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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Wed, 09 Apr 2003 01:33:27 +0000 |
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3 Summary of changes to "Calc" Preceding 2.00 | |
4 ------- -- ------- -- ---- --------- ---- | |
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6 | |
7 Version 2.00: | |
8 | |
9 * Changed to compile calc-macs/-maint, to allow "cp *.elc new-dir". | |
10 | |
11 * Improved calc-describe-bindings to avoid showing redundant ESC maps. | |
12 | |
13 | |
14 Version 2.00 beta 3: | |
15 | |
16 * Removed version numbers from most .el files to reduce size of patches. | |
17 | |
18 * Added a "calc-version" command. | |
19 | |
20 * Changed `M-# ? ?' to allow for modified describe-function. | |
21 | |
22 * Changed date parser to accept "Sept" as an alternative for "Sep". | |
23 | |
24 * Inhibited answers to exercise from showing up in table of contents. | |
25 | |
26 * Changed Makefile to say "texindex calc.[cfkptv]?" to avoid "calc.el". | |
27 | |
28 * Fixed up the Makefile in various other ways. | |
29 | |
30 * Rearranged banner at top of `h h' command's output. | |
31 | |
32 * Changed "make summary" to print "Calc Summary" on the title page. | |
33 | |
34 * Added "IntegSimpRules". | |
35 | |
36 * Added `M-# :', `M-# _', and `M-# Z' options. | |
37 | |
38 * Changed `^' to evaluate "[-3..-1]^-2" properly. | |
39 | |
40 * Improved `f g' to give symbolic answers for, e.g., 101:2 and -3:2. | |
41 | |
42 * Fixed a bug where `h k RET' didn't find the right place on the page. | |
43 | |
44 * Fixed a bug that formatted "x*(y ? a : b)" as "x y ? a : b". | |
45 | |
46 * Fixed a bug where defmath translated (< x 0) as (math-posp x)! | |
47 | |
48 * Fixed a bug that prevented quick-calc from working sometimes. | |
49 | |
50 * Fixed the `z ?' bug again (maybe this time for good?). | |
51 | |
52 * Fixed a bug in which `V ^' (vint) was just plain wrong, wrong, wrong! | |
53 | |
54 * Scanned for and fixed remaining bugs relating to autoloading. | |
55 | |
56 | |
57 Version 2.00 beta 2: | |
58 | |
59 * Changed "make info" to try "make texinfo" if "makeinfo" not found. | |
60 | |
61 * Changed to "New for Calc 2.00"; texinfo.tex chokes on apostrophes. | |
62 | |
63 * Added List Tutorial Exercise 14 (just in case there weren't enough!). | |
64 | |
65 * Added a discussion of the `Z F' command to the Programming Tutorial. | |
66 | |
67 * Improved `H a f' not to lose info if input is partially pre-factored. | |
68 | |
69 * Improved simplification of expressions like sqrt(3) + 3^3:2. | |
70 | |
71 * Changed Big mode to omit "*" in expressions like 2 sqrt(3) 5^3:4. | |
72 | |
73 * Replaced European date format D/M/Y with D.M.Y. | |
74 | |
75 * Changed `a N' and `a X' to consider the endpoints of the interval. | |
76 | |
77 * Fixed a bug where TeX mode made c*(1+a/b) look like a function call. | |
78 | |
79 * Fixed a bug formatting top-level evalto's while using selections. | |
80 | |
81 * Fixed a bug that caused `z ?' to crash. | |
82 | |
83 * Fixed a bug where `Z F' broke for argument names "t" and "nil". | |
84 | |
85 * Fixed several bugs relating to autoloading. | |
86 | |
87 | |
88 Version 2.00 beta 1: | |
89 | |
90 * Added "What's new in Calc 2.00" to the manual (summary of info below). | |
91 | |
92 * Added support for many GNUPLOT 3.0 features. | |
93 | |
94 * Tweaked the Makefile and calc-compile a bit more. | |
95 | |
96 * Modified to work with Zawinski's/Furuseth's optimizing byte compiler. | |
97 | |
98 * Modified Calc to garbage-collect less often (raised gc-cons-threshold). | |
99 | |
100 * Changed quick-calc to avoid autoloading so many parts of Calc. | |
101 | |
102 * Changed Calc subfiles to work properly if not byte-compiled. | |
103 | |
104 * Renamed `M-# s' to `M-# j', made `M-# s' be equivalent to `h s'. | |
105 | |
106 * Changed calc-quit to avoid reapportioning space among other windows. | |
107 | |
108 * Added `M-DEL' (calc-pop-above) key, to DEL as LFD is to RET. | |
109 | |
110 * Added `{' and `}' to scroll vertically, analogous to `<' and `>'. | |
111 | |
112 * Added `m t' for "total" algebraic mode. | |
113 | |
114 * Added `d , \' option to group digits with "\,". | |
115 | |
116 * Improved support of "prime" accent in "eqn" language mode. | |
117 | |
118 * Changed macedit's read-kbd-macro to accept a string argument in Lisp. | |
119 | |
120 * Changed calc-check-defines to use a more concise run-hooks linkage. | |
121 | |
122 * Changed auto-why mode not to say [w=more] if next msg is not urgent. | |
123 | |
124 * Made `a d' able to differentiate "a?b:c" and "a_i" formulas. | |
125 | |
126 * Changed probability dist. functions to work with `a f' and `a d'. | |
127 | |
