From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Evaluation of "standard" style math expresssions. Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:35:22 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87r7ovab45.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> References: <20040921114408.GA2296@matijek.plusseven.com> Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095781151 16782 80.91.229.6 (21 Sep 2004 15:39:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 21 17:39:06 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C9mjS-0002bS-00 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:39:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C9mpO-0003al-ID for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:45:14 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!nntp.newsfirst.net!newshub.more.net!news.more.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aB+hwz5FFvWDq21qbZLp2d+lNDc= Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.243.160.239 Original-X-Trace: news.more.net 1095780921 150.243.160.239 (Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:35:21 CDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:35:21 CDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:125443 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20799 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20799 Stefan Monnier writes: ... >> M-x calc 1 7 + 4 2 RET; q to quit calc again. > > Hmm...that doesn't work here. It works with M-x calculator, but with > M-x calc it starts `Calc' which by default uses RPN notation. Okay; how 'bout M-x calc '17+42 RET or even M-x quick-calc (often M-# q) which will prompt you for an expression in the minibuffer. Jay