Bug 423654

Summary: ee_mode vs. non ee_mode
Product: [Applications] kcalc Reporter: Heiko Stark <heiko>
Component: generalAssignee: Evan Teran <evan.teran>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 19.04   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Mageia RPMs   
OS: Linux   
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Description Heiko Stark 2020-06-29 12:36:48 UTC
Unfortunately, it is not possible to switch between ee_mode and non ee_mode.  According to the source code, the output automatically falls into ee_mode when an e is used.
But sometimes one wishes for the normal output.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2020-07-14 21:44:38 UTC
Not sure if I understand you correctly, but if I type "9e5" into kcalc, then it shows 900000 (including a locale-dependend thousands separator).

Could you please clarify steps to reproduce, expected and actual results?
Comment 2 Heiko Stark 2020-07-15 06:37:37 UTC
It's been a while and I don't remember. But I remember that later I realized that it was possible to change the maximum number of digits. So I could represent numbers like 1e16 non-scientifically.

By the way, the minimum possible number can only be given as 8. So 10,000 is always represented non-scientifically.

But I think it would be helpful if you could switch between scientific and non-scientific representation. Also, the fixing of the exponent would be interesting. Often one would like to have numbers formatted according to a certain scheme (1.2E6 3.4E6 345E6 ...).

Best regards,
Heiko