128 * Added special constants "phi" and "gamma". | |
129 | |
130 * Added "poly" function, simpler cousin of "gpoly". | |
131 | |
132 * Added "pdeg", "plead", "pcont", "pprim"; cleaned up "pdiv" and "pgcd". | |
133 | |
134 * Added `a p' command for polynomial interpolation. | |
135 | |
136 * Added `a I' command for numerical integration; made IntegLimit variable. | |
137 | |
138 * Added `a f' to factor polynomials; moved old `a f' to `a "'. | |
139 | |
140 * Added `a a' to do partial fraction decompositions. | |
141 | |
142 * Improved `a i' to integrate many more kinds of formulas. | |
143 | |
144 * Modified `a P' to find numerical roots of high-degree polynomials. | |
145 | |
146 * Modified `c 0' through `c 9' to convert int-valued floats to integers. | |
147 | |
148 * Made sinh, arctanh, etc., expandable into exps/logs by `a f'. | |
149 | |
150 * Added more algebraic simplifications having to do with logs and exps. | |
151 | |
152 * Changed `s s', `s t', `s x', `s l' to accept an equation at prompt. | |
153 | |
154 * Changed `s i' not to store Decls if its value is the default, []. | |
155 | |
156 * Changed `s i' to store in `d O' language mode if in Normal or Big mode. | |
157 | |
158 * Rearranged `V M'/`V R' matrix mapping modes. | |
159 | |
160 * Added <#1+#2> notation for lambda expressions. | |
161 | |
162 * Extended `b l' and other binary shifts to have a 2-argument version. | |
163 | |
164 * Changed `u c' and `u t' to give unitless result for unitless input. | |
165 | |
166 * Changed sqrt(1-cos(x)^2)-to-sin(x) to be an unsafe simplification. | |
167 | |
168 * Improved simplification of sqrts, e.g., sqrt(a^2 x + a^2 y). | |
169 | |
170 * Changed solver to treat (x-a)(x-b)(x-c) more intelligently. | |
171 | |
172 * Changed Pascal language mode to use "$FFFF" for hexadecimal numbers. | |
173 | |
174 * Added support for non-decimal display of floats. | |
175 | |
176 * Changed `p' to refresh stack display if current float format uses it. | |
177 | |
178 * Changed Big mode to use subscript notation for log10(x), log(x,b), r#nnn. | |
179 | |
180 * Changed Big mode to format deriv(u,x) and tderiv(u,x) as du/dx. | |
181 | |
182 * Changed Big mode to format integ(1/x,x) as "dx/x" instead of "1/x dx". | |
183 | |
184 * Added "tty" output type for graphics commands. | |
185 | |
186 * Documented Calc's random number generation algorithm in the manual. | |
187 | |
188 * Fixed a bug involving having "(setq calc-timing t)" in .emacs. | |
189 | |
190 * Fixed a bug that incorrectly parsed "|x| - 1" in TeX mode. | |
191 | |
192 * Fixed bugs and made improvements in `a R' when widening the guess. | |
193 | |
194 * Fixed a bug that where `a S' didn't solve (x - a)^2 = (x - b)^2. | |
195 | |
196 * Fixed a bug that sometimes crashed `a P' on systems of equations. | |
197 | |
198 * Fixed a bug that prevented `b p' (calc-pack-bits) from working. | |
199 | |
200 * Fixed some bugs in which certain functions didn't get autoloaded. | |
201 | |
202 * Fixed a bug in which the date <1/1/13> was incorrectly parsed. | |
203 | |
204 * Fixed a bug which prevented `j D' from expanding (a+b)/c. | |
205 | |
206 * Fixed a bug in solver: bad inverses for sinh and cosh. | |
207 | |
208 * Fixed a bug in math-possible-signs that failed for x*0. | |
209 | |
210 * Fixed a bug where sqrt(-a) was rewritten sqrt(a)*i even if a<0. | |
211 | |
212 * Fixed a bug in line breaker when first "word" of line was too long. | |
213 | |
214 * Worked around a makeinfo bug that handled @end group/@group badly. | |
215 | |
216 | |
217 Version 2.00 alpha 3: | |
218 | |
219 * Changed logic for locating component .elc files to be even smarter. | |
220 | |
221 * Changed "make install" to "make compile"; added different "make install". | |
222 | |
223 * Improved "make compile" to check file dates and compile only when needed. | |
224 | |
225 * Made output of "make compile" in batch mode more compact and readable. | |
226 | |
227 * Replaced "Quick Overview" in manual with "Demonstration of Calc". | |
228 | |
229 * Changed to use keymaps for dispatching M-# and h prefix keys. | |
230 | |
231 * Added TAGS target to the Calc Makefile. | |
232 | |
233 * Removed most doc strings from functions; new help commands are better. | |
234 | |
235 * Got rid of some crufty "fset" calls that were cluttering the code. | |
236 | |
237 * Split calc-grab-region into two functions, calc-grab-region/-rectangle. | |
238 | |
239 * Swapped positions of stack and trail in full-calc-keypad display. | |
240 | |
241 * Improved line-breaking algorithm for displaying long formulas. | |
242 | |
243 * Improved display of control characters in vectors shown as strings. | |
244 | |
245 * Changed `d o' to allow fraction format to specify desired denominator. | |
246 | |
