Office-type desk calculator?

[pwabrahams]

Is there a program around that simulates the traditional desk calculator? I'm looking for something that's useful for accounting computations, with a simulated tape like the ones that the old-style calculators printed out. It should also be able to work with fixed 2 or 3 decimal place entries, i.e., not add a lot of extra precision for operations such as division.

[Teunis]

Open the Muon software center or package manager, type the word 'calculator' in the search bar and pick a few to test. :cool:
Personally I think Kcalc is about what you describe.

[Flip the Switch]

Qalculate is worth a look.

[pwabrahams]

Looks like SpeedCrunch comes pretty close. Kcalc doesn't; it doesn't even have a tape, nor does it have a way of constraining results to two decimal places.

[Teunis]

Maybe you should open the Settings/Configure dialogue in Kcalc and set the no. of decimals...
But yes, it doesn't have a tape, my oversight.

[Snowhog]

Might be worth looking at: SuperbCalc

SuperbCalc™ is a tape calculator software (also called "financial calculator", "desk calculator" or "adding machine") written in Java™. Doing calculations with SuperbCalc is as easy as with your classic tape calculator, but with more advanced features.
You have your tape of paper that gets written, showing you the full history of the calculations made, and you can print it with your printer, you can cut it and also throw it away.
But you can also insert comments, check/uncheck each line, copy & paste a single number or a whole tape into your preferred word processing or spreadsheet application, and more.
With SuperbCalc you can correct the numbers directly in the tape, and it will automatically recalculate the whole tape!

[pwabrahams]

Trying out superbcalc

I've downloaded SuperbCalc and it looks interesting, but I can't figure out how to start it. I do have Java installed. I have both the .jar file and the result of unpacking the .jar file with Ark.

[ardvark71]

Looks like SpeedCrunch comes pretty close.

I was thinking the same thing...

Regards...

[Snowhog]

I've downloaded SuperbCalc and it looks interesting, but I can't figure out how to start it. I do have Java installed. I have both the .jar file and the result of unpacking the .jar file with Ark.

According to the Installation instructions:

Installation

SuperbCalc doesn't need to be installed. Click on the link above to download the software and save the file somewhere on your disk (for example your Desktop). If Java is correctly installed you can just double-click the SuperbCalc icon to launch the program.
SuperbCalc should work on any Java enabled operating system, such as Windows® 7/Vista/XP/2000/Me/98, Linux® (better with Gnome® or KDE®), Solaris™ and Mac OS® X.

However, you have to have java installed, and if you do, then from a console, and in the folder you saved the file in, type:

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]java -jar superbcalc.jar[/FONT][/COLOR]

After I installed default-jre, I tried it out. Opened a console and changed to my Desktop folder. Type java -jar superbcalc.jar and it fires up. Works fine.

[dequire]

I've downloaded SuperbCalc and it looks interesting, but I can't figure out how to start it. I do have Java installed. I have both the .jar file and the result of unpacking the .jar file with Ark.

Hello. You don't unpack .jar files. You have to go to Konsole and type

java.jar -name_of_your_app.jar

from the directory where the .jar file is located.

This can also be made into a shortcut one you know it works so you're not having to go to a command line each time if you wish not to.

[ardvark71]

I've downloaded SuperbCalc and it looks interesting, but I can't figure out how to start it. I do have Java installed. I have both the .jar file and the result of unpacking the .jar file with Ark.

Hi...

I had the same problem. I even tried starting it with Java but received an error message telling me that there was no executable. I looked at the jar's contents beforehand and did not find one. .

EDIT: Thanks, Dequire, I might give that a shot.

EDIT AGAIN: Unfortunately, the command didn't work. This is what I received...

aaron@aaron:~/Downloads$ java.jar -superbcalc.jar
java.jar: command not found

Regards...

[Unhinged]

I wrote this one some time ago. It will likely do most of what you want except that its a 32bit windows exe. www.bitbuilt.net/dnlds/deskadder110.zip

When I get some time I figured I'll try to duplicate it using QT or something. My site was ravaged a while back, but hopefully I got all the nasty code out. The link is a direct download, but you can see some info here... http://www.bitbuilt.net/adder.html

[Snowhog]

If one has java installed, then the command is: java -jar superbcalc.jar
This assumes that superbcalc.jar is in the established path. Otherwise, include the path. Here, I put superbcalc.jar in my Utilities folder. So, launching it via KRunner (Alt+F2), the command is: java -jar ~/Utilities/superbcalc.jar

Launches just fine.

Added:

You can add it to the K Menu as well (I just did).

[ardvark71]

If one has java installed, then the command is: java -jar superbcalc.jar

Thanks, Snowhog, that worked fine. This might suit what the OP needs.

EDIT: Here's an Alaskan smiley for you. Click on him for animation. It didn't load the way I expected...

Regards...

[pwabrahams]

Running SuperbCalc

In fact, I did a little better. I put the .jar file on my desktop. Using the properties of the desktop object, I was able to change the icon to the one that comes with SuperbCalc, and rename the desktop object to SuperbCalc.jar. (A last bit of elegance didn't work, though; the object wouldn't work if I renamed it simply to SuperbCalc.)

I also changed the default file association for .jar files from Ark to OpenJDK so that clicking on the icon actually starts the calculator.