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Re: Calculator with "tapes"

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On Mon, 16 Jul 2018, Joe wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:06:13
> From: Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Calculator with "tapes"
> Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:06:32 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:57:58 -0400
> Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com> wrote:
>
> > Does Debian have a calculator package which has the equivalent of the
> > tape produced by mechanical machines to show the entire calculation.
> > I find such "tapes" essential when for example I am adding a long
> > list of numbers and need to check after the addition is done to
> > verify that all the numbers were entered correctly.
> >
> > Regards, Ken
> >
>
> I use a spreadsheet for this.
>
>

dc can do this if you don't mind the command line and remember your tape
in this case is called a stack.  This is important to remember since
commands exist in dc if you use them that will destroy the stack either
immediately or slowly.  There is a command in dc to print the entire
stack which is what you will find useful too.
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Calculator with "tapes" Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com> - 2018-07-16 19:00 +0200
  Re: Calculator with "tapes" Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-07-16 19:10 +0200
    Re: Calculator with "tapes" Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2018-07-16 19:50 +0200
  Re: Calculator with "tapes" Boyan Penkov <boyan.penkov@gmail.com> - 2018-07-16 19:20 +0200
  Re: Calculator with "tapes" Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2018-07-16 19:20 +0200
  Re: Calculator with "tapes" Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-07-16 19:50 +0200
  Calculator with "tapes" "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-07-16 20:00 +0200
  Re: Calculator with "tapes" Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2018-07-16 23:10 +0200
  Re: Calculator with "tapes" Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-07-17 02:00 +0200
  Re: Calculator with "tapes" Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-17 02:20 +0200
    Re: Calculator with "tapes" Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2018-07-17 03:10 +0200
      Re: Calculator with "tapes" Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-17 11:20 +0200
        Re: Calculator with "tapes" Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2018-07-17 12:40 +0200
          Re: Calculator with "tapes" Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-17 13:40 +0200
            Re: Calculator with "tapes" Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2018-07-17 14:30 +0200
              Re: Calculator with "tapes" Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-17 14:50 +0200
                Re: Calculator with "tapes" Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-07-17 15:00 +0200
      Re: Calculator with "tapes" Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-23 04:30 +0200
        Re: Calculator with "tapes" Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-23 09:30 +0200
        Re: Calculator with "tapes" Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2018-07-23 13:10 +0200
          Re: Calculator with "tapes" Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2018-07-23 13:20 +0200
            Re: Calculator with "tapes" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-07-23 13:30 +0200
              Re: Calculator with "tapes" Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2018-07-23 13:50 +0200
          Re: Calculator with "tapes" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-07-23 13:30 +0200
  Re: Calculator with "tapes" Piotr <zaxonxp45@gmail.com> - 2018-07-17 07:30 +0200
  Re: Calculator with "tapes" John Darrah <xyllyx@gmail.com> - 2018-07-23 16:50 +0200

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