README.FIRST

Dear calc user,

See the HOWTO.INSTALL file for information on how to build and install calc.

To be sure that your version of calc is up to date, check out:

        http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/calc-download.html

We are interested in any/all feedback on recent versions of calc.
In particular we would like to hear about:

    * compiler warnings
    * compile problems
    * regression test problems (try: make check)
    * special compile flags/options that you needed
    * Makefile problems
    * help file problems
    * misc nits and typos

We would like to offer a clean compile across a wide verity of platforms,
so if you can test on several, so much the better!

If you run into problems, see the BUGS file.

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Calc is distributed with an extensive collection of help files that
are accessible from the command line.  The following assume that you
are running calc from the distribution directory or that you have
installed calc.  In these examples, the "; " is the calc prompt, not
something that you type in.

For list of help topics:

    ; help

For overview of calc overview:

    ; help intro
    ; help overview
    ; help command
    ; help define
    ; help statement
    ; help variable
    ; help usage

For list of builtin functions:

    ; help builtin

C programmers should note some unexpected differences with the calc syntax:

    ; help unexpected

Calc is shipped with a standard collection of calc resource files.
For a list of calc standard resource files see:

    ; help resource

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See the file:

    help/todo
    help/wishlist

or run:

    calc help todo
    calc help wishlist

for a wish/todo list.  Code contributions are welcome.

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If you you notice something wrong, strange or broken, see the file:

    BUGS

or run:

    calc help bugs

for information about how to report a bug.

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If you have a general question about calc, see the file:

    QUESTIONS

or run:

    calc help questions

for information about how to ask a question.

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## Copyright (C) 1999,2014,2017,2021  Landon Curt Noll
##
## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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## as published by the Free Software Foundation.
##
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## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General
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##
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##
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