The Emacs Calculator (2009)
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The Emacs Calculator (2009)
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Re: The Emacs Calculator (2009)
#2I love Emacs but the calculator, being stack based is just too awkward for me. I know there is the "algebraic mode" but it still is too much. Is there a way to configure it to work like, say, SpeedCrunch (my favorite calculator by far) ?
Re: The Emacs Calculator (2009)
#3Being an old HP48 user, finding Calc was what me fall the rest of the way in love with Emacs. If I'm at the shell prompt I'll still startup GP/Pari for quick calculations, but it's hard to beat Calc for longer sessions.
The only downside is that, like any advanced Emacs functionality, if you don't use it frequently you forget all the commands.
Re: The Emacs Calculator (2009)
#4I love Emacs but the calculator, being stack based is just too awkward for me. I know there is the "algebraic mode" but it still is too much. Is there a way to configure it to work like, say, SpeedCrunch (my favorite calculator by far) ?
I would sometimes open the Messages buffer and then repeatedly use M-x quick-calc to evaluate a few expressions. Each result is written to the Messages so I have a log. Dirty but works :)
Re: The Emacs Calculator (2009)
#5I love Emacs but the calculator, being stack based is just too awkward for me. I know there is the "algebraic mode" but it still is too much. Is there a way to configure it to work like, say, SpeedCrunch (my favorite calculator by far) ?
TIL about SpeedCrunch!
http://www.speedcrunch.org/download.html even links to 32- and 64-bit prebuilt Qt binaries for Linux. Nice.
Re: The Emacs Calculator (2009)
#6Being an old HP48 user, finding Calc was what me fall the rest of the way in love with Emacs. If I'm at the shell prompt I'll still startup GP/Pari for quick calculations, but it's hard to beat Calc for longer sessions. The only downside is that, like any advanced Emacs functionality, if you don't use it frequently you forget all the commands.
I fell in love with smartphones (iPhone) when I downloaded the HP41 app. I feel ya.
Re: The Emacs Calculator (2009)
#7Emacs calc can do financial/TVM calculations, too. A useful tutorial by Andrew Hyatt on doing financial calculations [0]; he has wrote many other calc tutorials [1] in the Emacs Google Plus community [2].
[0] Emacs financial calculations: https://plus.google.com/+AndrewHyatt/posts/YdwsbNmZ4NL
[1] Index of Andrew Hyatt's emacs calc tutorials: https://blog.markhepburn.com/2013/12/07/andrew-hyatts-emacs-...
[2] Emacs Google Plus community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114815898697665598016
Re: The Emacs Calculator (2009)
#8Calc is so useful to have right there. I have never used Windows calc since discovering the emacs one many years ago. Once I got used to it I had to find an RPN one for my phone (RealCalc and PCalc for Android and IOS, respectively).
Algebraic formulas are great but beyond my typical reuse recall duration.
Re: The Emacs Calculator (2009)
#9I love Emacs but the calculator, being stack based is just too awkward for me. I know there is the "algebraic mode" but it still is too much. Is there a way to configure it to work like, say, SpeedCrunch (my favorite calculator by far) ?
TIL about SpeedCrunch! http://www.speedcrunch.org/ http://www.speedcrunch.org/download.html even links to 32- and 64-bit prebuilt Qt binaries for Linux. Nice.
How does it compare with good old command line 'mc'?
Re: The Emacs Calculator (2009)
#10Being an old HP48 user, finding Calc was what me fall the rest of the way in love with Emacs. If I'm at the shell prompt I'll still startup GP/Pari for quick calculations, but it's hard to beat Calc for longer sessions. The only downside is that, like any advanced Emacs functionality, if you don't use it frequently you forget all the commands.
And an HP48 emulator is still what I use on my phone as a calculator.
For the reason you mention, I need to get into the habit of using Calc for my quick calculations; right now, I usually use Google (ick, infix notation) or dc.