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Seconded (though I'm tentatively switching to dc[0], reverse polish notation ftw), can anyone who has used both Numi and Soulver point out the differences betwe

Seconded (though I'm tentatively switching to dc[0], reverse polish notation ftw), can anyone who has used both Numi and Soulver point out the differences between the two? They look super similar to me. [0] https://www.computerhope.com/unix/udc.htm https://www.computerhope.com/unix/udc.htm

zwily 7y ago
Soulver has iOS apps too.
- jonstaab 7y ago
  Sadly, I am Android-only. Is there any difference in functionality, or it a pure clone (edit: or, is Numi the clone? Sound like Soulver has been around a while)?
  - filmgirlcw 7y ago
    I’ve never used Numi. Soulver is 14 years old and is from my favorite era of indie macOS development. He’s really responsive on twitter or to bug reports/emails. Numi is also available in Setapp [1], which I pay for and really love (it’s a great value for me), but I must admit I’ve never used it. I’ll check it out later today, but don’t know if I can offer a comprehensive pro/con. [1]: https://setapp.com https://setapp.com
  - tsieling 7y ago
    Pretty much identical to the desktop apps, all docs sync nicely.
marklgr 7y ago
I like dc too, and wrote this plugin for Vim: https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck The power of old tools :)
- dmix 7y ago
  For me the currency conversion, easy ‘totalling’, syntax highlighting, and mixing Markdown text inline (which gets ignored) is the key feature for these notepad/numi apps. These still could be done in Vim but it’s more than just a unixy calculator or text-editor spreadsheet.
  - marklgr 7y ago
    To each his own I guess. As far as I'm concerned, I'm mainly interested in the one-column spreadsheet, tweaking a few input rows and checking how it impacts some other rows. I still use instacalc from time to time, but now I often reach for vim instead.
- emmelaich 7y ago
  I started hacking something up to invoke dc more easily… $ . calc.sh $ * 4 5 20 $ / 21 3 7 It’s a WIP. I’ll probably add floating point and a stack. Which will mean moving away from `dc` to awk/python/something else running in the background, using sh co-processes.
jimpudar 7y ago
If you like dc, give Emacs' calc mode a try.
samat 7y ago
The main difference is that you can easily drag n drop line result anywhere inside the document with Soulver for more complex computations. With Numi you are forced to make up variable names, which is silly. I have written to Numi author about this a few months ago and he replied he wants to add this feature to Numi but I haven’t heard any news about that since. I am not following Numi closely, though.

zwily 7y ago

Soulver has iOS apps too.

jonstaab 7y ago
Sadly, I am Android-only. Is there any difference in functionality, or it a pure clone (edit: or, is Numi the clone? Sound like Soulver has been around a while)?
- filmgirlcw 7y ago
  I’ve never used Numi. Soulver is 14 years old and is from my favorite era of indie macOS development. He’s really responsive on twitter or to bug reports/emails. Numi is also available in Setapp [1], which I pay for and really love (it’s a great value for me), but I must admit I’ve never used it. I’ll check it out later today, but don’t know if I can offer a comprehensive pro/con. [1]: https://setapp.com https://setapp.com
- tsieling 7y ago
  Pretty much identical to the desktop apps, all docs sync nicely.

marklgr 7y ago

I like dc too, and wrote this plugin for Vim: https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck https://github.com/fcpg/vim-colddeck The power of old tools :)

dmix 7y ago
For me the currency conversion, easy ‘totalling’, syntax highlighting, and mixing Markdown text inline (which gets ignored) is the key feature for these notepad/numi apps. These still could be done in Vim but it’s more than just a unixy calculator or text-editor spreadsheet.
- marklgr 7y ago
  To each his own I guess. As far as I'm concerned, I'm mainly interested in the one-column spreadsheet, tweaking a few input rows and checking how it impacts some other rows. I still use instacalc from time to time, but now I often reach for vim instead.
emmelaich 7y ago
I started hacking something up to invoke dc more easily… $ . calc.sh $ * 4 5 20 $ / 21 3 7 It’s a WIP. I’ll probably add floating point and a stack. Which will mean moving away from `dc` to awk/python/something else running in the background, using sh co-processes.

jimpudar 7y ago

If you like dc, give Emacs' calc mode a try.

samat 7y ago

The main difference is that you can easily drag n drop line result anywhere inside the document with Soulver for more complex computations. With Numi you are forced to make up variable names, which is silly. I have written to Numi author about this a few months ago and he replied he wants to add this feature to Numi but I haven’t heard any news about that since. I am not following Numi closely, though.