' ================================================================ ' ID-PHY - RPN Calculator ' ' Help file ' ' First characted of the line is a control character : ' (Like in "old good time" for printer ;-) ) ' ' ' : Comment line (not displayed in help, like this header) ' + : Page break (rest of line not displayed) ' Text color (uncomment to test) : '** : White 'ww : White 'WW : White hilighted 'yy : Yellow 'YY : Yellow hilighted 'bb : Blue 'BB : Blue hilighted 'ee : Electric (Light Blue) 'EE : Electric hilighted 'gg : Light Green 'GG : Green hilighted 'rr : Red 'RR : Red hilighted 'oo : Orange (Light Red) 'OO : Orange hilighted 'nn : Noir (Black) 'NN : Noir hilighted 'mm : Light Magenta +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Y Y RPN Calculator Y y An RPN calculator, working as old HP calculators y with infinite stack, trigonometric and finance functions, y conversions, editable & replayable history of operations, y user defined functions, ... E Author : Pierre Hardy B Version : 4.1, July 2007 O More info at : http://users.swing.be/id-phy/CALC/CALC.html o Copyright Pierre Hardy, 2004 - 2007. All rights reserved. m The program may be freely used and distributed. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ E Base Operations *Number Input : 0 - 9, e, . or , : Digits, Exponent sign, Decimal point = : '-' sign (only if entered before digit) INS : Change sign, anywhere in number input (+/- toggle) <- / DEL : Correct / Delete, if empty input : delete x *Basic functions : +, -, *, /, %, Enter : basic operators ~ : Change sign operator (end entry) i : 1/x : Invert ! : n! : Factorial(x) d : Delta % : (x/y)-1 ` (back quote) or small 2 : Square v : v : Square root q : x^3 : Cube ^ : y^x : y raised to power x l : LN : Logarithm Neperian L : Log : Logarithm base 10 p : e^x : e to the Xth power P : 10^x: 10 to the Xth power *Stack movements : <,> or LEFT, RIGHT arrows : Swap x and y UP, DOWN arrow : Scroll stack *ESC : Exit +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ E Extended Functions g Accessed by pressing 'f' or 't' first *f : Finance functions : t : Trigonometric functions : d : Display/Hide Finance Reg. d,r : Degree, Radian mode b,e : Begin/End of period p : Pi (3.141592...) m,y : Monthly/Yearly Annuity s,c,t : Sine, Cosine, Tangent c : Clear Finance registers and S,C,T : ArcSin,ArcCos,ArcTangent restore setting to End & Yearly m Computes (assuming all 4 other values are provided) : n : Number of annuities r : Rate (yearly rate in %) p : Present value a : Annuity (payment) f : Future value B Negative value = Cash out b After execution of finance function, Finance registers changes form b Magenta to Green, and indicator in status bar switch form '-' to '*' +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ E Memory Operations *Direct Memory functions (on Mem register) : F2 : Increment memory (+1) F3 : Store F4|m : Recall F5 : Store + F6 : Store - F7 : Store * F8 : Store / *Stack and Registers operations : x, y, m : Recall Last x, Last y or Direct Memory (Mem register) s[+|-|*|/] : Store to (with optional operation [+|-|*|/]), r : Recall , is : 0 - 9 : for Register number .0 - .9 : for Stack number x, y, m : for Last x, y or Memory n,r,p,a,f : Finance registers (see Finance functions) o Numbers stored to 'r' are converted to % c : Currency rate i for Indirect : Register number specified as 'Mem mod 32' b Examples: s1 s*.2 s+y ri r.4 m sf x y Stack is infinite & circular. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ E Rename, Clear, Save and Reload *Register rename : n |[Usr Fn] : Set register or "User Function" Name (Press Fn) *File functions : Shift-F1 : Cycle on Save modes Shift-F2 : Print to File Shift-F3 : SAVE all to file Shift-F4 : RELOAD from file & Replay *Clear operations and 'Save on exit' options : G | CLEAR | SAVE KEY/SAVE Flag |N R K Y c C A M| .-+*#X ' ' Clear all but : User Fn & Cur| x|xxxxxx- - User Functions & names Status Flags | x| xxxxx- - Currency rate & "name" Names |x x x| xxxx- - Mouse TimeOut (Ctrl-t) Registers | x x x x| xxx- StacK | x x x x x| xx- 'X' Exit without saving HistorY | x x x x x| x- => will restart as prev. oCtrl-DEL or M : "Factory reset" or "Memory Lost" (~= .INI file delete) gClear History also reset Trig. & Fin. modes to initial (saved) state. bCurrency rate & User Functions & names are only cleared with Ctrl-Del bTo clear User Function, delete its label then clear History (& Names) +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ E Conversions *Sexagesimal conversions : h : HR->HH:MM:SS : conversion to sexagesimal H : HH:MM:SS->HR : conversion to Decimal *Currency conversions : g Currency rate is stored in 'c' register : BEF/EUR in default example. g Corresponding name "EUR>BEF" used (needs a Replay after rename) : g - to re-label mouse keys as [EUR] [BEF] (at left of HMS) g - as