For a long while, i’ve wanted a little calculator to sit by my electronics bench and help out with the little calculations that come up - in a way that makes it not matter if “nF” should be “e-9” or “e-12”
So when PicoCalc came out, i knew i had to grab one and build it
The syntax was originally a bit “vi-like” because it made the parsing a bit simpler, but i’ve just pushed v16 which removes the : from the beginnings of commands, and adds a much better help command.
I’ve also expanded the README so it now has some instructions on how to use things
Please lmk if they’re helpful, or if there’s more clarity needed.
This is VERY helpful, thanks! I was looking for a “help” and now you have it - great.
And I think the move to simpler syntax is also helpful (eg: “g” instead of “:g”), so to that end could I suggest that when defining a function, the “->” could be eliminated? Or perhaps replaced with “,” as in the graph command. That is, you are defining “f:” and the first argument is the “x” and the second arg is the y value as a function of that x, which in the graph command is delimited by a comma. Just a thought (I’m slow typing with that little keyboard!)
Also, and unusual thing. I tried “small” and found the lowercase “g” has an unusual graphical glitch. Almost like it is g prime g’ somehow.
Should these comments be made in your git project somehow, or is it okay to post here?
ok - i think v17 should hopefully make life a bit easier
You need to use the SHIFT key much less now (only really for + and *, and for the < when specifying axis ranges). You can use the [ and ] brackets instead of the () ones.
Function and variable definitions are much simpler and are unified now - it’s just
