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NAME
add - full-screen editing calculator
USAGE
add [options] [file-specifications]
SYNOPSIS
Add is a fixed-point calculator that operates as a full-screen editor.
DESCRIPTION
Add performs fixed-point computation. It is designed for use as a
checkbook or expense-account balancing tool.
Add maintains a running result for each operation. You may scroll to
any position in the expression list and modify the list. Enter data
by typing numbers (with optional decimal point), separated by
operators.
An output transcript may be saved and reloaded for further editing.
Scripts are loaded from left to right (with the "output" processed
first).
OPTIONS
Command line options of add are:
-p num
Sets precision (number of digits after the decimal place).
-i interval
Sets compounding interval for interest computation.
-o script
Specify file in which to save output transcript.
OPERATIONS
Computations:
The operators are all single-character:
+ begins an addition
- begins a subtraction
* begins a multiplication
/ begins a division
% begins an interest computation (uses interval): rate=number.
$ begins a sales-tax computation: rate=number.
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( opening parenthesis. This may enclose a unary '-', more
parentheses, or data (implicit unary '+').
) closing parenthesis, expects another operator, not data.
= flushes out the current number, forces re-computation of the
running result.
A space flushes out the current number-input, and (by default) sets
the next operator to be the same as the current one. You may repeat
the last arithmetic operation of any type:
a repeats the last '+' (default 0).
s repeats the last '-' (default 0).
m repeats the last '*' (default 1).
d repeats the last '/' (default 1).
i repeats the last '%' (default 4).
t repeats the last '$' (default 4).
You may toggle the prefix operator of any number by typing a single
character:
A toggles the operator to '+'.
S toggles the operator to '-'.
M toggles the operator to '*'.
D toggles the operator to '/'.
I toggles the operator to '%'.
T toggles the operator to '$'.
Editing:
As you enter data, you may edit it. A backspace deletes the last
digit of the current number (if it is visible). Use the arrow keys or
vi-style 'h' and 'l' to move left and right within the line. Other
editing commands include
u undoes the last x/X command (restricted to restoring the current
data only).
x deletes the current data. If the data is null, deletes the
following line.
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X deletes the current data. If the data is null, deletes the
preceding line and moves up.
o opens a new line after the current line.
O opens a new line before the current line.
# edit the associated comment.
An "open" permits you to insert a new operator and data into the
expression list. You may type an operator character (e.g., '+'), and
continue with the new data, or an operator-repeat (e.g., 'A'). In
either case, you may edit the new data, just as you would the old
data. A 'u' (or other toggle, such as 'o', 'O', or 'q') typed after
an open will undo the open (and close it).
Scrolling/cursor movement:
H move to the top line on the screen.
M move to the middle line on the screen.
L move to the last line on the screen
CTL/F
scroll forward one screen.
CTL/B
scroll backward one screen.
j move forward one line.
k move backward one line.
z<CR>
move the current line to the top of the screen.
z. move the current line to the middle of the screen.
z- move the current line to the bottom of the screen.
Like vi, add allows you to jump to a particular line with a ":"
command
:$ jumps to the last entry
:1 jumps to the first entry.
Scripts:
Transcript files are formatted to permit line-oriented entries:
<operator><value><tab><ignored><tab># comment
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The transcripts saved by add contain the running result in the
"ignored" part. To exit without saving a transcript, type 'Q'. A
normal exit, by typing 'q', saves the list of operators, data (and
running result) in the specified file.
You can read and write scripts without leaving add.
:w file
writes a script to the specified file.
:r file
reads a script at the current entry
:e file
clears the current script and reads a script from the file.
ENVIRONMENT
Add runs in a portable UNIX(Reg.) environment.
FILES
Add is a single binary module, with a help file add.hlp installed in
the same directory.
FUTURE WORK
It would be nice to be able to change the precision within the
program. In particular, the interest and sales tax computations would
be more useful if their precision was independent of the running
total.
AUTHOR
Thomas Dickey (dickey@clark.net).
SEE ALSO
wc (1), vi (1)
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