ANNOUNCE: gcalctool v5.7.8 [hopefully stable]

[Rich Burridge <Rich Burridge Sun COM>]

Gcalctool is the default GNOME desktop calculator.

It has Basic, Advanced, Financial and Scientific modes. Internally it
uses multiple precision arithmetic to produce results to a high degree
of accuracy.

This release is an early one for the GNOME 2.13/2.14 release train.
It's being provided to get early feedback on a couple of new features.


Changes since the last gcalctool version (5.6.31).

* Fixed bug #317378 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317378)
  Exponential notation now works correctly in arithmetic operator
  precedence mode.

* Adjusted the mpcmim() routine in mp.c. The fix for Sun bug #4006391
  needed to also preserve v->toclear and v->pointed.

* Work on enhancement request #157961. Implemented the bit twiddling
  panel for non-arithmetic precedence mode.  It's automatically displayed
  when in Scientific mode.

* Fixed bug #316382. The "useless" cursor is no longer displayed in
  the calculator display area.

* Implemented enhancement request #148104. Added in a modulo operation.
  This is available in Scientic Mode.  A Mod B return the remainder when
  you divide A by B. A and B must be integers. Keyboard shortcut for this
  operation is "M".

* Fixed bug #162453. The memory register dialog now uses GtkEntry widgets
  to display the register values. Gnopernicus can now correctly speak the
  contents of each memory register. There is also a close button to easily
  dismiss this dialog.

* Fixed bug #314540. The memory register window is now a dialog rather
  than a top-level window.

* Fix to prevent invalid numeric entry in arithmetic operator precedence
  mode, depending upon the current base.


You can download this new version from:

    http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gcalctool/5.7/

[Although some of the ftp mirrors may take a little while to sync].