Yo you should use maxima. it is a terminal based calculator. So
install macports, and then in the terminal type
sudo port install maxima
And it installs.
The whole thing is typing input from the keyboard. For my chemistry
what I would do is, write out the math operation in my latex editor
for typesetting, then i would copy and paste it into a line that was
commented out where I would change it to the syntax that maxima
likes. I then copy and paste it into terminal, run the calculation,
and write the answer in the line below in my latex document. So
basically I can keep track of the calculations that I am doing.
Maxima rules!
Regards
Justin Harford
Into this wild abyss, the weary fiend stood on the brink of hell and
looked awhile, pondering his voyage
John Milton
Paradise Lost
On Jun 6, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Shaun Jones wrote:
Also for simple functions you can use spotlight.
On Jun 6, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote:
Orin, you can indeed just type the numbers. I think you have to be
focussed on the display area, but that's where you start when you
open up the calculator.
Darcy
On 6-Jun-08, at 4:10 PM, Orin wrote:
Hey all,
Does anyone know where I can get a Calculator to type on, rather
than click on each of the buttons? I was doing a rather simple
operation that I really could've, should've done in my head this
morning. I didn't feel like it, and besides I wanted to give this
calculator a test run, since I haven't used it before, and it
disappointed me that there was no edit box to type the numbers in.
Does anyone know a freeware app that can do this, or perhaps
Apple's Calculator can do it, I'm just not sure how to get the
edit box up?
Thanks.
