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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Kcalc: The killer application?
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-07-22 14:02:48
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On Tuesday 22 July 2003 08:29, Klaus Niederkrueger wrote:
> - Add units: meter, kg, Watt, Joule (and also medivial black magic units:
>  miles (nautic/international/land/statute/geographical etc), stones,
> ounces, tons, and such ;-))

  Please do add this!  (in particular for the more obscure units that can't 
easily be remembered or require multiple steps to convert)

> - Add symbolic computation....

  I think this is beyond the scope of kcalc.

> Maybe some plugin-system would be cute. Imagine for example typing the
> price in Euros and converting it to $ (the plugin looks up the last
> conversion rate on the internet). Or, imagine a distance plugin, you want
> to have the distance from Bagdad to New York...

  Be careful though.  KCalc should be very fast and very light.  A 10MB 
calculator that takes longer than kmail to start will not be too useful.

-- 
George Staikos
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Staikos Computing Services Inc.		http://www.staikos.net/

 
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