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6 Summary of changes to "Calc" Preceding 2.00 | |
7 ------- -- ------- -- ---- --------- ---- | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 Version 2.00: | |
11 | |
12 * Changed to compile calc-macs/-maint, to allow "cp *.elc new-dir". | |
13 | |
14 * Improved calc-describe-bindings to avoid showing redundant ESC maps. | |
15 | |
16 | |
17 Version 2.00 beta 3: | |
18 | |
19 * Removed version numbers from most .el files to reduce size of patches. | |
20 | |
21 * Added a "calc-version" command. | |
22 | |
23 * Changed `M-# ? ?' to allow for modified describe-function. | |
24 | |
25 * Changed date parser to accept "Sept" as an alternative for "Sep". | |
26 | |
27 * Inhibited answers to exercise from showing up in table of contents. | |
28 | |
29 * Changed Makefile to say "texindex calc.[cfkptv]?" to avoid "calc.el". | |
30 | |
31 * Fixed up the Makefile in various other ways. | |
32 | |
33 * Rearranged banner at top of `h h' command's output. | |
34 | |
35 * Changed "make summary" to print "Calc Summary" on the title page. | |
36 | |
37 * Added "IntegSimpRules". | |
38 | |
39 * Added `M-# :', `M-# _', and `M-# Z' options. | |
40 | |
41 * Changed `^' to evaluate "[-3..-1]^-2" properly. | |
42 | |
43 * Improved `f g' to give symbolic answers for, e.g., 101:2 and -3:2. | |
44 | |
45 * Fixed a bug where `h k RET' didn't find the right place on the page. | |
46 | |
47 * Fixed a bug that formatted "x*(y ? a : b)" as "x y ? a : b". | |
48 | |
49 * Fixed a bug where defmath translated (< x 0) as (math-posp x)! | |
50 | |
51 * Fixed a bug that prevented quick-calc from working sometimes. | |
52 | |
53 * Fixed the `z ?' bug again (maybe this time for good?). | |
54 | |
55 * Fixed a bug in which `V ^' (vint) was just plain wrong, wrong, wrong! | |
56 | |
57 * Scanned for and fixed remaining bugs relating to autoloading. | |
58 | |
59 | |
60 Version 2.00 beta 2: | |
61 | |
62 * Changed "make info" to try "make texinfo" if "makeinfo" not found. | |
63 | |
64 * Changed to "New for Calc 2.00"; texinfo.tex chokes on apostrophes. | |
65 | |
66 * Added List Tutorial Exercise 14 (just in case there weren't enough!). | |
67 | |
68 * Added a discussion of the `Z F' command to the Programming Tutorial. | |
69 | |
70 * Improved `H a f' not to lose info if input is partially pre-factored. | |
71 | |
72 * Improved simplification of expressions like sqrt(3) + 3^3:2. | |
73 | |
74 * Changed Big mode to omit "*" in expressions like 2 sqrt(3) 5^3:4. | |
75 | |
76 * Replaced European date format D/M/Y with D.M.Y. | |
77 | |
78 * Changed `a N' and `a X' to consider the endpoints of the interval. | |
79 | |
80 * Fixed a bug where TeX mode made c*(1+a/b) look like a function call. | |
81 | |
82 * Fixed a bug formatting top-level evalto's while using selections. | |
83 | |
84 * Fixed a bug that caused `z ?' to crash. | |
85 | |
86 * Fixed a bug where `Z F' broke for argument names "t" and "nil". | |
87 | |
88 * Fixed several bugs relating to autoloading. | |
89 | |
90 | |
91 Version 2.00 beta 1: | |
92 | |
93 * Added "What's new in Calc 2.00" to the manual (summary of info below). | |
94 | |
95 * Added support for many GNUPLOT 3.0 features. | |
96 | |
97 * Tweaked the Makefile and calc-compile a bit more. | |
98 | |
99 * Modified to work with Zawinski's/Furuseth's optimizing byte compiler. | |
100 | |
101 * Modified Calc to garbage-collect less often (raised gc-cons-threshold). | |
102 | |
103 * Changed quick-calc to avoid autoloading so many parts of Calc. | |
104 | |
105 * Changed Calc subfiles to work properly if not byte-compiled. | |
106 | |
107 * Renamed `M-# s' to `M-# j', made `M-# s' be equivalent to `h s'. | |
108 | |
109 * Changed calc-quit to avoid reapportioning space among other windows. | |
110 | |
111 * Added `M-DEL' (calc-pop-above) key, to DEL as LFD is to RET. | |
112 | |
113 * Added `{' and `}' to scroll vertically, analogous to `<' and `>'. | |
114 | |
115 * Added `m t' for "total" algebraic mode. | |
116 | |
117 * Added `d , \' option to group digits with "\,". | |
118 | |
119 * Improved support of "prime" accent in "eqn" language mode. | |
120 | |
121 * Changed macedit's read-kbd-macro to accept a string argument in Lisp. | |
122 | |
123 * Changed calc-check-defines to use a more concise run-hooks linkage. | |
124 | |
125 * Changed auto-why mode not to say [w=more] if next msg is not urgent. | |
126 | |
127 * Made `a d' able to differentiate "a?b:c" and "a_i" formulas. | |
128 | |
129 * Changed probability dist. functions to work with `a f' and `a d'. | |
130 | |
131 * Added special constants "phi" and "gamma". | |
132 | |
133 * Added "poly" function, simpler cousin of "gpoly". | |
134 | |
