SpeedCrunch is a simple but powerful calculator.

Among its features are:
- high precision, up to 50 decimal digits
- to be enjoyed using keyboard
- result shown in scrollable window
- history of last expressions (use up and down arrow)
- built-in functions: abs, sqrt, pi, log, exp, ln, sin, cos, tan, sinh, 
  cosh, tanh, asin, acos, atan 
- support for variables, e.g try x=pi/3 and then sin(x)
- special variable ans holds the last calculation result
- percent operator, try e.g. 45%*75 or price/80%
- angle mode: Alt+D for degrees, Alt+R for radians
- automatic parentheses closing, e.g. cos(pi/4 becomes cos(pi/4)


Using SpeedCrunch
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SpeedCrunch is easy to use, just type the expression that you want to calculate 
and press Enter. Result is shown in the scrollable display. And, you can quickly 
copy the last calculation result to the clipboard using Ctrl+R.

If you want to reuse again the expression which you typed before, then press up 
and down arrow to access the expression history.

Beside standard algebraic operator like + (addition), - (substraction), 
* (multiplication), * (division), ^ or ** (power), there is support for some 
functions, for example sin, log, abs, and many more. You do not need to memorize 
function names, use Ctrl+F to pop up a dialog where you can choose the function 
that you need. Or take advantage of auto-completion feature, for example type s 
only and in less than a second you will be automagically given with choices of 
sin, sinh, and sqrt.

Advanced calculation sometimes needs memory feature. SpeedCrunch allows a 
variable to hold calculation result. Using assignment, such as x=0.3 means that 
variable named x has the value of 0.3, which you can always later on, for 
example sin(x). You can define as many variables as you want. When you want to 
use a variable but you can not recall its exact name, use Ctrl+I to show a list 
of variables that you can pick easily.

There is a special variable, ans, which always holds the last calculation 
result. Another variable pi holds one of the most important constant in 
math world.

Your expression history (maximum last 100 expressions), as well as variables 
you have defined, are saved between sessions. This means, you can still recall 
those calculations you have done yesterday or last week.

Often, SpeedCrunch can still understand an incomplete expression. For example, 
just typing sin followed by Enter - likely means taking the sine of last value 
- is automatically translated as sin(ans). Also, for such function you may skip 
the parentheses if you pass simple number or variable, sin 0.1 is as valid as 
sin(0.1). Speaking about parentheses, closing them can be left to SpeedCrunch, 
e.g. cos(pi/4 is automatically corrected to cos(pi/4). 

For your convenience, it is even possible to customize the font and color used 
for the display.

Keyboard Shortcuts
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Up/Down   recall last expression
Ctrl+I    insert variable
Ctrl+F    insert function
Ctrl+R    copy last result to clipboard
Ctrl+S    save current session to text file
Alt+D     degrees mode for trigonometric functions
Alt+R     radians mode for trigonometric functions


Installation
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Download is available from http://speedcrunch.berlios.de, the official website.

You need Qt (from Trolltech) at least version 3.2 to be able to compile 
SpeedCrunch. Most Linux distributions normally already package the latest 
version of Qt, so it is likely that you need to worry about this. However, 
you need the development package as well (sometimes named as qt-devel or 
qt3-devel, it varies depends on the distributions).

To compile, simply extract the source tarball and run:
  ./configure
  make

To install, do this as root:
  make install


License
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Copyright (C) 2004 Ariya Hidayat <ariya@kde.org>
Portions Copyright (C) 1991-1994, 1997, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 

SpeedCrunch is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under 
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software 
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later 
version. 

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS 
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
