Ubuntu
gcalctool package

Calculator doesn't let me punch in "^" manually without using x^2 button.

Bug #110029 reported by Jacob Godserv
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GCalctool
Invalid
Medium
gcalctool (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gcalctool

When I punch the key "^" Calculator does not do anything. Instead I must use the "x^2" button to get the "^" to appear in my Calculator screen. It seems to me like this should work because bug 16505 was supposed to have changed the key to "^" in the first place.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 25 14:19:53 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gcalctool
Package: gcalctool 5.9.14-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gcalctool
ProcCwd: /home/jacob
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gcalctool
Uname: Linux jacob-laptop 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

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Jacob Godserv (fun2program8) wrote :
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wwwandy (spam-tech-chat) wrote :

I tried this with Gcalctool 5.9.14.
the key "^" works only in the "scintific mode".

I wasn't able to add a "^" with the keyboard in view "standard" "extended" "finanztechnisch"

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439080

Changed in gcalctool:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

upstream said it's not a bug:

"Ahh, I reread the original bug. Yes, the "^" key will only
work in scientific mode because that's where the x^y button
resides.

The key equivalent of x squared is "@". If you hover the mouse
over the button you'll see this information.

In gcalctool Basic mode, I used the keyboard to enter

4
@
=

I got the result of 16.

NOTABUG."

Changed in gcalctool:
status: Confirmed → Rejected
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Jacob Godserv (fun2program8) wrote :

And I replied. :)

"I must disagree, then, to why I cannot add a "^" in Advanced mode. It seems
silly that a user must delete the 2 from the ^2 (squared) to be able to cube a
number, etc.

Shouldn't this at least be added as a feature request instead of rejecting it?"

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

we have no need to keep a distribution task if upstream rejected the request since we don't want to modify the code in a distribution specific way65642

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Jacob Godserv (fun2program8) wrote :

No, I didn't mean for us to start a whole seperate package and all that. I only wanted to be sure people who visited this bug realized it isn't over... yet.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gcalctool:
status: Unknown → Rejected
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gcalctool:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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