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MrFusion

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Does anyone know if I can turn of the following behaviour in calculator?
Every time enter is hit, the last entry/calculation is repeated. I want to turn this off, so that something is only calculated if I actually do something.

Thanks!
 
I submit that you did actually do something. You hit Enter again!

Actually, I didn't know it would do that, since, when I'm done with a calculation, I don't hit Enter twice. But, I don't find Preferences in the Calculator menu, so I think you have to adapt. You could probably even find a way to use that function to your advantage.
 
Gregg2 said:
I submit that you did actually do something. You hit Enter again!

Actually, I didn't know it would do that, since, when I'm done with a calculation, I don't hit Enter twice. But, I don't find Preferences in the Calculator menu, so I think you have to adapt. You could probably even find a way to use that function to your advantage.
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Some calculators also do this. However, I grow up with one that doesn't. I also tend to be forgetful, so I hit enter sometimes twice or even three times. So, for me it is not an advantage that it calculates something again and I rather turn it off.
 
MrFusion said:
Does anyone know if I can turn of the following behaviour in calculator?
Every time enter is hit, the last entry/calculation is repeated. I want to turn this off, so that something is only calculated if I actually do something.

Thanks!
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You have checked the RPN mode of Calculator. With RPN checked, it is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. For those of us who believe that God uses an HP calculator, we honor Steve Jobs for bringing this functionality to MacOS X.
 
Are there "modern" calculators that do not preform this way? I dug out a 20+ year old solar calculator that I have that works exactly the same...
 
MisterMe said:
You have checked the RPN mode of Calculator. With RPN checked, it is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. For those of us who believe that God uses an HP calculator, we honor Steve Jobs for bringing this functionality to MacOS X.
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No, I don't use RPN.

MooneyFlyer said:
Are there "modern" calculators that do not preform this way? I dug out a 20+ year old solar calculator that I have that works exactly the same...
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Many do, but my Texas Instruments Galaxy 40 doesn't.
 
MisterMe said:
I never accused you of being God, but you did have RPN checked in Calculator.
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huh? What does an imaginary character have to do with this? (Edit: never mind.)

And no, I did not turn on RPN. It doesn't even matter, the behaviour is similar.
 
MisterMe said:
If you did not then someone else did. Otherwise, the [enter] key would have been an [=] key.
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I am not blind, you know. RPN is not on, and nobody else uses my account. I use the keyboard, and "enter" equals "=".

Do you think I would not see the difference in layout between RPN mode and no-RPN mode? It is pretty hard to miss.

But apparently there is no hidden setting for calculator? One of those you have turn on via terminal "defaults write bla bla".
 
MrFusion said:
Some calculators also do this. However, I grow up with one that doesn't. I also tend to be forgetful, so I hit enter sometimes twice or even three times. So, for me it is not an advantage that it calculates something again and I rather turn it off.
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Perhaps you can use "Show Paper Tape," which will give you visual feedback of the last operations.

mt
 
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