daveg@near.cs.caltech.edu (Dave Gillespie) (05/29/90)
Version 1.00 of my calculator for GNU Emacs is finally ready. More than just a desk calculator, Calc supports arbitrary precision integer and floating-point arithmetic, complex numbers, vectors and matrices, units, symbolic algebra, etc. It can handle both RPN and algebraic style computations, and includes a minibuffer-based "quick" mode. It can yank data to and from Emacs buffers in a variety of formats, including C, Pascal, Fortran, TeX, and Mathematica. Calc is written entirely in Emacs Lisp, so it will run on any GNU Emacs installation. It includes a complete manual in Info form. Many thanks to those brave persons who participated in the beta test a couple months ago. Most of your suggestions have been incorporated into this version. Among the new features are units, much-improved algebraic manipulation, some powerful new vector/matrix operations, interval arithmetic, a variety of formatting options, and flexible programming using extended keyboard macros. The program is now divided into two parts for quicker loading when all you need are the basic arithmetic functions. Calc is available now for anonymous FTP from csvax.caltech.edu. I plan to post it to comp.sources.misc; it should come out there in about a week. If you find any problems with Calc, please let me know right away so I can fix them before the posting goes out. Enjoy, -- Dave -- Dave Gillespie 256-80 Caltech Pasadena CA USA 91125 daveg@csvax.caltech.edu, ...!cit-vax!daveg