Add menu selection to Kcalc

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Lyn Perrine 6 years ago
parent 26ae87556f
commit e524a4a9c6

@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ To do simple arithmetic click the numbers and then press the sign for addition,
To make a number negative press the button that looks like a +/-. To insert decimals press the decimal point button which looks like . when you get to the part which is less than a whole number. To clear input from Kcalc Press the button with a C on it. To group operations so they happen together use the parenthesis to make things grouped to gether for example 2*(2+3) would give the result of 10 because it would add 2 and 3 and then multiply by two.
To copy and answer out of Kcalc press control + c or edit -> copy from the menu. To paste a number into Kcalc you can press control + v or edit -> paste from the menu. To cut the text from Kcalc press control +x or edit -> cut from the menu.
To copy and answer out of Kcalc press control + c or :menuselection:`edit --> copy` from the menu. To paste a number into Kcalc you can press control + v or :menuselection:`edit --> paste` from the menu. To cut the text from Kcalc press control +x or :menuselection:`edit --> cut` from the menu.
Scientific calculator mode advanced fuctionality
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If you want even more functionality of Kcalc there is also scientific mode which is acessed from settings and the scientific mode radio button. The button 1/x takes takes 1 and divides it by the number currently on the calculator also known as taking the reciprocal. x! read x factorial will take the number X you entered and multiple each number going down to 1 for example 5! would multiply 5*4*3*2*1.
If you want even more functionality of Kcalc there is also scientific mode which is acessed from :menuselection:`settings --> scientific mode` radio button. The button 1/x takes takes 1 and divides it by the number currently on the calculator also known as taking the reciprocal. x! read x factorial will take the number X you entered and multiple each number going down to 1 for example 5! would multiply 5*4*3*2*1.
The x squared button will take a x*x and multiply it by itself. The button with x and a superscript y will take x the number you have in will exponeniate x to the power of y. The x 10 with a supercript y will end up multiplying x by 10 to the power of y so for example to multiply 5 by 10 to the power of 3 entering in will give the answer of 5,000.
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Lubuntu ships with version 18.04.3 of Kcalc.
How to launch
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To launch kcalc go to accessories -> Kcalc or run
To launch kcalc go to :menuselection:`accessories -> Kcalc` or run
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