247 * Changed `M-# y' to respect overwrite mode in target buffer. | |
248 | |
249 * Added `H' prefix to display-mode commands to suppress stack refresh. | |
250 | |
251 * Changed "calc-why" mechanism to display urgent messages automatically. | |
252 | |
253 * Handled taking derivatives of symbolic integrals and vice-versa. | |
254 | |
255 * Handled integrating vectors of formulas. | |
256 | |
257 * Incorporated Ewerlid's polynomial division and GCD functions into Calc. | |
258 | |
259 * Improved algebraic operations on "mod" forms, esp. polynomials. | |
260 | |
261 * Added some more financial functions (sln, syd, ddb). | |
262 | |
263 * Added nest, anest, fixp, and afixp (`H V R' and `H V U') functions. | |
264 | |
265 * Added `a .' (calc-remove-equal) command to take apart equations. | |
266 | |
267 * Generalized dfact to work for negative odd integers; added !! syntax. | |
268 | |
269 * Changed `k f' to factor 1, 0, and negative integers. | |
270 | |
271 * Changed `u M', etc., to accept +/- and [ .. ] forms as distributions. | |
272 | |
273 * Changed `g q' to remove *Gnuplot Commands/Trail* window if present. | |
274 | |
275 * Added support for Francois Pinard's "dumb terminal" driver for GNUPLOT. | |
276 | |
277 * Added ":: remember" feature for rewrite rules. | |
278 | |
279 * Changed rewrites to let pattern "a*b" match "x/2" with a=x, b=1/2. | |
280 | |
281 * Added ability to put function names like "simplify" in rewrite schedule. | |
282 | |
283 * Added "Rewrites Tutorial" to the manual. | |
284 | |
285 * Changed ` to bind RET as newline instead of finish if editing a vector. | |
286 | |
287 * Added some new exercises to the List Tutorial. | |
288 | |
289 * Changed `Z F', `V M', etc. not to remove stored vars from def arg list. | |
290 | |
291 * Added parsing for /1, 2, 3/ notation for Fortran mode vectors. | |
292 | |
293 * Added a "%%" syntax for comments in formulas being read. | |
294 | |
295 * Fixed a bug in which failing `h k' removed an existing Info window. | |
296 | |
297 * Fixed a bug in `j /' operating on subformulas like "a + b". | |
298 | |
299 * Fixed a bug in which "inf = inf" undesirably evaluated to 1. | |
300 | |
301 * Fixed a bug that simplified "0 = 1 + a + 2" to "0 = a". | |
302 | |
303 * Fixed a bug that failed for rewrite patterns like "fib(1 ||| 2)". | |
304 | |
305 * Fixed a bug that arose because rewrite programs are non-reentrant. | |
306 | |
307 | |
308 Version 2.00 alpha 2: | |
309 | |
310 * Changed LFD terminating algebraic entry to push in no-simplify mode. | |
311 | |
312 * Changed so that `K -' interprets `-' as calc-minus, not neg prefix arg. | |
313 | |
314 * Improved `h c' command to understand all Calc key sequences. | |
315 | |
316 * Fixed problems with DistribRules, NegateRules, and FitRules. | |
317 | |
318 * Fixed several bad node pointers in the manual. | |
319 | |
320 * Fixed a bug in `h C-w' when used with makeinfo-formatted manuals. | |
321 | |
322 * Fixed a bug in sqrt(-1) when Polar and HMS modes are enabled. | |
323 | |
324 * Fixed/improved dscalar and deven functions; added dodd. | |
325 | |
326 * Fixed a bug in polynomial handling that also affected sum(sin(k),k,1,n). | |
327 | |
328 * Fixed various other glitches in the manual. | |
329 | |
330 | |
331 Version 2.00 alpha 1: | |
332 | |
333 * Calc's tar file now creates a calc-(version) directory to unpack into. | |
334 | |
335 * Calc now comes with a Makefile; install with "make install". | |
336 | |
337 * Calc now comes already split into many files; installation is much simpler. | |
338 | |
339 * Changed base file name of the manual from "calc-info" to "calc.info". | |
340 | |
341 * Key binding for `M-# w' was documented but not implemented. | |
342 | |
343 * Bound M-# ' to be synonymous with `M-# f' (used to be `M-# q'). | |
344 | |
345 * Changed M-# M-# to use last interface of C or K; E no longer counts. | |
346 | |
347 * Changed `i' (and `M-# i') not to return to Top node unnecessarily. | |
348 | |
349 * Changed `h' to be a prefix key with various help commands. | |
350 | |
351 * Changed `s' to be a prefix key with various store and recall commands. | |
352 | |
353 * Keys `i', `r', and `l' are obsolete (moved to `h' and `s' prefixes). | |
354 | |
355 * Rearranged `K', `X', and `M-RET' keys; `K' is now calc-keep-args. | |
356 | |
357 * Changed quick-calc to display input formula as well as output if room. | |
358 | |
359 * Changed quick-calc to interact with the editing buffer and kill ring. | |
360 | |
361 * Created pack, unpack, unpackt function equivalents of `v p', `v u'. | |
362 | |
363 * Changed to expand (a/b)^x to a^x/b^x only if b > 0 (not if a > 0). | |
364 | |
365 * Changed math-possible-signs to understand sqrt function. | |
366 | |