135 * Added "pdeg", "plead", "pcont", "pprim"; cleaned up "pdiv" and "pgcd". | |
136 | |
137 * Added `a p' command for polynomial interpolation. | |
138 | |
139 * Added `a I' command for numerical integration; made IntegLimit variable. | |
140 | |
141 * Added `a f' to factor polynomials; moved old `a f' to `a "'. | |
142 | |
143 * Added `a a' to do partial fraction decompositions. | |
144 | |
145 * Improved `a i' to integrate many more kinds of formulas. | |
146 | |
147 * Modified `a P' to find numerical roots of high-degree polynomials. | |
148 | |
149 * Modified `c 0' through `c 9' to convert int-valued floats to integers. | |
150 | |
151 * Made sinh, arctanh, etc., expandable into exps/logs by `a f'. | |
152 | |
153 * Added more algebraic simplifications having to do with logs and exps. | |
154 | |
155 * Changed `s s', `s t', `s x', `s l' to accept an equation at prompt. | |
156 | |
157 * Changed `s i' not to store Decls if its value is the default, []. | |
158 | |
159 * Changed `s i' to store in `d O' language mode if in Normal or Big mode. | |
160 | |
161 * Rearranged `V M'/`V R' matrix mapping modes. | |
162 | |
163 * Added <#1+#2> notation for lambda expressions. | |
164 | |
165 * Extended `b l' and other binary shifts to have a 2-argument version. | |
166 | |
167 * Changed `u c' and `u t' to give unitless result for unitless input. | |
168 | |
169 * Changed sqrt(1-cos(x)^2)-to-sin(x) to be an unsafe simplification. | |
170 | |
171 * Improved simplification of sqrts, e.g., sqrt(a^2 x + a^2 y). | |
172 | |
173 * Changed solver to treat (x-a)(x-b)(x-c) more intelligently. | |
174 | |
175 * Changed Pascal language mode to use "$FFFF" for hexadecimal numbers. | |
176 | |
177 * Added support for non-decimal display of floats. | |
178 | |
179 * Changed `p' to refresh stack display if current float format uses it. | |
180 | |
181 * Changed Big mode to use subscript notation for log10(x), log(x,b), r#nnn. | |
182 | |
183 * Changed Big mode to format deriv(u,x) and tderiv(u,x) as du/dx. | |
184 | |
185 * Changed Big mode to format integ(1/x,x) as "dx/x" instead of "1/x dx". | |
186 | |
187 * Added "tty" output type for graphics commands. | |
188 | |
189 * Documented Calc's random number generation algorithm in the manual. | |
190 | |
191 * Fixed a bug involving having "(setq calc-timing t)" in .emacs. | |
192 | |
193 * Fixed a bug that incorrectly parsed "|x| - 1" in TeX mode. | |
194 | |
195 * Fixed bugs and made improvements in `a R' when widening the guess. | |
196 | |
197 * Fixed a bug that where `a S' didn't solve (x - a)^2 = (x - b)^2. | |
198 | |
199 * Fixed a bug that sometimes crashed `a P' on systems of equations. | |
200 | |
201 * Fixed a bug that prevented `b p' (calc-pack-bits) from working. | |
202 | |
203 * Fixed some bugs in which certain functions didn't get autoloaded. | |
204 | |
205 * Fixed a bug in which the date <1/1/13> was incorrectly parsed. | |
206 | |
207 * Fixed a bug which prevented `j D' from expanding (a+b)/c. | |
208 | |
209 * Fixed a bug in solver: bad inverses for sinh and cosh. | |
210 | |
211 * Fixed a bug in math-possible-signs that failed for x*0. | |
212 | |
213 * Fixed a bug where sqrt(-a) was rewritten sqrt(a)*i even if a<0. | |
214 | |
215 * Fixed a bug in line breaker when first "word" of line was too long. | |
216 | |
217 * Worked around a makeinfo bug that handled @end group/@group badly. | |
218 | |
219 | |
220 Version 2.00 alpha 3: | |
221 | |
222 * Changed logic for locating component .elc files to be even smarter. | |
223 | |
224 * Changed "make install" to "make compile"; added different "make install". | |
225 | |
226 * Improved "make compile" to check file dates and compile only when needed. | |
227 | |
228 * Made output of "make compile" in batch mode more compact and readable. | |
229 | |
230 * Replaced "Quick Overview" in manual with "Demonstration of Calc". | |
231 | |
232 * Changed to use keymaps for dispatching M-# and h prefix keys. | |
233 | |
234 * Added TAGS target to the Calc Makefile. | |
235 | |
236 * Removed most doc strings from functions; new help commands are better. | |
237 | |
238 * Got rid of some crufty "fset" calls that were cluttering the code. | |
239 | |
240 * Split calc-grab-region into two functions, calc-grab-region/-rectangle. | |
241 | |
242 * Swapped positions of stack and trail in full-calc-keypad display. | |
243 | |
244 * Improved line-breaking algorithm for displaying long formulas. | |
245 | |
246 * Improved display of control characters in vectors shown as strings. | |
247 | |
248 * Changed `d o' to allow fraction format to specify desired denominator. | |
249 | |
250 * Changed `M-# y' to respect overwrite mode in target buffer. | |
251 | |
252 * Added `H' prefix to display-mode commands to suppress stack refresh. | |
