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Feature Request:: Calulator Page

2008-04-10
2012-11-13
  • Nobody/Anonymous

    When writing code I have to do a lot of calculations, opening up MS Calc is lame, especially if I close it by habit and then need the calculation again I have to redo it.

    Anyway, this feature would be much like that of minipad2 Calculator Page. 

    Screenshot:  http://www.nebulasoft.cn/minipad2/screenshots_en.html

    It could be a plug-in or just a menu item that when clicked would open a new blank page in which you could simply type:

    480*4, hit enter and it would put " = 1920" after it, then you will be placed at the next line to enter another calculation.

    this would be cool because this page would basically be a built-in calculator that you could switch to and see all your calculations for the day.

    <fingers crossed> to have this implemented in my lifetime.

    Thank you and great software, I've been using it everyday for nearly 2 years now.

    Marc

     
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Hello all,

      Glad to see that at least someone agrees with the calc idea, for a minute there I thought I was the only one.  It looks like Mieszko has a function, now we just need someone who understands the plugin architecture of NP++ to create one. I was also hoping that the NP++ developers would just add it in to the code so that they could add it to the main menubar.

      Perhaps something under TextFX->TextFX Tools->Calculator Tool.  I still think a blank page in an open tab would be great.  You could free-form your calculations, as in minipad2, and thus no highlighting of numbers necessary as the calculation would be run after hitting enter.

      Anyway food for thought.

      Marc

       
    • Fool4UAnyway

      Fool4UAnyway - 2008-04-10

      Why not simply use Minipad2 for this, then?

       
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      Yes, I agree, but then it becomes another application / window just like MS Calc was.

      I'm not too sure how difficult it would be to implement but to have this integrated as another tab would be great; then no Alt-Tab or Externally run programs necessary.

      Heck if I had my choice I'd have NP++ come up when I booted my computer and then have it shell out and run Windows XP if I needed something ;)

      Marc

       
      • Fool4UAnyway

        Fool4UAnyway - 2008-04-10

        Oh, I see, and Notepad++ should also allow formatting text and accessing databases, I guess?

         
        • Nobody/Anonymous

          I agree with Marc,

          a calculator plugin would be very nice. I also have to calculate a lot and would appreciate to see such a plugin within NP++. Unfortunately I can't program with C++.

          Simon

           
    • Mieszko Lassota

      Mieszko Lassota - 2008-04-11

      if someone would wrap it, i could provide an 'eval' function as i wrote it not so long ago in c#, so porting it would be easy... but i don't want to mess with plugins & stuff