Calculator refuses to sum when "equals" sign is typed on keyboard

[Gregg Warren]

Binary package hint: gcalctool

Calculator will sum when "equals" button is input through button on calculator panel (with mouse). Other input functions on keyboard keypad seem to work normally. Have not had this problem with releases prior to Maverick.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gcalctool 5.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 26 02:10:00 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gcalctool
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gcalctool
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2015): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:2025): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed
 (process:2237): Gtk-CRITICAL **: set_table: assertion `buffer->tag_table == NULL' failed

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

I've forwarded the bug to GNOME.

[Gregg Warren (newgwld)]

Thanks, I wasn't quite sure where to forward it as I honestly don't
have the time to be involved but wanted to do what I could by noting the
bug.

GW

On 11/05/2010 04:08 AM, Robert Roth wrote:
> I've forwarded the bug to GNOME.
>

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Response from GNOME bugzilla:

This is by design, otherwise you cannot enter a calculation like:
x = 6 + 1

For = to work as an alternate solve key to enter it would have to be clever and
only work if the preceeding text is not a variable. I'm not convinced this
would be a good idea though (the behaviour of = might feel inconsistent).