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Date:      Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:41:24 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Pav Lucistnik <pav@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/math Makefile ports/math/emacs-calc Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/math/emacs-calc/files patch-AA-emacs-21.3-PROBLEMS patch-Makefile patch-calc-autoload.el patch-calc.texinfo
Message-ID:  <20050723224124.GA9620@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200507131531.j6DFV2KS072981@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200507131531.j6DFV2KS072981@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, 2005-Jul-13 15:31:02 +0000, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
>  Emacs Calc can do arbitrary precision arithmetic, operations on matrices,
>  complex numbers, calendar dates and various other types, plus symbolic
>  algebra and calculus, graphics, and lots more. Calc also comes with an
>  extensive manual which you can print or read on-line.

Thanks for that.  I've been using it for about 10 years and found it
very handy.

My only comment on the port is that patch-AA-... would appear to make
the port imcompatible with older versions of emacs.  calc itself works
back to emacs-19 (and maybe even emacs-18).

-- 
Peter Jeremy



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