367 * Changed Z [, rewrites to consider any provably non-zero value as true. | |
368 | |
369 * Changed normal language modes to accept ** as a synonym for ^. | |
370 | |
371 * Added "maple" language mode. | |
372 | |
373 * Changed, e.g., Mathematica "(2 + 3 I)^(1.23*10^20)" to include parens. | |
374 | |
375 * Generalized math-compose-big properties for all language modes. | |
376 | |
377 * Introduced "string" and other function for composing expressions. | |
378 | |
379 * Changed many recursive vector routines to use loops instead. | |
380 | |
381 * Added evalv, evalvn function equivalents to `=', `N'. | |
382 | |
383 * Changed "expr =>" not to evaluate at all if in no-simplify mode. | |
384 | |
385 * Redesigned user interface of `a F' (calc-curve-fit) command. | |
386 | |
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387 * Added "phase" feature to the rewrite rule system. |
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389 * Added "&&&", "|||", "!!!" to the rewrite rule system. | |
390 | |
391 * Introduced a new notation for rewrites: LHS := RHS :: COND. | |
392 | |
393 * Changed `a r' (but not `j r') to repeat 100 times by default. | |
394 | |
395 * Integrated EvalRules more cleanly into the default simplifications. | |
396 | |
397 * Added `H v l' [mdims] to measure the dimensions of a matrix. | |
398 | |
399 * Changed `u c' to interpret "/units" as "1/units". | |
400 | |
401 * Added `u a' to adjust unit prefix letters automatically. | |
402 | |
403 * Changed `u s' to enable scalar mode while simplifying. | |
404 | |
405 * Changed `c f' [pfloat] not to float integer powers or subscripts. | |
406 | |
407 * Added a three-argument form for the "hms" function. | |
408 | |
409 * Changed, e.g., sin(90) degrees to produce 1 instead of 1.0. | |
410 | |
411 * Changed symbolic mode to prefer sqrt(int): abs([1 2 3]) => sqrt(14). | |
412 | |
413 * Enhanced solver to handle, e.g., x + 1/x = a; exp(x) + exp(-x) = a. | |
414 | |
415 * Enhanced simplifier to handle, e.g., exp(a+2) / e^a => e^2. | |
416 | |
417 * Enhanced `a s' to simplify sqrt(x) - x^1:2 and exp(x) - e^x to 0. | |
418 | |
419 * Added -(a + b) to -a - b as a default simplification. | |
420 | |
421 * Added rules for differentiating sum() and prod() functions. | |
422 | |
423 * Added a few more energy units (due to Przemek Klosowski). | |
424 | |
425 * Added overflow/underflow checking for all floating-point arithmetic. | |
426 | |
427 * Extended error forms to work with complex numbers. | |
428 | |
429 * Generalized GCD to handle fractional arguments. | |
430 | |
431 * Changed graphics routines to evaluate "x" values, e.g., [-pi .. pi]. | |
432 | |
433 * Added `g q', like `g K' but without viewing the Gnuplot Trail. | |
434 | |
435 * Changed `g p' and `V M' to display better "Working..." messages. | |
436 | |
437 * Modified `M-# g' to be more robust about grabbing formulas. | |
438 | |
439 * Added `Y' prefix key reserved for user-written extensions. | |
440 | |
441 * Added calc-load-hook and calc-ext-load-hook. | |
442 | |
443 * Prevented calc-install from leaving large ~ files behind. | |
444 | |
445 * Changed @bullet to @bullet{} in manual to conform to texinfo spec. | |
446 | |
447 * Rearranged some chapters in the manual to be a bit more logical. | |
448 | |
449 * Added calc-split-summary command. | |
450 | |
451 * Fixed several bugs in embedded mode. | |
452 | |
453 * Fixed a bug in calc-vector-covariance that required a prefix arg. | |
454 | |
455 * Fixed a bug that prevented parsing "a=>" with no right-hand side. | |
456 | |
457 * Fixed a bug which allowed incorrectly dividing a vector by a vector. | |
458 | |
459 * Fixed a bug formatting sum(...)^2 in Big mode. | |
460 | |
461 * Fixed a bug that prevented Calc from deleting old graphics temp files. | |
462 | |
463 * Fixed some typos calling calc-inverse-func instead of calc-invert-func. | |
464 | |
465 * Fixed bugs in the derivatives of conj, deg, and rad; added re, im. | |
466 | |
467 * Fixed a bug where (r;theta) parsed as r exp(theta i) even in Deg mode. | |
468 | |
469 * Fixed a bug which gave wrong answer for exp of a polar complex number. | |
470 | |
471 * Fixed a bug in `Z F' that failed if formula used non-arg variables. | |
472 | |
473 * Fixed a bad pointer to Info node "Assignments in Embedded Mode". | |
474 | |
475 * Fixed several errors in the Calc Summary. | |
476 | |
477 | |
478 Version 1.08 beta 1: | |
479 | |
480 * Calc's copyright has been assigned to FSF, for inclusion in Emacs 19! | |
481 | |
482 * Changed M-# to be a two-key sequence; use M-# M-# to start Calc now. | |
483 | |
484 * Rewrote and expanded the introductory chapter of the manual. | |
485 | |
486 * Added a key and function summary to the manual. | |
487 | |
