From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:29:45 +0200 Message-ID: <48C528C9.70402@gmx.at> References: <878wu3j4k2.fsf@gmail.com> <86wshn3df0.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <48C43ADA.1070001@gmail.com> <86sksb3d53.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <48C43CB7.4060505@gmail.com> <86y7231ltv.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220880874 17480 80.91.229.12 (8 Sep 2008 13:34:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:34:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 08 15:35:26 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kcgtp-0004vk-Dt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:35:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56122 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kcgso-00020l-Ul for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:34:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KcgrL-0001Ks-6N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:32:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KcgrJ-0001K5-KF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:32:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35445 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KcgrJ-0001K0-F3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:32:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:39185) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KcgrI-0000rh-A3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:32:49 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 08 Sep 2008 13:32:45 -0000 Original-Received: from 62-47-57-138.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO [62.47.57.138]) [62.47.57.138] by mail.gmx.net (mp033) with SMTP; 08 Sep 2008 15:32:45 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14592706 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/rJkskQEnrpg7Jr+BRSEddkx3eievDZcBNGgeqg/ fMl+UuxZo47a+J User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.8100000000000001 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:103691 Archived-At: > Hm but in calc there doesn't seem to be any differentiation between > "implicit" and "explicit" multiplication... You can enter "a b / c d" > and it is displayed the same (without the *, by default) as if you enter > "a*b / c*d". I guess it just treats them as different names for the > same thing... Ideally, after entering something like "a b /" calc could use overlays (with some subdued face) to display parentheses and the multiplication operator at the positions anticipated by calc. martin