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Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by filmgirlcw »

frereubu wrote: post #53
filmgirlcw wrote: post #45

I’ve been using Soulver for like 12 years and it’s one of my favorite and most-used apps. There was a huge amount of time between Soulver 2 and 3 so I gladly paid for version 3 (even though it doesn’t sync with iOS which isn’t a big deal, and some features haven’t made their way over so I still keep 2 installed). There might be decent alternatives but at this point, I’m so used to Soulver I don’t want anything else.…

Me too, but don't you find the way Soulver 3 manages documents a bit weird? I much preferred the old way where you could save document wherever you wanted, whereas version 3 seems to want to control all of that for you. Unlike the previous version I couldn't wrap my head around how it was supposed to work quickly, and went back to version 2. I was happy to pay for a new version just to make sure Soulver isn't abandon…

Yeah it took me a bit of time and I admit I still use 2 a lot but I’m trying to force myself to use 3. I think part of it is the 9 years or whatever that I used 2.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by dmix »

marklgr wrote: post #47
jonstaab wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I like dc too, and wrote this plugin for Vim: https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck The power of old tools :)

For me the currency conversion, easy ‘totalling’, syntax highlighting, and mixing Markdown text inline (which gets ignored) is the key feature for these notepad/numi apps.

These still could be done in Vim but it’s more than just a unixy calculator or text-editor spreadsheet.

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by staticvoidmaine »

CriticalCathed wrote: post #36

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?

It’s a little different, but take a look and see what you think:

https://speedcrunch.org/

It’s desktop cross platform

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Post by kennethfriedman »

ancorevard wrote: post #44
kennethfriedman wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And another FYI: Soulver 2 is still available on the Mac App Store for $9. Whereas Soulver 3 is on their website for $30.

Why would anyone buy Soulver outside the Mac App Store? Any compelling new features that warrants the higher price and risk?

It is the newer version, there definitely appear to be some nice new features[0] and a UI re-fresh (although as a Soulver 2 user, I think I'm pretty happy as is)

[0]: https://documentation.soulver.app/whats-new

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by filmgirlcw »

jonstaab wrote: post #52
zwily wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Soulver has iOS apps too.

Sadly, I am Android-only. Is there any difference in functionality, or it a pure clone (edit: or, is Numi the clone? Sound like Soulver has been around a while)?

I’ve never used Numi. Soulver is 14 years old and is from my favorite era of indie macOS development. He’s really responsive on twitter or to bug reports/emails.

Numi is also available in Setapp [1], which I pay for and really love (it’s a great value for me), but I must admit I’ve never used it. I’ll check it out later today, but don’t know if I can offer a comprehensive pro/con.

[1]: https://setapp.com

Re: Soulver – Notepad, meet calculator

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Post by marklgr »

dmix wrote: post #64
marklgr wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like dc too, and wrote this plugin for Vim: https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck The power of old tools :)

For me the currency conversion, easy ‘totalling’, syntax highlighting, and mixing Markdown text inline (which gets ignored) is the key feature for these notepad/numi apps. These still could be done in Vim but it’s more than just a unixy calculator or text-editor spreadsheet.

To each his own I guess. As far as I'm concerned, I'm mainly interested in the one-column spreadsheet, tweaking a few input rows and checking how it impacts some other rows. I still use instacalc from time to time, but now I often reach for vim instead.
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