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If you want a lighter-weight package featuring a plaintext REPL, a large library of functions, function definition, arbitrary precision, and more (minus solver

If you want a lighter-weight package featuring a plaintext REPL, a large library of functions, function definition, arbitrary precision, and more (minus solver capability), give Speedcrunch a try: https://heldercorreia.bitbucket.io/speedcrunch/ https://heldercorreia.bitbucket.io/speedcrunch/

lholden 3y ago
I switched from Speedcrunch to Qalculate a while ago. I don't actually remember exactly why I switched at this point. (I think due to a lack of updates). Qalculate very similar in many ways, but I do like the interface on Speedcrunch better (after hiding the keyboard). The new UI for Qalculate has a similar enough feel to Speedcrunch that I've been happy with it.
patrec 3y ago
Qalculate has a plain text repl (qalc), as well. And, as far as I know, all the other things you mention. Speedcrunch might be awesome for all I know (never tried it), but your comment does not really shed any light on why one would pick it over qalculate (what does "lighter-weight" mean? It's not like qalculate takes minutes to start up or is hard to use).
- ciupicri 3y ago
  The plain text qalc doesn't compare with Speedcrunch. How do you copy & paste for example? Speedcrunch also has a shortcut for putting the result into the clipboard. You can make Speedcrunch look like a good old fashioned bc session, whereas Qalculate puts way too much stuff on the screen. It misses a simple REPL mode.
  - tryptophan 3y ago
    I strongly prefer speedcrunch due to it opening much faster and being simpler. Qalc has poor documentation so I don't find learning its extra features to be worthwhile. Qalc is also awkward to type.
  - Aardwolf 3y ago
    You can copypaste plain text to and from the terminal, what kind of copypaste do you mean?
    - ciupicri 3y ago
      The shortcuts aren't the same, especially for copy. For example instead of Control+C (which normally interrupts the program), you have to use Shift+Control+C.
badtension 3y ago
Speedcrunch is great but has (had?) a very annoying bug: was pretty slow after a while. You need to manually clear the history to make it load fast again. I have it on speed dial (pause / break key to open and close) and use it all the time.
ziml77 3y ago
A note to anyone using a high DPI display: you can build this from source and get a version that scales itself cleanly instead of forcing the OS to make a blurry mess out of it.
- eviks 3y ago
  what changes would you need to make so that the build isn't blurry?
  - ziml77 3y ago
    None at all. I just had to point CMake to Qt 5 installed via Homebrew by setting CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to /opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5 before running CMake.
pxc 3y ago
In college, I started out with SpeedCrunch because it comes with many KDE-based Linux distros as their default calculator. I eventually went on to play with a few alternatives and ultimately settled on Cantor, which is a nice, notebook-style frontend for pretty much every mathematical programming environment you can think of (including Qalculate!). At the time, I really liked using it with Maxima (and sometimes R). https://cantor.kde.org/ https://cantor.kde.org/
themodelplumber 3y ago
Plus you can quickly build websites with speedcrunch IIRC Edit: https://www.friendlyskies.net/speedcrunch/ https://www.friendlyskies.net/speedcrunch/ Kinda funny but also impressive in its way...
poetaster 3y ago
I'll +1 speedcrunch It's also been built for off-broadway mobile OS Sailfish.

lholden 3y ago

I switched from Speedcrunch to Qalculate a while ago. I don't actually remember exactly why I switched at this point. (I think due to a lack of updates). Qalculate very similar in many ways, but I do like the interface on Speedcrunch better (after hiding the keyboard). The new UI for Qalculate has a similar enough feel to Speedcrunch that I've been happy with it.

patrec 3y ago

Qalculate has a plain text repl (qalc), as well. And, as far as I know, all the other things you mention. Speedcrunch might be awesome for all I know (never tried it), but your comment does not really shed any light on why one would pick it over qalculate (what does "lighter-weight" mean? It's not like qalculate takes minutes to start up or is hard to use).

ciupicri 3y ago
The plain text qalc doesn't compare with Speedcrunch. How do you copy & paste for example? Speedcrunch also has a shortcut for putting the result into the clipboard. You can make Speedcrunch look like a good old fashioned bc session, whereas Qalculate puts way too much stuff on the screen. It misses a simple REPL mode.
- tryptophan 3y ago
  I strongly prefer speedcrunch due to it opening much faster and being simpler. Qalc has poor documentation so I don't find learning its extra features to be worthwhile. Qalc is also awkward to type.
- Aardwolf 3y ago
  You can copypaste plain text to and from the terminal, what kind of copypaste do you mean?
  - ciupicri 3y ago
    The shortcuts aren't the same, especially for copy. For example instead of Control+C (which normally interrupts the program), you have to use Shift+Control+C.

badtension 3y ago

Speedcrunch is great but has (had?) a very annoying bug: was pretty slow after a while. You need to manually clear the history to make it load fast again. I have it on speed dial (pause / break key to open and close) and use it all the time.

ziml77 3y ago

A note to anyone using a high DPI display: you can build this from source and get a version that scales itself cleanly instead of forcing the OS to make a blurry mess out of it.

eviks 3y ago
what changes would you need to make so that the build isn't blurry?
- ziml77 3y ago
  None at all. I just had to point CMake to Qt 5 installed via Homebrew by setting CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to /opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5 before running CMake.

pxc 3y ago

In college, I started out with SpeedCrunch because it comes with many KDE-based Linux distros as their default calculator. I eventually went on to play with a few alternatives and ultimately settled on Cantor, which is a nice, notebook-style frontend for pretty much every mathematical programming environment you can think of (including Qalculate!). At the time, I really liked using it with Maxima (and sometimes R). https://cantor.kde.org/ https://cantor.kde.org/

themodelplumber 3y ago

Plus you can quickly build websites with speedcrunch IIRC Edit: https://www.friendlyskies.net/speedcrunch/ https://www.friendlyskies.net/speedcrunch/ Kinda funny but also impressive in its way...

poetaster 3y ago

I'll +1 speedcrunch It's also been built for off-broadway mobile OS Sailfish.