Bug 75533

Summary:	kcalc: wrong examples and low-documented function
Product:	[Websites] docs.kde.org	Reporter:	gerard
Component:	Corrections	Assignee:	Documentation Editorial Team <kde-doc-english>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description gerard 2004-02-18 17:33:53 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 3.2.0 RC1, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-2mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.22-10mdk

These examples are supposed to give strange results :
123.22 - 123.21, 2.01 - 2, 123.88 - 123.87
On my computers(Mdk 9.1 and 9.2), they are correct.

Another problem : The Dat button (statistics) has no useful documentation and it was hard for me to understand how it works.

-Enter a number
-Click on Dat : you will see 1 in the input field
-Enter another number
-Click on Dat again : you will see 2 in the input field
This means you have now 2 data, on which you can calculate a mean or a stardard deviation for instance.
-If you want to clear this list, click on CSt
-There is no way to clear or edit a data specifically (confirm ?)

Thanks

Gerard

Comment 1 Lauri Watts 2004-02-20 10:18:15 UTC

Which manual is this report about?

Comment 2 gerard 2004-02-20 11:15:55 UTC

Le vendredi 20 Février 2004 10:18, Lauri Watts a écrit :
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> Which manual is this report about?
kcalc

Comment 3 Jes Hall 2005-04-12 04:59:06 UTC

CVS commit by jhall: 

BUG:75533

Add a little more explanation about the statistics features.
Precision has already been adequately explained.


  M +14 -6     index.docbook   1.32


--- kdeutils/doc/kcalc/index.docbook  #1.31:1.32
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@
 </affiliation> -->
 </author>
-
 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
 </authorgroup>
 
 <copyright>
-<year>2001</year> <year>2002</year>
+<year>2001</year> <year>2002</year> <year>2005</year>   
 <holder>&Bernd.Johannes.Wuebben;, &Pamela.Roberts;</holder>
 </copyright>
@@ -32,6 +31,6 @@
 <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
 
-<date>2002-09-28</date>
-<releaseinfo>1.03.02</releaseinfo>
+<date>2005-04-12</date>
+<releaseinfo>1.8</releaseinfo>
 
 <abstract><para>&kcalc; is a scientific calculator for &kde;</para></abstract>
@@ -47,5 +46,5 @@
 <title>Introduction</title>
 
-<para>This document describes &kcalc; version 1.6.</para>
+<para>This document describes &kcalc; version 1.8.</para>
 
 <para>&kcalc; offers many more mathematical functions than meet the eye
@@ -164,4 +163,12 @@
 <para>In this mode the left column of buttons is allocated to statistical
 functions:</para>
+<para> Most of the functionality in this mode is centered around the <guibutton>Dat</guibutton>
+ button. To create a data list of numbers, enter a number into the calculator and press
+ <guibutton>Dat</guibutton>. A sequentially increasing number is shown on the display indicating
+ which position in the Data <quote>list</quote> the number occupies. A traditional calculator only
+ stores three values for statistical functions: The number of discrete items in a list, the sum of
+ the data items entered and the sum of the square of all data items in the list. &kcalc; differs by
+ actually storing each discrete value, allowing you to calculate the median value of the data.
+</para>
 
 <informaltable><tgroup cols="2">
@@ -595,8 +602,9 @@
 whose stack engine is still part of &kcalc;.</para>
 
-<para>Documentation Copyright &copy; 2001,2002:</para>
+<para>Documentation Copyright &copy; 2001,2002,2005:</para>
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem><para>&Bernd.Johannes.Wuebben; &Bernd.Johannes.Wuebben.mail;</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>&Pamela.Roberts; &Pamela.Roberts.mail;</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>&J.Hall;&J.Hall.mail;</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>