Re: Request for late gcalctool feature inclusion in GNOME 2.7

[murrayc murrayc com]

I guess that lots of people will be very grateful for this work. But is
there any reason why these feature and UI changes can not wait for GNOME
2.9/2.10? What are the bad consequences of waiting?

It's always a shame when you miss the freeze by just a few days, but that
also means that you have missed testing of this change in 2.7.4.

> Hi all,
>
> Even though the feature freeze for GNOME 2.7 has already happened,
> this is a request for what could be considered a feature request
> or it could be considered a major bug fix with UI changes,
> depending upon how you look at it.
>
> This is:
>
>   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121710
>
> This is adding in the much needed Arithmetic Operator Precedence
> support. This work has been done by Sami Pietila to whom I'm very
> grateful.
>
> The old style will still be available via a menubar option as an
> alternative.
>
> It also makes the following changes:
>
> * The "(" and ")" buttons have moved from the scientific mode into the
>   Basic mode so that they are now available to users who need them but not
>   everything that the Scientific mode provides.
>
> * There is a footer message area that provides feedback.
>
> * The display area now has an horizontal scrollbar.
>
> * Typing in the keyboard shortcuts for the various gcalctool buttons
>   autocompletes their entry into the display area.
>
> * Tooltips show button's shortcut.
>
> Our plan is to generate a new version of gcalctool today from CVS HEAD
> (where all this work has already been integrated).
>
> Do we have your permission for this to be included in the new GNOME 2.7
> tarball dist?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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