gcalctool has no "x^y" button in programming view

[Spuerhund]

Binary package hint: gcalctool

gcalctool (at least the version 5.26.0 that comes with Jaunty) has no "x^y" button when the view is switched to "programming". In scientific mode such a button exists and works fine. I am a programmer myself and i do "x to the power of y" calculations quite often and i need the different numeral systems (bin, oct, dec, hex) as well, so i cannot use the scientific view.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gcalctool
Package: gcalctool 5.26.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gcalctool
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

You can still access this function by typing '^'. Are you saying it needs a button so it can be accessed by the mouse?

[Spuerhund (spuerhund)]

Yes, a clickable button is missing. Typing "^" does not work, at least not for me. I use the german default keyboard layout and need to press the circumflex button twice to get a single "^" sign printed (that works in all other applications). Pressing this button once, twice or even more in gcalctool does not print any ^ sign so i cannot access this function with my keyboard either which means i have to switch to the scientific view to get a button that i can click with my mouse. Another workaround is to copy a single ^ sign to the clipboard and then paste it into gcalctool using the Ctrl+v shortcut.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

So, would the best solution be to fix the '^' key for German keyboards? I've tested it here and fixed that problem.

[Spuerhund (spuerhund)]

No, the keyboard fix is a different thing. In my opinion a clickable button should be there anyway. Such a button exists in the "scientific" view although one could use the keyboard there as well.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Fixed for 5.28.0

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Marking as wishlist, the keyboard shortcut is fixed, the button is not.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

This button is visible for programming mode in 5.29.x

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gcalctool - 5.29.1-0ubuntu1

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gcalctool (5.29.1-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * New upstream release: (LP: #475005)
    - New user interface:
      - Window is now shorter to better fix in netbook resolutions
      - Superscript and subscript numbers to allow better notation, e.g. "₃√5"
      - Preferences moved into a dialog
      - Functions are now typed, e.g. s+i+n for sine instead of "k"
      - Error messages now displayed below equation, and improved descriptions
    - Fixes (LP: #321074) (LP: #430573)
  * debian/control.in:
    - Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3
    - Bump build-depends on libgtk2.0-dev
    - Build-depends on libxml2-dev, libsoup2.4-dev
  * debian/patches/01_lpi.patch:
  * debian/patches/99_autoconf.patch:
    - Updated

 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:06:49 +1100

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Linking the non-duplicate here.