Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 26.08.15 15:00, Uwe Husmann wrote: >> Those are textpads that will recognize and solve mathematical formulas and >> equations. >> >> I just wonder if there are similar plugins for vim that will do the same >> thing or at least go in the same direction? > Sounds like an attempt to build a new emacs. Trying to imitate every > application which passes by seems a strange practice when it is easier > to use and manage a suite of applications, each of which caters well for > one area of work - such as text editing. > > Take a look at the *nix application "units". It'll take expressions > like: > > You have: (400 W/m^2 / stefanboltzmann)^(1/4) > You want: kelvin > * 289.80881 > / 0.0034505507 > > You have: 2 btu + 450 ft lbf > You want: btu > * 2.5782804 > / 0.38785542 > > You have: 5 kg * 1 m * (10 radians/second)^2 > You want: newtons > * 500 > / 0.002 > > You have: wiregauge(22) > You want: mm > * 0.6438033 > / 1.5532695 > > The nifty thing about "units" is that it protests if you muck up the > dimensions. (Try leaving off the "^2" in the f = mrw^2 computation, > above.) > > There doesn't seem to be much point reinventing the wheel when there are > so many of them floating around already. Piping a line of text out to > another application is something that Vim already does. > Along this line of reasoning: check out sage or macsyma. If you'd like a commercial product, check out maple.
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