9:49 p.m.
Anyone know where xcalc went off to? It was on my FC4 install but it's
disappeared since the (funky) FC5 update. I don't know if it's really
not there or if I fraged it doing the upgrade.
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11:10 p.m.
They want you to run "gcalctool" instead.
On 6/25/06, Joe Klemmer <klemmerj(a)webtrek.com> wrote:
Anyone know where xcalc went off to? It was on my FC4
install but it's
disappeared since the (funky) FC5 update. I don't know if it's really
not there or if I fraged it doing the upgrade.
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3:27 p.m.
Paul Johnson wrote:
They want you to run "gcalctool" instead.
$DEITY! If I wanted to run gcaltool I wouldn't have typed in xcalc. I
really hate when others make decisions on what I should and shouldn't
use for my tools on my own system.
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3:29 p.m.
Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Anyone know where xcalc went off to? It was on my FC4 install
but
> it's disappeared since the (funky) FC5 update. I don't know if
> it's really not there or if I fraged it doing the upgrade.
Try /usr/bin/gcalctool
I want xcalc, not gcalctool. I prefer xcalc.
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3:37 p.m.
On 6/26/06, Joe Klemmer <klemmerj(a)webtrek.com> wrote:
Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> Anyone know where xcalc went off to? It was on my FC4 install but
>> it's disappeared since the (funky) FC5 update. I don't know if
>> it's really not there or if I fraged it doing the upgrade.
>
> Try /usr/bin/gcalctool
I want xcalc, not gcalctool. I prefer xcalc.
wasn't xcalc part of Xorg, and dropped from 7.0 ?
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7:56 p.m.
Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > Try /usr/bin/gcalctool
>
> I want xcalc, not gcalctool. I prefer xcalc.
wasn't xcalc part of Xorg, and dropped from 7.0 ?
It probably was. Frelling world. <sigh>
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3:37 p.m.
Joe Klemmer wrote:
Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> Anyone know where xcalc went off to? It was on my FC4 install but
>> it's disappeared since the (funky) FC5 update. I don't know if
>> it's really not there or if I fraged it doing the upgrade.
>>
> Try /usr/bin/gcalctool
>
I want xcalc, not gcalctool. I prefer xcalc.
I understand your point, like many things I want to be
in control of my own equipment! I guess that's why
we're not running Windows XP or some such? However in
this case there is little if any difference and the
display is an improvement, at least with my XFCE. I am
still learning the application name ...
Bob Goowin
4:57 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 04:37:51PM -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
Joe Klemmer wrote:
>Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
>
>>>Anyone know where xcalc went off to? It was on my FC4 install but
>>>it's disappeared since the (funky) FC5 update. I don't know if
>>>it's really not there or if I fraged it doing the upgrade.
>>>
>>Try /usr/bin/gcalctool
>>
>
> I want xcalc, not gcalctool. I prefer xcalc.
>
I understand your point, like many things I want to be
in control of my own equipment! I guess that's why
we're not running Windows XP or some such? However in
this case there is little if any difference and the
display is an improvement, at least with my XFCE. I am
still learning the application name ...
Bob Goowin
Unless my memory is totally defunct, the major feature of xcalc is
the availability of RPN (reverse Polish notation) mode. I refuse to
use calculators that aren't RPN, being habituated to the superlative
HP series.
Calculators without RPN aren't worth squat, IMHO.
A cursory check of gcalctool and its man page suggests it isn't worth
squat.
This is NOT progress.
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8:21 p.m.
"David A. De Graaf" <dad(a)datix.us> writes:
Unless my memory is totally defunct, the major feature of xcalc is
the availability of RPN (reverse Polish notation) mode. I refuse to
use calculators that aren't RPN, being habituated to the superlative
HP series.
Calculators without RPN aren't worth squat, IMHO.
A cursory check of gcalctool and its man page suggests it isn't worth
squat.
This is NOT progress.
There are a few rpn calc. One is dc which is installed by default. My
favorite one is emacs calc[1]. That's the best I have ever tried.
Footnotes:
[1] ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/calc
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7:04 p.m.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned kcalc, which has to be the best there
is, and for you Joe, you only need to change X to K :)
Joe Klemmer wrote:
Anyone know where xcalc went off to? It was on my FC4 install but
it's
disappeared since the (funky) FC5 update. I don't know if it's really
not there or if I fraged it doing the upgrade.
7:33 p.m.
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:04:12 +0100
Albert Graham <agraham(a)g-b.net> wrote:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned kcalc, which has to be the
best there
is,
I would cast my vote for gtapecalc ( http://gtapecalc.sourceforge.net/ ) as the
best calculator program.
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8:51 a.m.
I also am one of those who prefer xcalc over the (g|k)calc alternatives. Since it
hasn't been posted here, and for the benefit of anyone else that looks for a solution
and stumbles across this thread, let me make this brief note.
It seems that X.Org has placed xcalc in the "unsupported" bin. It seems you
can still download the sources and compile them from their site, here:
http://ftp.x.org/pub/unsupported/programs/xcalc/
I haven't yet done so, as I am at work, and do not have access to my Fedora box, but I
believe that this will be the solution for anyone desiring xcalc on their box.
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I was also pretty annoyed to find that xcalc was missing. The easiest way that I've
found to put it back is to download this:
ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.0/src/app/xcalc-X11R7.0-1.0.1.tar.bz2
And then just simply unpack, configure, build, and install.
Alternatively, if you have any experience with building RPMS, you can do this a bit more
cleanly. (No guarantees, but this worked for me):
1) download above source from above into /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
2) put xcalc.spec into /usr/src/redhat/SPEC (spec file is below)
3) rpmbuild -ba xcalc.spec
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Summary: X.Org XCalc
Name: xcalc-X11R7.0
Version: 1.0.1
Release: 1%{?dist}
License: MIT/X11
Group: User Interface/X
URL: http://www.x.org
Source0: ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.0/src/app/xcalc-X11R7.0-1.0.1.tar.bz2
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
%description
%prep
%setup -q
%build
%configure
%install
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
%clean
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
%files
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
%doc
/usr/bin/xcalc
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XCalc
/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XCalc-color
/usr/share/man/man1/xcalc.1x.gz
%changelog
* Fri Aug 25 2006 amlai <> -
- Initial build.
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