DeskCalc
Deskbar: | Applications | |
Location: | /boot/beos/apps/DeskCalc | |
Settings: | ~/config/settings/DeskCalc_settings |
DeskCalc is a simple calculator that nevertheless has some nice features that aren't apparent on first sight.
DeskCalc understands much more than its simple keypad suggests.
Besides the operators +, -, *, /, %, ^ and the constants pi and e the following math functions are supported:
acos, asin, atan, atan2, ceil, cos, cosh, exp, floor, log, log10, pow, sin, sinh, sqrt, tan, tanh.DeskCalc can be used in Terminal. Just put the expression in double quotes, like this:
~> DeskCalc "sin(45)*(cos(12)+3.45)" 3.6536554673202546181795194727005826674359494735820338441084848
Right-clicking offers a menu to open a simple options dialog:
Auto Num Lock automatically activates the number block when launching DeskCalc Audio Feedback plays a sound when showing a result Show Keypad hides the keypad when deactivated You can resize the calculator until it fits your needs and then put it as Replicant onto the Desktop via drag&drop of the symbol in the bottom right corner. Make sure "Show Replicants" is activated in the Deskbar.
The keypad can be colored with a drag&drop from any color well, e.g. from Icon-O-Matic.
You can move up and down in a history of past calculations with the CURSOR-UP/DOWN keys.
You can select DeskCalc's contents and drag&drop it into any application. Or you drop it into a Tracker window or onto the Desktop and a text file with that clipping is created there.
Even better, the reverse is also possible:
Create clippings as described at various stages of your calculation and go back to them by drag&dropping them back into DeskCalc.
Or you drag&drop a calculation directly out of an email onto DeskCalc.