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gcalctool 5.30.0 not showing bin/dec/hex radio buttons

Bug #552442 reported by Alessandro on 2010-03-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #501054: gcalctool 5.29 hides switch for display format in its settings window. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gcalctool (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gcalctool

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04

gcalctool:
  Installato: 5.30.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidato: 5.30.0-0ubuntu1
  Tabella versione:
*** 5.30.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

the calc in programmers mode does not show the radio buttons with word size and base mode (bin/octal/decimal/hex)
it shows the input line (2 lines) then the bit definitions
it has a wrong character in the superscript/subscript buttons

tnx

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gcalctool 5.30.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 31 09:56:10 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gcalctool
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=it_IT.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gcalctool
XsessionErrors:
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1550): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
(gnome-terminal:1738): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accel_map_unlock_path: assertion `entry != NULL && entry->lock_count > 0' failed

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Alessandro (arrangiarsi) wrote on 2010-03-31:

Dependencies.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (38.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (792 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote on 2010-03-31:

The word size and base are in Calculator>Preferences. See the help for more information.

"it has a wrong character in the superscript/subscript buttons"
Could you please attach a screenshot?

Changed in gcalctool (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Alessandro (arrangiarsi) wrote on 2010-04-01:

gcalctool no radio buttons and wrong characters Edit (66.3 KiB, image/png)

I've seen that word size and base are in preferences but is not so easy to make base conversions "on the fly" with that.
the old version has radio buttons that permits changing base (and obtain the conversion) with just one click.
As a programmer (old "C" style...) I use a lot the conversion between hex, dec and binary and the old solution with the radio buttons was easy and really fast (as nice as the clickable bits!)

Here's a screenshot of the calc

thank you,

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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote on 2010-04-06:

Right, the superscript and subscript character are not wrong, they're just poorly chosen!

You may want to install the older version of gcalctool in Lucid if this functionality is very important:
http://bobthegnome.blogspot.com/2010/03/gcalctool-530.html