253 | |
254 * Changed "calc-why" mechanism to display urgent messages automatically. | |
255 | |
256 * Handled taking derivatives of symbolic integrals and vice-versa. | |
257 | |
258 * Handled integrating vectors of formulas. | |
259 | |
260 * Incorporated Ewerlid's polynomial division and GCD functions into Calc. | |
261 | |
262 * Improved algebraic operations on "mod" forms, esp. polynomials. | |
263 | |
264 * Added some more financial functions (sln, syd, ddb). | |
265 | |
266 * Added nest, anest, fixp, and afixp (`H V R' and `H V U') functions. | |
267 | |
268 * Added `a .' (calc-remove-equal) command to take apart equations. | |
269 | |
270 * Generalized dfact to work for negative odd integers; added !! syntax. | |
271 | |
272 * Changed `k f' to factor 1, 0, and negative integers. | |
273 | |
274 * Changed `u M', etc., to accept +/- and [ .. ] forms as distributions. | |
275 | |
276 * Changed `g q' to remove *Gnuplot Commands/Trail* window if present. | |
277 | |
278 * Added support for Francois Pinard's "dumb terminal" driver for GNUPLOT. | |
279 | |
280 * Added ":: remember" feature for rewrite rules. | |
281 | |
282 * Changed rewrites to let pattern "a*b" match "x/2" with a=x, b=1/2. | |
283 | |
284 * Added ability to put function names like "simplify" in rewrite schedule. | |
285 | |
286 * Added "Rewrites Tutorial" to the manual. | |
287 | |
288 * Changed ` to bind RET as newline instead of finish if editing a vector. | |
289 | |
290 * Added some new exercises to the List Tutorial. | |
291 | |
292 * Changed `Z F', `V M', etc. not to remove stored vars from def arg list. | |
293 | |
294 * Added parsing for /1, 2, 3/ notation for Fortran mode vectors. | |
295 | |
296 * Added a "%%" syntax for comments in formulas being read. | |
297 | |
298 * Fixed a bug in which failing `h k' removed an existing Info window. | |
299 | |
300 * Fixed a bug in `j /' operating on subformulas like "a + b". | |
301 | |
302 * Fixed a bug in which "inf = inf" undesirably evaluated to 1. | |
303 | |
304 * Fixed a bug that simplified "0 = 1 + a + 2" to "0 = a". | |
305 | |
306 * Fixed a bug that failed for rewrite patterns like "fib(1 ||| 2)". | |
307 | |
308 * Fixed a bug that arose because rewrite programs are non-reentrant. | |
309 | |
310 | |
311 Version 2.00 alpha 2: | |
312 | |
313 * Changed LFD terminating algebraic entry to push in no-simplify mode. | |
314 | |
315 * Changed so that `K -' interprets `-' as calc-minus, not neg prefix arg. | |
316 | |
317 * Improved `h c' command to understand all Calc key sequences. | |
318 | |
319 * Fixed problems with DistribRules, NegateRules, and FitRules. | |
320 | |
321 * Fixed several bad node pointers in the manual. | |
322 | |
323 * Fixed a bug in `h C-w' when used with makeinfo-formatted manuals. | |
324 | |
325 * Fixed a bug in sqrt(-1) when Polar and HMS modes are enabled. | |
326 | |
327 * Fixed/improved dscalar and deven functions; added dodd. | |
328 | |
329 * Fixed a bug in polynomial handling that also affected sum(sin(k),k,1,n). | |
330 | |
331 * Fixed various other glitches in the manual. | |
332 | |
333 | |
334 Version 2.00 alpha 1: | |
335 | |
336 * Calc's tar file now creates a calc-(version) directory to unpack into. | |
337 | |
338 * Calc now comes with a Makefile; install with "make install". | |
339 | |
340 * Calc now comes already split into many files; installation is much simpler. | |
341 | |
342 * Changed base file name of the manual from "calc-info" to "calc.info". | |
343 | |
344 * Key binding for `M-# w' was documented but not implemented. | |
345 | |
346 * Bound M-# ' to be synonymous with `M-# f' (used to be `M-# q'). | |
347 | |
348 * Changed M-# M-# to use last interface of C or K; E no longer counts. | |
349 | |
350 * Changed `i' (and `M-# i') not to return to Top node unnecessarily. | |
351 | |
352 * Changed `h' to be a prefix key with various help commands. | |
353 | |
354 * Changed `s' to be a prefix key with various store and recall commands. | |
355 | |
356 * Keys `i', `r', and `l' are obsolete (moved to `h' and `s' prefixes). | |
357 | |
358 * Rearranged `K', `X', and `M-RET' keys; `K' is now calc-keep-args. | |
359 | |
360 * Changed quick-calc to display input formula as well as output if room. | |
361 | |
362 * Changed quick-calc to interact with the editing buffer and kill ring. | |
363 | |
364 * Created pack, unpack, unpackt function equivalents of `v p', `v u'. | |
365 | |
366 * Changed to expand (a/b)^x to a^x/b^x only if b > 0 (not if a > 0). | |
367 | |
368 * Changed math-possible-signs to understand sqrt function. | |
369 | |
370 * Changed Z [, rewrites to consider any provably non-zero value as true. | |
371 | |
372 * Changed normal language modes to accept ** as a synonym for ^. | |
