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- CALCULATOR COMMANDS
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- <DESK CALC> (the ALT # key) brings up a desk calculator-like facility.
- You can type any kind of numeric expressions, even with parentheses. A
- running total is kept on the bottom line of the screen. Pressing '='
- displays the total on the screen. To exit from this mode, press
- <CTRL> D.
- Special commands you can use are :
- m - transfers the current total to memory
- M - transfers memory to the total
- c - clears the total
- C - clears the memory
-
- <TEXT CALC> (the ALT $ key) is used to perform calculations on numbers
- which you have in your text. When you press <TEXT CALC>, you are in a
- calculator mode which you press <CTRL> D to exit. All of the cursor
- commands are valid in this mode.
- To transfer a number into the total, move the cursor under the
- number and press the space bar. You can use any arithmetic operators,
- and you can type numbers in with your calculations. Pressing '=' will
- insert the current total in your text at the next DECIMAL TAB STOP.
- You are able to perform one-touch horizontal and vertical
- addition. If you have a row of numbers, position the cursor anywhere
- on or before the first number in the row. Pressing 'h' will add the
- numbers in the row and insert the total at the next decimal tab stop
- after the last number. To add a column of numbers, move the cursor
- under the first number in the column and press 'v'. The total will be
- put after the last number. Make sure there is a blank line underneath
- the last row of numbers!!!!
- Typing 'f' allows you to change the format which the total is dis-
- played. You must type '%[w][d]f', where w is the width of the number,
- and d is the number of decimal places. The default format is
- '%-10.2f'. For those of you who are 'C' programmers, what you are
- really typing in is a new format to use in an sprintf statement.
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