Re: I want to add a package to GNU ELPA: infix-notation-calculator

[Christian Johansson]

Ok I see, I'll check the manual to see if it can do what I want, that is 
calculate selected region without touching the current buffer contents, and the 
other features. But I agree there is overlap in functionality but there seems 
be differences as well

> 17 aug. 2021 kl. 17:55 skrev Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>:
> 
> On Tuesday, 17 Aug 2021 at 17:27, Christian Johansson wrote:
>> No I tried with the example buffer contents, without *and I got those
>> errors. However I got it working in emacs-lisp-mode buffer but it
>> deleted my calculation and replaced it with the answer.. can that
>> feature be turned off?
> 
> The general form for an Embedded Calc question is:
> 
> var := expression => 
> 
> where "var :=" (means assign the result to variable called "var") and
> "=>" are optional.  The result will replace the expression if there is
> no "=>" but will place the result after the => if it's there.
> 
> For instance:
> 
> y := sqrt(2) => 1.41421356237
> 
> and
> 
> x := y^2 => 1.99999999999
> 
> The info manual is very comprehensive.
> 
> -- 
> Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50 & org 9.4.6 on Debian 11.0
> 
>