Re: Feedback on users/gnome-calculator/3.24/scientific.page

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

Hi John,

On Sat, 2017-04-08 at 11:23 -0400, JOHN KIRK wrote:
> This does not work.
>
>    If I 1 by 200 the right answer is 1/200 = 0.005
>
>    But if I follow your 'scientific' notation instructions I get 50!
>
>    That is 1 / 2 X 102 = 50   What happens is the 1/2 division is
> done first and then the multiplication.
>
>    To be blunt, you DO NOT HAVE SCIENTIFIC NOTATION.  Because if you
> did then the sequence '2 X 102' would be handled as one number that
> equals 200 
>     instead of 2 times 100.   Let me suggest you use 2E+2 to make
> clear it is a number, not a sequence of operations. 
>
>    And while I have your attention let me point out that your
> documentation on how to use the other buttons on the calculator are
> written with the assumption that
>    I ALREADY know how they work.    I suggest you rewrite them based
> on how the Windows calculator work so I could figure out what the
> Ubuntu calculator buttons
>    do.

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Thanks,
andre
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Andre Klapper  |  ak-47 gmx net
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