From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com>
To: Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>,
zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: Calculator function
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:10:30 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <010727121030.ZM24973@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Tc0a88d015500b00f08@mailsweeper01.cambridgesiliconradio.com>
On Jul 27, 11:59am, Peter Stephenson wrote:
>
> I keep meaning to add this. Maybe someone has a better one somewhere?
This is pretty nifty. Questions as they pop into my head:
> +Each line typed is evaluated as an expression. The prompt shows a number,
> +which corresponds to a positional parameter where the result of that
> +calculation is stored. For example, the result of the calculation on the
> +line preceeded by `tt(4> )' is available as tt($4).
Why not have the prompt look like `$4= ' instead of `4> '?
> +# Line editing and history are available. A blank line or `q' quits.
Hrm, I'd rather that blank lines were just ignored ... I think ...
> +# To do:
> +# - separate zcalc history from shell history using arrays --- or allow
> +# zsh to switch internally to and from array-based history.
I posted a function some while back that switches history contexts by
dumping the history to a file, then zeroing and restoring HISTSIZE. I
can't seem to track it down just now ... there's something sort of like
it in zsh-users/3506.
What were you thinking of, here?
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
Zsh: http://www.zsh.org | PHPerl Project: http://phperl.sourceforge.net
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-07-27 19:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-27 10:59 Peter Stephenson
2001-07-27 19:10 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2001-07-27 23:17 ` Peter Stephenson
2001-07-27 23:26 ` Bart Schaefer
2001-07-29 21:52 ` Peter Stephenson
2001-07-30 0:58 ` Bart Schaefer
2001-07-30 9:47 ` Peter Stephenson
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