373 | |
374 * Added "maple" language mode. | |
375 | |
376 * Changed, e.g., Mathematica "(2 + 3 I)^(1.23*10^20)" to include parens. | |
377 | |
378 * Generalized math-compose-big properties for all language modes. | |
379 | |
380 * Introduced "string" and other function for composing expressions. | |
381 | |
382 * Changed many recursive vector routines to use loops instead. | |
383 | |
384 * Added evalv, evalvn function equivalents to `=', `N'. | |
385 | |
386 * Changed "expr =>" not to evaluate at all if in no-simplify mode. | |
387 | |
388 * Redesigned user interface of `a F' (calc-curve-fit) command. | |
389 | |
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390 * Added "phase" feature to the rewrite rule system. |
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392 * Added "&&&", "|||", "!!!" to the rewrite rule system. | |
393 | |
394 * Introduced a new notation for rewrites: LHS := RHS :: COND. | |
395 | |
396 * Changed `a r' (but not `j r') to repeat 100 times by default. | |
397 | |
398 * Integrated EvalRules more cleanly into the default simplifications. | |
399 | |
400 * Added `H v l' [mdims] to measure the dimensions of a matrix. | |
401 | |
402 * Changed `u c' to interpret "/units" as "1/units". | |
403 | |
404 * Added `u a' to adjust unit prefix letters automatically. | |
405 | |
406 * Changed `u s' to enable scalar mode while simplifying. | |
407 | |
408 * Changed `c f' [pfloat] not to float integer powers or subscripts. | |
409 | |
410 * Added a three-argument form for the "hms" function. | |
411 | |
412 * Changed, e.g., sin(90) degrees to produce 1 instead of 1.0. | |
413 | |
414 * Changed symbolic mode to prefer sqrt(int): abs([1 2 3]) => sqrt(14). | |
415 | |
416 * Enhanced solver to handle, e.g., x + 1/x = a; exp(x) + exp(-x) = a. | |
417 | |
418 * Enhanced simplifier to handle, e.g., exp(a+2) / e^a => e^2. | |
419 | |
420 * Enhanced `a s' to simplify sqrt(x) - x^1:2 and exp(x) - e^x to 0. | |
421 | |
422 * Added -(a + b) to -a - b as a default simplification. | |
423 | |
424 * Added rules for differentiating sum() and prod() functions. | |
425 | |
426 * Added a few more energy units (due to Przemek Klosowski). | |
427 | |
428 * Added overflow/underflow checking for all floating-point arithmetic. | |
429 | |
430 * Extended error forms to work with complex numbers. | |
431 | |
432 * Generalized GCD to handle fractional arguments. | |
433 | |
434 * Changed graphics routines to evaluate "x" values, e.g., [-pi .. pi]. | |
435 | |
436 * Added `g q', like `g K' but without viewing the Gnuplot Trail. | |
437 | |
438 * Changed `g p' and `V M' to display better "Working..." messages. | |
439 | |
440 * Modified `M-# g' to be more robust about grabbing formulas. | |
441 | |
442 * Added `Y' prefix key reserved for user-written extensions. | |
443 | |
444 * Added calc-load-hook and calc-ext-load-hook. | |
445 | |
446 * Prevented calc-install from leaving large ~ files behind. | |
447 | |
448 * Changed @bullet to @bullet{} in manual to conform to texinfo spec. | |
449 | |
450 * Rearranged some chapters in the manual to be a bit more logical. | |
451 | |
452 * Added calc-split-summary command. | |
453 | |
454 * Fixed several bugs in embedded mode. | |
455 | |
456 * Fixed a bug in calc-vector-covariance that required a prefix arg. | |
457 | |
458 * Fixed a bug that prevented parsing "a=>" with no right-hand side. | |
459 | |
460 * Fixed a bug which allowed incorrectly dividing a vector by a vector. | |
461 | |
462 * Fixed a bug formatting sum(...)^2 in Big mode. | |
463 | |
464 * Fixed a bug that prevented Calc from deleting old graphics temp files. | |
465 | |
466 * Fixed some typos calling calc-inverse-func instead of calc-invert-func. | |
467 | |
468 * Fixed bugs in the derivatives of conj, deg, and rad; added re, im. | |
469 | |
470 * Fixed a bug where (r;theta) parsed as r exp(theta i) even in Deg mode. | |
471 | |
472 * Fixed a bug which gave wrong answer for exp of a polar complex number. | |
473 | |
474 * Fixed a bug in `Z F' that failed if formula used non-arg variables. | |
475 | |
476 * Fixed a bad pointer to Info node "Assignments in Embedded Mode". | |
477 | |
478 * Fixed several errors in the Calc Summary. | |
479 | |
480 | |
481 Version 1.08 beta 1: | |
482 | |
483 * Calc's copyright has been assigned to FSF, for inclusion in Emacs 19! | |
484 | |
485 * Changed M-# to be a two-key sequence; use M-# M-# to start Calc now. | |
486 | |
487 * Rewrote and expanded the introductory chapter of the manual. | |
488 | |
489 * Added a key and function summary to the manual. | |
490 | |
491 * Changed the manual to take better advantage of TeX's math formatting. | |
492 | |
493 * Changed manual to be printable in @smallbook format. | |