488 * Changed the manual to take better advantage of TeX's math formatting. | |
489 | |
490 * Changed manual to be printable in @smallbook format. | |
491 | |
492 * Added "calc-embedded" mode. | |
493 | |
494 * Added "=>" [evalto] operator. | |
495 | |
496 * Added facilities for date and date/time arithmetic. | |
497 | |
498 * Added a set of financial functions (pv, fv, etc.). | |
499 | |
500 * Added infinite quantities inf, uinf, and nan (plus infinite intervals). | |
501 | |
502 * Added "EvalRules", "SimpRules", and "ExtSimpRules" variables. | |
503 | |
504 * Added sum and product commands `a +', `a -', `a *', `a T'. | |
505 | |
506 * Enhanced `a S' and `a P' to solve systems of equations. | |
507 | |
508 * Enhanced solver to handle eqns like sin(x) = cos(2 x), sqrt(x) + x = 1. | |
509 | |
510 * Added `a M' (calc-map-equation) command. | |
511 | |
512 * Added new statistical functions: mean, standard deviation, etc. | |
513 | |
514 * Added line, polynomial, and curve fitting commands (`a L' and `a F'). | |
515 | |
516 * Added support for composite units, e.g., "mi+ft+in". | |
517 | |
518 * Enhanced "Big" mode to format square roots, choose, and powers better. | |
519 | |
520 * Enhanced "Big" mode to display fractions in large notation. | |
521 | |
522 * Added several alternate formats for matrix display. | |
523 | |
524 * Changed TeX mode to write "(1 + x^2)" instead of "\left(1 + x^2\right)". | |
525 | |
526 * Added support for relational operators in TeX and FORTRAN modes. | |
527 | |
528 * Added recognition of accents like \dot, \tilde, \underline in TeX mode. | |
529 | |
530 * Added "eqn" language mode. | |
531 | |
532 * Added extra control over display justification with `d <', `d =', `d >'. | |
533 | |
534 * Added calc-left-label and calc-right-label (`d {', `d }'). | |
535 | |
536 * Added "nn%" syntax for algebraic formulas; equivalent to "nn * .01". | |
537 | |
538 * Added input syntaxes like a = b = c, a != b != c, a <= b < c. | |
539 | |
540 * Changed "_" to mean subscripts; old use of "_" in vars is now "#". | |
541 | |
542 * Introduced "matrix mode" and "scalar mode" (`m v'). | |
543 | |
544 * Introduced generic identity matrices (idn(1)). | |
545 | |
546 * Added a method for declaring variables to be real, integer, > 0, etc. | |
547 | |
548 * Added `Z S' command for editing stored value of a variable. | |
549 | |
550 * Added "subst" algebraic function equivalent to the `a b' command. | |
551 | |
552 * Added `a f' command, changed deriv/integ/solve-for to use it. | |
553 | |
554 * Improved `a s' to simplify (x + y) (y + x) to (x + y)^2. | |
555 | |
556 * Improved `a s' to simplify i^2 to -1. | |
557 | |
558 * Improved `a s' to simplify, e.g., sin(pi/3) in Symbolic mode. | |
559 | |
560 * Improved `a s' to simplify sqrt(8) to 2 sqrt(2), 1/sqrt(2) to sqrt(2)/2. | |
561 | |
562 * Moved sin(arccos(x)) from `a e' to `a s'; not unsafe after all! | |
563 | |
564 * Changed (x y)^z => x^z y^z to be a usually-unsafe simplification. | |
565 | |
566 * Added thorough documentation of `a s' and `a e' to the manual. | |
567 | |
568 * Improved `a c' to collect "f(a)" even if "a" also appears elsewhere. | |
569 | |
570 * Introduced lin, linnt, islin, islinnt functions for linearity testing. | |
571 | |
572 * Improved `a x' to use binomial theorem to give simpler answers. | |
573 | |
574 * Improved `j D' to distribute powers of sums: (a + b)^n. | |
575 | |
576 * Improved `j M' to merge products of powers (may need no-simplify mode). | |
577 | |
578 * Changed to use defvar for DistribRules etc. so `Z V' works with them. | |
579 | |
580 * Improved `j *' and `j /' to work properly in a few more cases. | |
581 | |
582 * Improved `V R' to use identity value when reducing empty vectors. | |
583 | |
584 * Improved `v p' and `v u' to support more complex packing operations. | |
585 | |
586 * Disabled automatic simplification of sqrt(2)/2 to 1/sqrt(2). | |
587 | |
588 * Bound SPC and RET to press, TAB to next-menu in *Calc Keypad* buffer. | |
589 | |
590 * Added C-u ' to do algebraic entry with language mode forced to normal. | |
591 | |
592 * Added "$1", "$2", etc. input notation for algebraic entry. | |
593 | |
594 * Changed unary operators like `n', `&' to treat neg prefix args like RET. | |
595 | |
596 * Changed ` (calc-edit) to show full precision regardless of float format. | |
597 | |
598 * Enhanced quick-calc to display integers in several formats. | |
599 | |
600 * Documented `g H' (calc-graph-hide) command (had been left from manual). | |
601 | |
602 * Enhanced floor/ceil/trunc/round in several ways. | |
603 | |
604 * Added rounde and roundu functions. | |
605 | |
606 * Changed `c 1' through `c 9' to change small floats to 0.0; added `c 0'. | |
607 | |
608 * Enhanced set operations to work on sets of intervals. | |
