3 See the HOWTO.INSTALL file for information on how to build and install calc.
5 To be sure that your version of calc is up to date, check out:
7 http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/calc-download.html
9 We are interested in any/all feedback on recent versions of calc.
10 In particular we would like to hear about:
14 * regression test problems (try: make check)
15 * special compile flags/options that you needed
20 We would like to offer a clean compile across a wide verity of platforms,
21 so if you can test on several, so much the better!
23 If you run into problems, see the BUGS file.
27 Calc is distributed with an extensive collection of help files that
28 are accessible from the command line. The following assume that you
29 are running calc from the distribution directory or that you have
30 installed calc. In these examples, the ">" is the calc prompt, not
31 something that you type in.
33 For list of help topics:
37 For overview of calc overview:
47 For list of builtin functions:
51 C programmers should note some unexpected differences in the calc syntax:
55 Calc is shipped with a standard collection of calc resource files.
56 For a list of calc standard resource files see:
72 for a wish/todo list. Code contributions are welcome.
76 To join the calc-tester mailing list. Send an EMail message to:
78 calc-tester-request at asthe dot com
80 [[ NOTE: Replace 'at' with @, 'dot' is with . and remove the spaces ]]
81 [[ NOTE: The EMail address uses 'asthe' and the web site URL uses 'isthe' ]]
83 Your subject must contain the words:
85 calc mailing list subscription
87 You may have additional words in your subject line.
89 Your message body (not the subject) should consist of:
91 subscribe calc-tester address
95 where ``address'' is your EMail address and ``your_full_name'' is
98 Feel free to follow the name line with additional EMail text as desired.
102 Send Calc bug and bug fixes to:
104 calc-bugs at asthe dot com
106 [[ NOTE: Replace 'at' with @, 'dot' is with . and remove the spaces ]]
107 [[ NOTE: The EMail address uses 'asthe' and the web site URL uses 'isthe' ]]
109 but see the BUGS file first.
111 Your subject must contain the words:
115 You may have additional words in your subject line.
117 The calc web site is located at:
119 http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/
121 ## Copyright (C) 1999 Landon Curt Noll
123 ## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
124 ## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License
125 ## as published by the Free Software Foundation.
127 ## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
128 ## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
129 ## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
130 ## Public License for more details.
132 ## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is
133 ## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have
134 ## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc.
135 ## 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
137 ## @(#) $Revision: 30.1 $
138 ## @(#) $Id: README,v 30.1 2007/03/16 11:09:46 chongo Exp $
139 ## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/bin/calc/RCS/README,v $
141 ## Under source code control: 1995/10/25 05:27:59
142 ## File existed as early as: 1995
144 ## chongo <was here> /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/
145 ## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/