494 | |
495 * Added "calc-embedded" mode. | |
496 | |
497 * Added "=>" [evalto] operator. | |
498 | |
499 * Added facilities for date and date/time arithmetic. | |
500 | |
501 * Added a set of financial functions (pv, fv, etc.). | |
502 | |
503 * Added infinite quantities inf, uinf, and nan (plus infinite intervals). | |
504 | |
505 * Added "EvalRules", "SimpRules", and "ExtSimpRules" variables. | |
506 | |
507 * Added sum and product commands `a +', `a -', `a *', `a T'. | |
508 | |
509 * Enhanced `a S' and `a P' to solve systems of equations. | |
510 | |
511 * Enhanced solver to handle eqns like sin(x) = cos(2 x), sqrt(x) + x = 1. | |
512 | |
513 * Added `a M' (calc-map-equation) command. | |
514 | |
515 * Added new statistical functions: mean, standard deviation, etc. | |
516 | |
517 * Added line, polynomial, and curve fitting commands (`a L' and `a F'). | |
518 | |
519 * Added support for composite units, e.g., "mi+ft+in". | |
520 | |
521 * Enhanced "Big" mode to format square roots, choose, and powers better. | |
522 | |
523 * Enhanced "Big" mode to display fractions in large notation. | |
524 | |
525 * Added several alternate formats for matrix display. | |
526 | |
527 * Changed TeX mode to write "(1 + x^2)" instead of "\left(1 + x^2\right)". | |
528 | |
529 * Added support for relational operators in TeX and FORTRAN modes. | |
530 | |
531 * Added recognition of accents like \dot, \tilde, \underline in TeX mode. | |
532 | |
533 * Added "eqn" language mode. | |
534 | |
535 * Added extra control over display justification with `d <', `d =', `d >'. | |
536 | |
537 * Added calc-left-label and calc-right-label (`d {', `d }'). | |
538 | |
539 * Added "nn%" syntax for algebraic formulas; equivalent to "nn * .01". | |
540 | |
541 * Added input syntaxes like a = b = c, a != b != c, a <= b < c. | |
542 | |
543 * Changed "_" to mean subscripts; old use of "_" in vars is now "#". | |
544 | |
545 * Introduced "matrix mode" and "scalar mode" (`m v'). | |
546 | |
547 * Introduced generic identity matrices (idn(1)). | |
548 | |
549 * Added a method for declaring variables to be real, integer, > 0, etc. | |
550 | |
551 * Added `Z S' command for editing stored value of a variable. | |
552 | |
553 * Added "subst" algebraic function equivalent to the `a b' command. | |
554 | |
555 * Added `a f' command, changed deriv/integ/solve-for to use it. | |
556 | |
557 * Improved `a s' to simplify (x + y) (y + x) to (x + y)^2. | |
558 | |
559 * Improved `a s' to simplify i^2 to -1. | |
560 | |
561 * Improved `a s' to simplify, e.g., sin(pi/3) in Symbolic mode. | |
562 | |
563 * Improved `a s' to simplify sqrt(8) to 2 sqrt(2), 1/sqrt(2) to sqrt(2)/2. | |
564 | |
565 * Moved sin(arccos(x)) from `a e' to `a s'; not unsafe after all! | |
566 | |
567 * Changed (x y)^z => x^z y^z to be a usually-unsafe simplification. | |
568 | |
569 * Added thorough documentation of `a s' and `a e' to the manual. | |
570 | |
571 * Improved `a c' to collect "f(a)" even if "a" also appears elsewhere. | |
572 | |
573 * Introduced lin, linnt, islin, islinnt functions for linearity testing. | |
574 | |
575 * Improved `a x' to use binomial theorem to give simpler answers. | |
576 | |
577 * Improved `j D' to distribute powers of sums: (a + b)^n. | |
578 | |
579 * Improved `j M' to merge products of powers (may need no-simplify mode). | |
580 | |
581 * Changed to use defvar for DistribRules etc. so `Z V' works with them. | |
582 | |
583 * Improved `j *' and `j /' to work properly in a few more cases. | |
584 | |
585 * Improved `V R' to use identity value when reducing empty vectors. | |
586 | |
587 * Improved `v p' and `v u' to support more complex packing operations. | |
588 | |
589 * Disabled automatic simplification of sqrt(2)/2 to 1/sqrt(2). | |
590 | |
591 * Bound SPC and RET to press, TAB to next-menu in *Calc Keypad* buffer. | |
592 | |
593 * Added C-u ' to do algebraic entry with language mode forced to normal. | |
594 | |
595 * Added "$1", "$2", etc. input notation for algebraic entry. | |
596 | |
597 * Changed unary operators like `n', `&' to treat neg prefix args like RET. | |
598 | |
599 * Changed ` (calc-edit) to show full precision regardless of float format. | |
600 | |
601 * Enhanced quick-calc to display integers in several formats. | |
602 | |
603 * Documented `g H' (calc-graph-hide) command (had been left from manual). | |
604 | |
605 * Enhanced floor/ceil/trunc/round in several ways. | |
606 | |
607 * Added rounde and roundu functions. | |
608 | |
609 * Changed `c 1' through `c 9' to change small floats to 0.0; added `c 0'. | |
610 | |
611 * Enhanced set operations to work on sets of intervals. | |
612 | |
613 * Fixed erf(0), utpn(x,x,y), and arccosh(-1) to work properly. | |
