I'm not sure I understand the appeal - what am I missing here, please? :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

I use dropbox everyday. But, he's still right all these years later isn't he? Dropbox hasn't made money yet. Perhaps it never will.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by skuhn » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:40 PM UTC

diimdeep wrote: post #26

Really like https://calca.io

I really like Calca and still use it a bunch, but it has a few annoyances (some of which cause incorrect answers) and seems to get updated about once every 4 years.

Putting the answers inline rather than over in a separate column (ala Soulver and Numi) makes more sense to me.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by rhymer » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:42 PM UTC

vincent-toups wrote: post #6

C-X X-E evaluates any s-expression in any emacs buffer using emacs lisp.

Or C-x * for calc-dispatch? I guess the point of this app is the input doesn't have to be precise. Not sure emacs can do that.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by garysahota93 » Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 4:42 PM UTC

This is awesome! I was actually looking around for something a few days ago! Perfect timing.