Function name in history "EUR>BEF" or "BEF>EUR" Pound symbol or AltGr-b : multiply by rate (to "BEF" or Local ) $ or AltGr-e (Euro symbol) : divide by rate (to "EUR", USD, ...) *Metric to Imperial conversions : m Only available through "Mouse pad". +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ E More functions ... User defined ! *User Functions keys : g Up to 8 User Functions can be defined Alt-F1...F8 : Creates a User Function (insert a Label in History) Ctrl-F1..F8 : Executes corresponding User Function (if defined) Alt-F9..F12, Ctrl-F9..F12 : Go to label 1-4, 5-8 Ctrl-End : Return (end function) U : User mode toggle : Swap F1..F8 with Ctrl-F1..Ctrl-F8 functions m A function is terminated by either Return or Goto function. m Visually, functions are between { }, and grayed in History. *Mouse operations : Click on : Key Number to insert a Label (define function) '>' sign for "Go to" Function Label (default is "Usr Fn") to Execute g When defined, function key color (on mouse pad) will change to blue g Function label (renamed) will be used in History (Replay to refresh) b User functions are stored in History, but not cleared with History. b Functions at top of History are "hidden" above screen, ending with b [^^^^^^^] : automatically added after last "hidden" function, b making it the first visible "operation" (can be deleted). +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ E ... and now the MAGIC ! *History Navigation : ESC : Quit history mode TAB : Switch to/from history ENTER : Recall value (and exit) F9 : Cycle on edited values Arrows, Home, End, Page Up and Page Down : Navigate in history *History Edit : g Overwrite on input or result field, correct with Backspace g Quit with Escape and Validate with any other key. b Value set in CYAN and Operator set on BLUE until next Replay DEL : Mark line to be DELETED INS : Fix / Release result value F10 : Operation skip mode : Skip (BROWN): skip one line Break (RED) : skip until next break or until end wHistory Replay : F11 : Replay step by step then ... F12 : Replay all : Re-RUN / Refresh +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ E ... MOUSE & Display ... *Mouse operation : \ or Click on [Arrow] (upper right corner) : 'Mouse keypad' toggle. b Mouse Keypad should be self explanatory, most map to key strokes. B Double click on any value to recall it ! *Status bar 'mouse toggles/keys' : First characater : cycle on "Save on exit" mode STD|USR FIX|Fix|SCI|Sci REG|STK RAD|DEG BEG|END YRL|MTL HELP [^] -|* (between BEG and YRL) : Finance display (c) : Quick exit F|S toggle between SCI|FIX, last two between Mixed & Same Format *Display format : F n : FIX mode (n Decimals) S n : SCI mode (n Decimals) # : Toggle between Mixed (Fix|Sci) and Same (FIX|SCI) Format D : Display mode toggle : Stack/Register precedence (over Reg/Stk) MixFmt : Mixed Format, numbers displayed as when entered : Fix or Sci SmFmt : Same Format, all displayed as current setting : FIX or SCI. b Number of decimals applies to all. Refresh (F12) to update History. YMore info at : http://users.swing.be/id-phy/CALC/CALC.html +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ E ... in alphabetical order Only direct key entry are listed here, not the suffix (store/recall), subfunctions (like in Trigonometric, Finance functions). a : A : clear All: names, reg, stk & hist. b : c : clear stack and history C : clear registers, stack and history d : delta % D : toggle display mode Stack | Register e : E character in numbers f : finance functions F : Fix (Floating) display format g : h : convert to sexagesimal H : convert to decimal i : invert : 1/x j : k : K : clear stacK l : LN : logarithm neperian L : LOG : logarithm base 10 m : recall memory M : Memory reset n : register re-Name N : clear register names o : p : e^x P : 10^x q : cube : x^3 r : recall R : clear registers s : store S : Scientific (Exp) display format t : trigonometric functions u : U : User | Std mode toggle v : square root w : x : Last x y : Last y Y : clear historY z : 0 - 9 : digits ,. : decimal separator + : plus - : minus * : multiply / : divide % : percentage ! : factorial ~ : change sign = : minus sign ^ : power ` , [small 2] : square $ : From Currency conversion Pound symbol : To Currency conversion AltGr-e (Euro sympbol): idem AltGr-b : idem -^ \ : Mouse pad toggle # : Mixed | Same Format mode toggle ESC : quit / exit TAB : to/from History F1 : Quick Help Shift F1 : Cycle on Save mode F2 : Mem + 1 Shift F2 : Print F3 : Store to Mem Shift F3 : Save F4 : Recall Mem Shift F4 : Reload F5 : Store + Mem F6 : Store - Mem F7 : Store * Mem F8 : Store / Mem F9 : Go to previous edited F10 : Toggle skip | break | normal mode F11 : Step by step run F12 : Replay : run all Alt-F1..F8 : Label 1 .. 8 Ctrl-F1..F8 : Execute Fct 1 .. 8 Alt-F9..F12 : Go to 1 .. 4 Ctrl-F9..F12 : Go to 5 .. 8