614 | |
615 * Changed complex arctan and arctanh to follow Steele 2nd edition. | |
616 | |
617 * Expanded "Branch Cuts" section of the manual with some useful tables. | |
618 | |
619 * Rearranged order of words in mode line to be a bit more logical. | |
620 | |
621 * Changed `m N' (num-simplify) mode to evaluate constant vectors, too. | |
622 | |
623 * Changed `a r'/`j r' to prompt twice for separate LHS/RHS if necessary. | |
624 | |
625 * Enhanced `let(v,x)' in rewrites by allowing arbitrary patterns for v. | |
626 | |
627 * Changed cursor positioning in second prompt for `a b' (calc-substitute). | |
628 | |
629 * Changed `y' to omit line numbers more consistently. | |
630 | |
631 * Changed `o' (calc-realign) to reset horizontal scrolling to zero, also. | |
632 | |
633 * Added "pred" mode for calc-eval. | |
634 | |
635 * Added "calc-report-bug" as an alias for "report-calc-bug". | |
636 | |
637 * Added `Z T' and "calc-pass-errors" to aid debugging Calc-related code. | |
638 | |
639 * Added "calc-load-everything" (`m X' or `M-# L') command. | |
640 | |
641 * Enhanced calc-install to pre-build units table, CommuteRules, etc. | |
642 | |
643 * Changed Calc to interact more gracefully with load-path. | |
644 | |
645 * Changed Lisp Variable Index in manual to include user variables, too. | |
646 | |
647 * Fixed a bug that prevented calc-install from working under VMS. | |
648 | |
649 * Fixed a bug that sometimes crashed rewrites dealing with subtractions. | |
650 | |
651 * Fixed a bug that prevented `a S' from solving "3 - x = 1 + x"! | |
652 | |
653 * Fixed a bug in solver that crashed for certain cubics and quartics. | |
654 | |
655 * Fixed a bug in calc-simplify that crashed for equations and ineqs. | |
656 | |
657 * Fixed a bug which placed the "[" oddly in `d B' + `v /' mode. | |
658 | |
659 * Fixed a bug where finishing calc-edit improperly obeyed language mode. | |
660 | |
661 * Fixed a bug formatting (-1)^n in Big mode after selection commands. | |
662 | |
663 * Fixed a bug that got ">=" and "<=" backwards in rewrite conditions. | |
664 | |
665 * Fixed a bug that broke the `"x"' key in calc-keypad mode. | |
666 | |
667 * Fixed a bug in which `MAP$' in calc-keypad didn't display "Working...". | |
668 | |
669 * Fixed a bug where matrix division gave bad result for singular matrix. | |
670 | |
671 * Fixed a bug which closed Calc window if calc-grab-region got an error. | |
672 | |
673 * Fixed a bug where `a s' failed on formulas containing dimension errors. | |
674 | |
675 * Fixed a bug that caused `m F' to hang. | |
676 | |
677 * Fixed a bug in complex arithmetic that caused problems with solver. | |
678 | |
679 * Fixed a bug which raised intervals to interval powers incorrectly. | |
680 | |
681 * Fixed a bug in utpp/ltpp (order of arguments did not match the manual). | |
682 | |
683 * Fixed a bug in which `t y' rounded yanked data with old precision. | |
684 | |
685 * Fixed a bug in which "in(3, [3 .. 3))" returned true. | |
686 | |
687 * Fixed a bug which simplified abs(abs(x)) incorrectly. | |
688 | |
689 * Fixed a bug in which (a^2)^1:3 was unsafely simplified to a^2:3. | |
690 | |
691 * Fixed a bug in rewrite system which missed pattern "2 sin(x) cos(x)". | |
692 | |
693 * Fixed a bug in rewrite system which missed pattern "a - a cos(x)^2". | |
694 | |
695 * Fixed obsolete trail tags gsmp, gneg, ginv to jsmp, jneg, jinv. | |
696 | |
697 * Fixed some errors and made improvements in units table [Ulrich Mueller]. | |
698 | |
699 | |
700 Version 1.07: | |
701 | |
702 * Added `m F' (calc-settings-file-name) command. | |
703 | |
704 * Added calc-autoload-directory variable. | |
705 | |
706 * Extended Z ` to accept a prefix argument. | |
707 | |
708 * Added keystrokes (v h, v k) for head, tail, cons. | |
709 | |
710 * Extended `v e' to accept a vector as the filler. | |
711 | |
712 * Changed `V M', `V R' to accept mapping-mode keys in uppercase, too. | |
713 | |
714 * Changed V M ' etc. to accept $, $$, ... as argument indicators. | |
715 | |
716 * Changed `t y' to accept a prefix argument. | |
717 | |
718 * Put in a cleaner and safer random number generator for `k r' et al. | |
719 | |
720 * Fixed a bug which completely broke `a r' command! | |
721 | |
722 * Fixed "0 * matrix" to generate a zero matrix instead of 0. | |
723 | |
724 * Fixed a bug in `a R' which sometimes caused it to crash. | |
725 | |
726 * Fixed a fatal typo in the TeX version of the manual. | |
727 | |
728 * Fixed a bug that prevented C-k, C-w, M-w from working in Trail buffer. | |
729 | |
730 * Fixed another bug in `Z P' command. | |
731 | |
732 * Fixed a bug in `u s' which incorrectly simplified subtractions. | |
733 | |
734 * Fixed an argument-name aliasing bug evaluating lambda( ) formulas. | |
