From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16706: emacs 24.3.1; calc/A command Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:41:42 -0600 Message-ID: <874n46joy1.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1F934FE7-2092-4CDE-BAB6-14A81104CD47@gmail.com> Reply-To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392090194 11627 80.91.229.3 (11 Feb 2014 03:43:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:43:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16706@debbugs.gnu.org To: Bart Nielsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 11 04:43:20 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WD4Fj-00042t-Rd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 04:43:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59297 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WD4Fj-0004Ir-GW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:43:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33779) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WD4FZ-0004IV-BJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:43:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WD4FS-0006Ni-0g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:43:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34372) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WD4FR-0006Na-Tw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:43:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WD4FR-0001Zm-Mc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:43:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jay Belanger Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:43:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16706 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16706-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16706.13920901646030 (code B ref 16706); Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:43:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16706) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2014 03:42:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42267 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WD4FA-0001ZB-Cl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:42:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-f179.google.com ([209.85.214.179]:35842) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WD4F8-0001Yt-Q5 for 16706@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:42:43 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ob0-f179.google.com with SMTP id wo20so8315758obc.10 for <16706@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:42:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:references:reply-to:cc:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GKGVtS+u35JHjFCnH439MEvxauDoNs7Mu0K/AMFgFx8=; b=ATOoIq18zjLbOhp0+0IEGVcVnQrwtsk3wvVLOPX3PzV1P0AcveqdV+PHd9536WC2GW 24v8tRJBHw/xA2obQzIPGh0P+xE9ySJbrq7oXHVYsDRY4+X4jiAAhfye+igyEuJkJ5MS rsvv/P28zVSgdfY0xU/PJsJzf1jPT0VNBfH+g2SFt95GbJtwUOrptzCoRSIWtxCPWIg2 MSWF0Io4SolxOG5+sMuuOjdq/4bQpw4yn9CTTuwPbthodm1nFqD0fiihEiwCxoCk6gwI wkAWk0+QkfjvzuktCN1ejZDsZjlxQps6GX1OobpqowzsSE9atqjtdXSpSv8cPcR2pfft QdGw== X-Received: by 10.60.132.234 with SMTP id ox10mr2486383oeb.17.1392090156893; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:42:36 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from belanger-home (184-155-87-143.cpe.cableone.net. [184.155.87.143]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id qh4sm40968106obc.4.2014.02.10.19.42.35 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:42:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1F934FE7-2092-4CDE-BAB6-14A81104CD47@gmail.com> (Bart Nielsen's message of "Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:15:07 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85349 Archived-At: Hi Bart, > calc - single variable statistics tells me: > > Another commonly used mean, the RMS (root-mean-square), can be > computed for a vector of numbers simply by using the `A' command. > > > So: > > I believe the RMS value for the vector [21 23 25 25] is 23.5584379788. > (RMS means =E2=80=98the root, of the mean, of the square =E2=80=94 so Of course, rms means "Richard M Stallman", too! But as you noted, the manual is wrong. I'm really surprised that such an error has been around so long. "A" should stand for "absolute value", which for a vector should be the norm. Offhand, I don't see the RMS function in Calc. If it isn't there, I'll (for now) remove that paragraph from the manual, and after the Emacs feature freeze is over I'll put in the RMS function. Then I'll put the paragraph back in the manual, with the correct keybinding. Jay