Re: Request for late gcalctool feature inclusion in GNOME 2.7

[Rob Adams <readams readams net>]

It seems to me that actually doing the calculations typed into the
calculator correctly is not a feature but a bugfix.  It's happened
before that bugfixes have been complicated or required a lot of code.

On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 00:29 -0700, wrote:
> 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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