it is necessary to install the developper tools. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Harford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 8:41 PM Subject: Re: Apple's Calculator simply doesn't cut it
I just googled it. Macports is an apple oriented project to port unix and linux apps to the apple operating system. You download it in a disk image and run in an installer. I think you may need to also installer the apple developer tools which I believe would be on your installation CD, but they would mention that on the macports webpage if it were necessary. 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 7, 2008, at 6:42 AM, Orin wrote: > Where do I get MacPorts at anyway? > On Jun 6, 2008, at 9:39 PM, Justin Harford wrote: > >> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
