readme.txt
1 * * * * R E A C T O S - C A L C * * * *
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3INTRODUCTION
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5This is ReactOS Calc, a scientific calculator for Win32 and Win64 systems.
6I decided to start this project because the winecalc wasn't very usable (it's just my personal opinion) and the calculator included into Win95 and Win98 has some big limitations, like the missing support for 64 bit integers.
7The user interface of ReactOS Calc is really similar to Microsoft calculator, so you should be able to use this replacement very quickly.
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9COMPILATION
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11You need MinGW for compiling ReactOS Calc.
12Just launch MAKEALL.BAT from the source directory.
13This will generate all executables for various configurations and platforms.
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15COMPILING THE HELP FILE
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17ReactOS Calc uses HTMLHELP for opening the help file and generating the popups.
18The Microsoft HTMLHELP Workshop is freely downloadable from Microsoft's site at:
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20http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=00535334-c8a6-452f-9aa0-d597d16580cc&displaylang=en
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22INSTALLATION
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24CALC.CHM must be copied under %systemroot%\Help directory.
25For Microsoft Windows's users, it can be \Windows\Help or \WinNT\Help.
26For ReactOS's users, it must be \ReactOS\Help (at the moment the Help directory doesn't exists, so it must be created manually).
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28NOTES TO REACTOS'S USERS
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30At the time of the write of this text, the newest version of ReactOS is 0.3.4.
31While ReactOS Calc works fine with Microsoft's operating systems, there are some known issues with ReactOS:
32* The keyboard shortcuts work, but there are still some issues.
33* At startup, the focus is visible on the Inv control.
34* The selection on the various radio buttons isn't displayed correctly.
35* Into the aboutbox, the color around the ReactOS's logo isn't applied.
36* Into the aboutbox, the scroll bar used into the read-only edit control doesn't work (seen into the italian version).
37* For some reasons, the [RET] button of the statistical box doesn't set the focus on the calculator.
38* Help file and help popups don't work.
39* The floating point support into the shared runtime library is still unimplemented (ieee version only).
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41CLOSING WORDS
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43it's a very short readme file, I know.
44Unfortunately, I'm not very good at writing user's manuals.
45Although ReactOS Calc is pretty simple and I still think you should be able to understand the basic operations yourself, a good manual would be a nice presentation for new users.
46Then, the next step is the translation into other languages.
47If you would like to help in some way on these tasks, you are welcome.
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50Carlo Bramini, 19-05-2008
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