609 | |
610 * Fixed erf(0), utpn(x,x,y), and arccosh(-1) to work properly. | |
611 | |
612 * Changed complex arctan and arctanh to follow Steele 2nd edition. | |
613 | |
614 * Expanded "Branch Cuts" section of the manual with some useful tables. | |
615 | |
616 * Rearranged order of words in mode line to be a bit more logical. | |
617 | |
618 * Changed `m N' (num-simplify) mode to evaluate constant vectors, too. | |
619 | |
620 * Changed `a r'/`j r' to prompt twice for separate LHS/RHS if necessary. | |
621 | |
622 * Enhanced `let(v,x)' in rewrites by allowing arbitrary patterns for v. | |
623 | |
624 * Changed cursor positioning in second prompt for `a b' (calc-substitute). | |
625 | |
626 * Changed `y' to omit line numbers more consistently. | |
627 | |
628 * Changed `o' (calc-realign) to reset horizontal scrolling to zero, also. | |
629 | |
630 * Added "pred" mode for calc-eval. | |
631 | |
632 * Added "calc-report-bug" as an alias for "report-calc-bug". | |
633 | |
634 * Added `Z T' and "calc-pass-errors" to aid debugging Calc-related code. | |
635 | |
636 * Added "calc-load-everything" (`m X' or `M-# L') command. | |
637 | |
638 * Enhanced calc-install to pre-build units table, CommuteRules, etc. | |
639 | |
640 * Changed Calc to interact more gracefully with load-path. | |
641 | |
642 * Changed Lisp Variable Index in manual to include user variables, too. | |
643 | |
644 * Fixed a bug that prevented calc-install from working under VMS. | |
645 | |
646 * Fixed a bug that sometimes crashed rewrites dealing with subtractions. | |
647 | |
648 * Fixed a bug that prevented `a S' from solving "3 - x = 1 + x"! | |
649 | |
650 * Fixed a bug in solver that crashed for certain cubics and quartics. | |
651 | |
652 * Fixed a bug in calc-simplify that crashed for equations and ineqs. | |
653 | |
654 * Fixed a bug which placed the "[" oddly in `d B' + `v /' mode. | |
655 | |
656 * Fixed a bug where finishing calc-edit improperly obeyed language mode. | |
657 | |
658 * Fixed a bug formatting (-1)^n in Big mode after selection commands. | |
659 | |
660 * Fixed a bug that got ">=" and "<=" backwards in rewrite conditions. | |
661 | |
662 * Fixed a bug that broke the `"x"' key in calc-keypad mode. | |
663 | |
664 * Fixed a bug in which `MAP$' in calc-keypad didn't display "Working...". | |
665 | |
666 * Fixed a bug where matrix division gave bad result for singular matrix. | |
667 | |
668 * Fixed a bug which closed Calc window if calc-grab-region got an error. | |
669 | |
670 * Fixed a bug where `a s' failed on formulas containing dimension errors. | |
671 | |
672 * Fixed a bug that caused `m F' to hang. | |
673 | |
674 * Fixed a bug in complex arithmetic that caused problems with solver. | |
675 | |
676 * Fixed a bug which raised intervals to interval powers incorrectly. | |
677 | |
678 * Fixed a bug in utpp/ltpp (order of arguments did not match the manual). | |
679 | |
680 * Fixed a bug in which `t y' rounded yanked data with old precision. | |
681 | |
682 * Fixed a bug in which "in(3, [3 .. 3))" returned true. | |
683 | |
684 * Fixed a bug which simplified abs(abs(x)) incorrectly. | |
685 | |
686 * Fixed a bug in which (a^2)^1:3 was unsafely simplified to a^2:3. | |
687 | |
688 * Fixed a bug in rewrite system which missed pattern "2 sin(x) cos(x)". | |
689 | |
690 * Fixed a bug in rewrite system which missed pattern "a - a cos(x)^2". | |
691 | |
692 * Fixed obsolete trail tags gsmp, gneg, ginv to jsmp, jneg, jinv. | |
693 | |
694 * Fixed some errors and made improvements in units table [Ulrich Mueller]. | |
695 | |
696 | |
697 Version 1.07: | |
698 | |
699 * Added `m F' (calc-settings-file-name) command. | |
700 | |
701 * Added calc-autoload-directory variable. | |
702 | |
703 * Extended Z ` to accept a prefix argument. | |
704 | |
705 * Added keystrokes (v h, v k) for head, tail, cons. | |
706 | |
707 * Extended `v e' to accept a vector as the filler. | |
708 | |
709 * Changed `V M', `V R' to accept mapping-mode keys in uppercase, too. | |
710 | |
711 * Changed V M ' etc. to accept $, $$, ... as argument indicators. | |
712 | |
713 * Changed `t y' to accept a prefix argument. | |
714 | |
715 * Put in a cleaner and safer random number generator for `k r' et al. | |
716 | |
717 * Fixed a bug which completely broke `a r' command! | |
718 | |
719 * Fixed "0 * matrix" to generate a zero matrix instead of 0. | |
720 | |
721 * Fixed a bug in `a R' which sometimes caused it to crash. | |
722 | |
723 * Fixed a fatal typo in the TeX version of the manual. | |
724 | |
725 * Fixed a bug that prevented C-k, C-w, M-w from working in Trail buffer. | |
726 | |
727 * Fixed another bug in `Z P' command. | |
728 | |
729 * Fixed a bug in `u s' which incorrectly simplified subtractions. | |
