Yuma, WHich app is this one?
On Mar 1, 2012, at 2:58 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Thanks for that one. Will be checking it in detail later this week. > > I found another one with a note taking part where you can paste past > calculations or parts of it and plug it back into equations. The issue is > that all the buttons are unlabelled :) The devver was forthcoming in > rectifying this so good, but i need an immediate solution so your suggestion > might stick once i've understood the layout > > Thanks again > > Yuma > > > On 1/03/2012, at 7:25 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't think the built-in calculator will do it. The only Deg button is >> just to switch modes from degrees to radians. There are a jillion >> calculators in the app store so you might want to take a poke through there. >> The LXVII calculator is one of those HP RPN calculators which should do the >> trick. Every button has three additional functions beyond its stated feature >> but on the 1 button there were R< and >P functions. If I left VO focus on >> there for a few seconds it read the help text saying it was rectangular to >> polar coordinates. On the third row of buttons are three unlabeled buttons >> which are the f, g and h buttons (which also read in the help text if you >> wait). They activate the secondary functions written in different colors. So >> the g button says it activates the blue functions which VO-A actually says >> are turquoise, which would be the >P secondary function on the 1 key. The f >> key activates the >> yellow functions which VO actually reads as 'a shade of merliwood" or >> something like that. So that would be the R< on the one key. I also noticed >> that it didn't announce the values in the display at the top without my >> moving VO focus there so I set up a hotspot VO-shift-1 and then turned on >> monitoring of the hotspot VO-Command-shift-1. >> >> Hope that makes some sense. >> >> CB >> >> On 2/24/12 6:52 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> The mac os calculator either has some serious performance problems and >>> doesn't have what i need or it's my perception that wants everything to be >>> extra zippy, and it does in fact have what i want. But the question i have >>> needs clairifcation before i endeavor for an alternative solution: >>> >>> With the current default calculator, i have to do some tedious work before >>> getting results i want, ie for changing values from rectangular to polar >>> forms when doing complex numbers. >>> >>> Normally there's a rec deg function available on all scientific calculators >>> but on this one, i have to manually enter the values which is a complete >>> drag and annoyance. >>> >>> Can anyone please tell me if there is in fact a way to do this and i'm >>> missing out on something somewhere? >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Yuma >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