735 | |
736 * Fixed overfull hboxes in the manual. | |
737 | |
738 * Fixed various other bugs in the manual. | |
739 | |
740 | |
741 Version 1.06: | |
742 | |
743 * Added "calc-keypad" mode for X window system users (try it!). | |
744 | |
745 * Improved "calc-eval" for calling/operating Calc from user-written Lisp. | |
746 | |
747 * Moved vector accumulate command to `V U' (old `H V R' still supported). | |
748 | |
749 * Added right-to-left reductions: `I V R' and `I V U'. | |
750 | |
751 * Added set operations on vectors: intersect, union, diff, xor. | |
752 | |
753 * Added `I v s' to remove a subvector from a vector. | |
754 | |
755 * Introduced `H |' to append two vectors with no magical special cases. | |
756 | |
757 * Introduced rhead, rtail, and rcons for isolating last vector element. | |
758 | |
759 * Changed `g p' to keep temp files around until data actually change. | |
760 | |
761 * Improved `a S' to solve many higher-order polynomial equations. | |
762 | |
763 * Added `a P' to produce a vector of all solutions to an equation. | |
764 | |
765 * Enhanced `a v' and `j v' to allow top-level-only evaluation. | |
766 | |
767 * Changed `j DEL' to delete a side of an eqn or ineq, leaving other side. | |
768 | |
769 * Fixed binding for keys `j 1' through `j 9'. | |
770 | |
771 * Introduced "let" marker in rewrite rules. | |
772 | |
773 * Enhanced the "sign" function to provide a two-argument version. | |
774 | |
775 * Changed "max-specpdl-size exceeded" error message to be user-friendly. | |
776 | |
777 * Put "<Aborted>" in the trail in above case and when user presses C-g. | |
778 | |
779 * Changed TeX mode to generate \ldots instead of \dots, recognize both. | |
780 | |
781 * Changed "sin(0)" etc. (for integer 0) to generate "0" instead of "0.". | |
782 | |
783 * Enhanced Programming Tutorial exercise 2. | |
784 | |
785 * Fixed an error in the answer to Types Tutorial exercise 3. | |
786 | |
787 * Fixed several bugs relating to head, tail, and cons functions. | |
788 | |
789 * Fixed some other minor typos in the manual. | |
790 | |
791 * Fixed several bugs in `Z P' (calc-user-define-permanent). | |
792 | |
793 * Fixed several bugs that broke the `g P' command. | |
794 | |
795 | |
796 Version 1.05: | |
797 | |
798 * Created a calc-install command to ease installation. | |
799 | |
800 * Added lots of exercises to the Tutorial section of the manual. | |
801 | |
802 * Added ability to select and operate on sub-formulas. | |
803 | |
804 * Substantially improved the algebraic rewrite-rule system. | |
805 | |
806 * Added a set of graphing commands that use GNUPLOT. | |
807 | |
808 * Added a command (`a R') for finding numerical roots to equations. | |
809 | |
810 * Added several new math functions, such as erf and Bessel functions. | |
811 | |
812 * Added key bindings for miscellaneous commands using the "f" prefix key. | |
813 | |
814 * Added lots of new vector operations, many of them in the spirit of APL. | |
815 | |
816 * Added more control over vector display, including an abbreviated mode. | |
817 | |
818 * Improved keyboard macro editing; added read-kbd-macro to macedit.el. | |
819 | |
820 * Introduced the `m S' (calc-shift-prefix) command. | |
821 | |
822 * Enhanced the calc-edit command in several ways. | |
823 | |
824 * Made it possible to hit ` (calc-edit) during numeric/algebraic entry. | |
825 | |
826 * Enhanced the calc-solve-for command to handle inequalities. | |
827 | |
828 * Enhanced calc-simplify to handle equations and inequalities. | |
829 | |
830 * Taught log10 and log to look for exact integer or rational results. | |
831 | |
832 * Added ability to take Nth roots directly. | |
833 | |
834 * Added "increment" and "decrement" commands for integers and floats. | |
835 | |
836 * Added "full-help" command, changed "h" key to invoke it. | |
837 | |
838 * Added special help for Inverse and Hyperbolic prefixes. | |
839 | |
840 * Added an optional prefix argument to `o' (calc-realign). | |
841 | |
842 * Changed `t s' and `t r' to use RET as the search exit key. | |
843 | |
844 * Made handling of operator keys for V M, V R, etc. more regular. | |
845 | |
846 * Improved TeX mode; added support for \matrix format. | |
847 | |
848 * Added a variant of `m a' mode that only affects ( and [ keys. | |
849 | |
850 * Fixed "Mismatch" message for algebraic entry of semi-open intervals. | |
851 | |
852 * Trimmed fat from calc.el to speed loading, moved more to calc-ext.el. | |
853 | |
854 * Fixed a bug in which minibuffer entry rounded to out-of-date precision. | |
855 | |
856 * Fixed a bug which crashed Calc 1.04 under Epoch. | |
857 | |
858 * Fixed a bug which messed up Calc Trail's mode line, among other things. | |
859 | |