730 | |
731 * Fixed an argument-name aliasing bug evaluating lambda( ) formulas. | |
732 | |
733 * Fixed overfull hboxes in the manual. | |
734 | |
735 * Fixed various other bugs in the manual. | |
736 | |
737 | |
738 Version 1.06: | |
739 | |
740 * Added "calc-keypad" mode for X window system users (try it!). | |
741 | |
742 * Improved "calc-eval" for calling/operating Calc from user-written Lisp. | |
743 | |
744 * Moved vector accumulate command to `V U' (old `H V R' still supported). | |
745 | |
746 * Added right-to-left reductions: `I V R' and `I V U'. | |
747 | |
748 * Added set operations on vectors: intersect, union, diff, xor. | |
749 | |
750 * Added `I v s' to remove a subvector from a vector. | |
751 | |
752 * Introduced `H |' to append two vectors with no magical special cases. | |
753 | |
754 * Introduced rhead, rtail, and rcons for isolating last vector element. | |
755 | |
756 * Changed `g p' to keep temp files around until data actually change. | |
757 | |
758 * Improved `a S' to solve many higher-order polynomial equations. | |
759 | |
760 * Added `a P' to produce a vector of all solutions to an equation. | |
761 | |
762 * Enhanced `a v' and `j v' to allow top-level-only evaluation. | |
763 | |
764 * Changed `j DEL' to delete a side of an eqn or ineq, leaving other side. | |
765 | |
766 * Fixed binding for keys `j 1' through `j 9'. | |
767 | |
768 * Introduced "let" marker in rewrite rules. | |
769 | |
770 * Enhanced the "sign" function to provide a two-argument version. | |
771 | |
772 * Changed "max-specpdl-size exceeded" error message to be user-friendly. | |
773 | |
774 * Put "<Aborted>" in the trail in above case and when user presses C-g. | |
775 | |
776 * Changed TeX mode to generate \ldots instead of \dots, recognize both. | |
777 | |
778 * Changed "sin(0)" etc. (for integer 0) to generate "0" instead of "0.". | |
779 | |
780 * Enhanced Programming Tutorial exercise 2. | |
781 | |
782 * Fixed an error in the answer to Types Tutorial exercise 3. | |
783 | |
784 * Fixed several bugs relating to head, tail, and cons functions. | |
785 | |
786 * Fixed some other minor typos in the manual. | |
787 | |
788 * Fixed several bugs in `Z P' (calc-user-define-permanent). | |
789 | |
790 * Fixed several bugs that broke the `g P' command. | |
791 | |
792 | |
793 Version 1.05: | |
794 | |
795 * Created a calc-install command to ease installation. | |
796 | |
797 * Added lots of exercises to the Tutorial section of the manual. | |
798 | |
799 * Added ability to select and operate on sub-formulas. | |
800 | |
801 * Substantially improved the algebraic rewrite-rule system. | |
802 | |
803 * Added a set of graphing commands that use GNUPLOT. | |
804 | |
805 * Added a command (`a R') for finding numerical roots to equations. | |
806 | |
807 * Added several new math functions, such as erf and Bessel functions. | |
808 | |
809 * Added key bindings for miscellaneous commands using the "f" prefix key. | |
810 | |
811 * Added lots of new vector operations, many of them in the spirit of APL. | |
812 | |
813 * Added more control over vector display, including an abbreviated mode. | |
814 | |
815 * Improved keyboard macro editing; added read-kbd-macro to macedit.el. | |
816 | |
817 * Introduced the `m S' (calc-shift-prefix) command. | |
818 | |
819 * Enhanced the calc-edit command in several ways. | |
820 | |
821 * Made it possible to hit ` (calc-edit) during numeric/algebraic entry. | |
822 | |
823 * Enhanced the calc-solve-for command to handle inequalities. | |
824 | |
825 * Enhanced calc-simplify to handle equations and inequalities. | |
826 | |
827 * Taught log10 and log to look for exact integer or rational results. | |
828 | |
829 * Added ability to take Nth roots directly. | |
830 | |
831 * Added "increment" and "decrement" commands for integers and floats. | |
832 | |
833 * Added "full-help" command, changed "h" key to invoke it. | |
834 | |
835 * Added special help for Inverse and Hyperbolic prefixes. | |
836 | |
837 * Added an optional prefix argument to `o' (calc-realign). | |
838 | |
839 * Changed `t s' and `t r' to use RET as the search exit key. | |
840 | |
841 * Made handling of operator keys for V M, V R, etc. more regular. | |
842 | |
843 * Improved TeX mode; added support for \matrix format. | |
844 | |
845 * Added a variant of `m a' mode that only affects ( and [ keys. | |
846 | |
847 * Fixed "Mismatch" message for algebraic entry of semi-open intervals. | |
848 | |
849 * Trimmed fat from calc.el to speed loading, moved more to calc-ext.el. | |
850 | |
851 * Fixed a bug in which minibuffer entry rounded to out-of-date precision. | |
852 | |
853 * Fixed a bug which crashed Calc 1.04 under Epoch. | |
854 | |
