On 01/12/2017 02:26 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Back in 13.1 I had a decent scientific calculator widget on my task bar. Now, in 42.2, I can only find a basic dumbed down calculator. What happened to the scientific one? If you are using kde/plasma/frameworks 5 -- then you are screwed... The plasma calculator is horrible. (it works, meaning its compiled and will run, just don't try and display a 64-bit number in binary) The current calculator is
On 01/11/2017 09:31 PM, James Knott wrote: part of the new 'webized Qt5' where everything is a web-page like app instead of an actual specifically built and sized 'window'. (so the calculator takes up about 4-times the space)
Moreover, in shoehorning the calculator app into the web-everything ui, the pieces didn't all get put back together the same way -- which removed the functionality to use binary, octal, and hex view in all modes (among other issues). I opened a bug about it on bugs.kde. But, as with a majority of the bugs, unless you just happen to get the package owner that wants to fix the issue -- it won't happen.... Very strange and chilly climate at kde.org these days.
That's a very disturbing trend I've noticed with KDE over the years. Remove something useful and replace it with crap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org