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Re: Calculator with "tapes"

From	John Darrah <xyllyx@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Calculator with "tapes"
Date	2018-07-23 16:50 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 09:59:10AM -0700, Ken Heard 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 believe that "apcalc" is something you should look at. It 
has a nice command line history similar to using bash nd you 
can review your work by just typing "less .calc_history".

-- 
john

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  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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