855 * Fixed a bug which messed up Calc Trail's mode line, among other things. | |
856 | |
857 * Fixed a bug which caused trail ">" to show only when in Trail buffer. | |
858 | |
859 * Fixed a bug in which "calc" called "calc-grab-region" with too few args. | |
860 | |
861 * Fixed bugs in both implementation and documentation of calc-perm. | |
862 | |
863 * Fixed a bug in which calc-simplify-extended always used radians. | |
864 | |
865 * Fixed a bug where calc-comma failed to override "polar" mode. | |
866 | |
867 * Fixed a bug doing mixed arithmetic on rectangular+polar complex numbers. | |
868 | |
869 * Fixed several bugs in transcendental functions with complex arguments. | |
870 | |
871 * Fixed a bug in which `a s' simplified "x / .5" to ".5 x". | |
872 | |
873 * Fixed numerous other bugs in various parts of Calc. | |
874 | |
875 * Completed the "Hooks" section of the "Internals" chapter of the manual. | |
876 | |
877 | |
878 Version 1.04: | |
879 | |
880 * Included a copy of revision history (from README) in calc.el. | |
881 | |
882 * Added the "calc-split" feature to split calc-ext.el into smaller bits. | |
883 | |
884 * Changed calc-unpack to unpack floats and fractions, too. | |
885 | |
886 * Added "mant", "xpon", and "scf" functions for decomposing floats. | |
887 | |
888 * Fixed a bug in the "y" command with positive prefix arguments. | |
889 | |
890 * Rearranged binary shift/rotate command keys to be a bit more convenient. | |
891 | |
892 * Fixed a bug in which simplifying "(0/0) * 2" crashed with a Lisp error. | |
893 | |
894 * Made `H F' [ffloor] and friends faster for very large arguments. | |
895 | |
896 * Made calc-define-del more robust. | |
897 | |
898 * Handled pasting of data into the Calculator using the mouse under X. | |
899 | |
900 * Made overlay-arrow variables buffer-local to avoid interference. | |
901 | |
902 * Fixed a problem in which Calc Trail buffer got stuck after a C-x C-w. | |
903 | |
904 | |
905 Version 1.03: | |
906 | |
907 * Changed math-choose to compute n-choose-m faster when m is large. | |
908 | |
909 * Fixed some problems with TeX mode. | |
910 | |
911 * Fixed a bug that prevented `b s' from working without a prefix argument. | |
912 | |
913 * Added "calc-eval" function. | |
914 | |
915 * Improved calc-grab-region. | |
916 | |
917 | |
918 Version 1.02: | |
919 | |
920 * Fixed a bug in Tutorial: telephone pole height/distance were switched! | |
921 | |
922 * Fixed a few other things in the manual. | |
923 | |
924 * Added "full-calc" command. | |
925 | |
926 * Added "calc-insert-variables" (`Z I') command. | |
927 | |
928 * Quick Calc now works even if you are already in the minibuffer. | |
929 | |
930 * Fixed a bug in math-mul-bignum-digit which affected math-and, etc. | |
931 | |
932 * Definition of "Hectares" was wrong in units table. | |
933 | |
934 * Fixed a bug in calc-execute-kbd-macro concerning undo and refresh. | |
935 | |
936 * Bound "calc-undo" to `C-x u' as well as `C-_' and `U'. | |
937 | |
938 Version 1.01: | |
939 | |
940 * Added a tutorial section to the manual. | |
941 | |
942 * Next and Prev for node Strings in the manual were reversed; fixed. | |
943 | |
944 * Changed "'bignum" in calc-isqrt-bignum-iter to "'bigpos". | |
945 | |
946 * Fixed a bug that prevented "$" from working during algebraic entry. | |
947 | |
948 * Fixed a bug caused by an X (last-X) command following a K (macro) cmd. | |
949 | |
950 * Fixed a bug in which K command incorrectly formatted stack in Big mode. | |
951 | |
952 * Added space between unary operators and non-flat compositions. | |
953 (Otherwise, "-(a/b)" in Big mode blended the minus sign into the rule!) | |
954 | |
955 * Fixed formatting of (-1)^n in Big mode. | |
956 | |
957 * Fixed some problems relating to "not" operator in Pascal language mode. | |
958 | |
959 * Fixed several bugs relating to V M ' and V M $ sequences. | |
960 | |
961 * Fixed matrix-vector multiplication to produce a vector. | |
962 | |
963 * Introduced Z ` ... Z ' commands; renamed old Z ' to Z #. | |
964 | |
965 * Fixed various other bugs. | |
966 | |
967 * Added calc-settings-file variable suggested by C. Witty. | |
968 | |
969 | |
970 Version 1.00: | |
971 | |
972 * First official release of Calc. | |
973 | |
974 * If you used the Beta test version (0.01), you will find that this | |
975 version of Calc is over 50% larger than the original release. | |
976 General areas of improvement include much better algebra features; | |
977 operations on units; language modes; simplification modes; interval | |
978 arithmetic; vector mapping and reduction. Other new commands include | |
979 calc-fraction and calc-grab-region. The program has been split into | |
980 two parts for faster loading, and the manual is more complete. | |
981 |