860 * Fixed a bug which caused trail ">" to show only when in Trail buffer. | |
861 | |
862 * Fixed a bug in which "calc" called "calc-grab-region" with too few args. | |
863 | |
864 * Fixed bugs in both implementation and documentation of calc-perm. | |
865 | |
866 * Fixed a bug in which calc-simplify-extended always used radians. | |
867 | |
868 * Fixed a bug where calc-comma failed to override "polar" mode. | |
869 | |
870 * Fixed a bug doing mixed arithmetic on rectangular+polar complex numbers. | |
871 | |
872 * Fixed several bugs in transcendental functions with complex arguments. | |
873 | |
874 * Fixed a bug in which `a s' simplified "x / .5" to ".5 x". | |
875 | |
876 * Fixed numerous other bugs in various parts of Calc. | |
877 | |
878 * Completed the "Hooks" section of the "Internals" chapter of the manual. | |
879 | |
880 | |
881 Version 1.04: | |
882 | |
883 * Included a copy of revision history (from README) in calc.el. | |
884 | |
885 * Added the "calc-split" feature to split calc-ext.el into smaller bits. | |
886 | |
887 * Changed calc-unpack to unpack floats and fractions, too. | |
888 | |
889 * Added "mant", "xpon", and "scf" functions for decomposing floats. | |
890 | |
891 * Fixed a bug in the "y" command with positive prefix arguments. | |
892 | |
893 * Rearranged binary shift/rotate command keys to be a bit more convenient. | |
894 | |
895 * Fixed a bug in which simplifying "(0/0) * 2" crashed with a Lisp error. | |
896 | |
897 * Made `H F' [ffloor] and friends faster for very large arguments. | |
898 | |
899 * Made calc-define-del more robust. | |
900 | |
901 * Handled pasting of data into the Calculator using the mouse under X. | |
902 | |
903 * Made overlay-arrow variables buffer-local to avoid interference. | |
904 | |
905 * Fixed a problem in which Calc Trail buffer got stuck after a C-x C-w. | |
906 | |
907 | |
908 Version 1.03: | |
909 | |
910 * Changed math-choose to compute n-choose-m faster when m is large. | |
911 | |
912 * Fixed some problems with TeX mode. | |
913 | |
914 * Fixed a bug that prevented `b s' from working without a prefix argument. | |
915 | |
916 * Added "calc-eval" function. | |
917 | |
918 * Improved calc-grab-region. | |
919 | |
920 | |
921 Version 1.02: | |
922 | |
923 * Fixed a bug in Tutorial: telephone pole height/distance were switched! | |
924 | |
925 * Fixed a few other things in the manual. | |
926 | |
927 * Added "full-calc" command. | |
928 | |
929 * Added "calc-insert-variables" (`Z I') command. | |
930 | |
931 * Quick Calc now works even if you are already in the minibuffer. | |
932 | |
933 * Fixed a bug in math-mul-bignum-digit which affected math-and, etc. | |
934 | |
935 * Definition of "Hectares" was wrong in units table. | |
936 | |
937 * Fixed a bug in calc-execute-kbd-macro concerning undo and refresh. | |
938 | |
939 * Bound "calc-undo" to `C-x u' as well as `C-_' and `U'. | |
940 | |
941 Version 1.01: | |
942 | |
943 * Added a tutorial section to the manual. | |
944 | |
945 * Next and Prev for node Strings in the manual were reversed; fixed. | |
946 | |
947 * Changed "'bignum" in calc-isqrt-bignum-iter to "'bigpos". | |
948 | |
949 * Fixed a bug that prevented "$" from working during algebraic entry. | |
950 | |
951 * Fixed a bug caused by an X (last-X) command following a K (macro) cmd. | |
952 | |
953 * Fixed a bug in which K command incorrectly formatted stack in Big mode. | |
954 | |
955 * Added space between unary operators and non-flat compositions. | |
956 (Otherwise, "-(a/b)" in Big mode blended the minus sign into the rule!) | |
957 | |
958 * Fixed formatting of (-1)^n in Big mode. | |
959 | |
960 * Fixed some problems relating to "not" operator in Pascal language mode. | |
961 | |
962 * Fixed several bugs relating to V M ' and V M $ sequences. | |
963 | |
964 * Fixed matrix-vector multiplication to produce a vector. | |
965 | |
966 * Introduced Z ` ... Z ' commands; renamed old Z ' to Z #. | |
967 | |
968 * Fixed various other bugs. | |
969 | |
970 * Added calc-settings-file variable suggested by C. Witty. | |
971 | |
972 | |
973 Version 1.00: | |
974 | |
975 * First official release of Calc. | |
976 | |
977 * If you used the Beta test version (0.01), you will find that this | |
978 version of Calc is over 50% larger than the original release. | |
979 General areas of improvement include much better algebra features; | |
980 operations on units; language modes; simplification modes; interval | |
981 arithmetic; vector mapping and reduction. Other new commands include | |
982 calc-fraction and calc-grab-region. The program has been split into | |
983 two parts for faster loading, and the manual is more complete. | |
984 | |
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