# HG changeset patch # User Jay Belanger # Date 1187322818 0 # Node ID 7135bb8900e7bcf1dcebb5780c779e52258dae0f # Parent 1c18e395fd3ecfe7072a778cd3a7dc4afb5bcd68 Move contents to beginning of file. Algebraic Entry: Fix the formatting of an example. diff -r 1c18e395fd3e -r 7135bb8900e7 man/calc.texi --- a/man/calc.texi Fri Aug 17 01:44:02 2007 +0000 +++ b/man/calc.texi Fri Aug 17 03:53:38 2007 +0000 @@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ @insertcopying @end titlepage + +@summarycontents + +@c [end] + +@contents + @c [begin] @ifnottex @node Top, Getting Started, (dir), (dir) @@ -10013,11 +10020,18 @@ @cindex Algebraic notation @cindex Formulas, entering Calculations can also be entered in algebraic form. This is accomplished -by typing the apostrophe key, @kbd{'}, followed by the expression in -standard format: @kbd{@key{'} 2+3*4 @key{RET}} computes +by typing the apostrophe key, ', followed by the expression in +standard format: + +@example +' 2+3*4 @key{RET}. +@end example + +@noindent +This will compute @texline @math{2+(3\times4) = 14} @infoline @expr{2+(3*4) = 14} -and pushes that on the stack. If you wish you can +and push it on the stack. If you wish you can ignore the RPN aspect of Calc altogether and simply enter algebraic expressions in this way. You may want to use @key{DEL} every so often to clear previous results off the stack. @@ -36164,11 +36178,6 @@ @printindex fn -@summarycontents - -@c [end] - -@contents @bye