Bug 261206

Summary: Show signs and the numbers while doing operations.
Product: [Applications] kcalc Reporter: mindentropy
Component: generalAssignee: Evan Teran <evan.teran>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 2.7   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description mindentropy 2010-12-25 08:33:22 UTC 
Version:           2.7 (using KDE 4.5.1) 
OS:                Linux

1) When I press -5 kcalc doesn't show signs. This used to work in the previous version of kcalc. 
2)Also what happened to numbers being shown in the display. When I type of "6-5" I would prefer it to be shown in the display till I press the '=' button. This used to happen in the previous kcalc I think. Also please make the display editable to correct mistakes in calculations.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Type -5. No sign display. Leading to doubts of whether you pressed the sign.
2) Type 6-5. No numbers displayed.

Actual Results:  
1) Type -5. No sign displayed. Leading to doubts of whether you pressed the sign.
2) Type 6-5. No numbers displayed.

Expected Results:  
1) No sign displayed
2) No numbers displayed
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2010-12-25 15:23:36 UTC 
You are probably confusing KCalc with another calculator program. KCalc has always worked like a traditional calculator, where only one number is displayed. Additionally, to enter negative numbers, you have to press the "+/-" (change sign) key after entering the significant digits of the number.

There are already other wishes files to modernize KCalc's interaction mode, for example to support entering complete lines (see bug 77158, bug 144741) so I am closing this as a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 144741 ***