kcalc/doc/commands.docbook

0001 <chapter id="commands">
0002
0003 <title>Command Reference</title>
0004
0005 <sect1 id="menus">
0006 <title>Menu Items</title>
0007
0008  <para>A brief overview of some special menu items in &kcalc;:</para>
0009 <variablelist>
0010
0011 <varlistentry>
0012 <term><menuchoice>
0013 <guimenu>Constants</guimenu>
0014 <guimenuitem>Mathematics</guimenuitem>
0015 </menuchoice></term>
0016 <listitem><para><action>Display Pi, Euler Number or Golden Ratio.</action>
0017 </para></listitem>
0018 </varlistentry>
0019
0020 <varlistentry>
0021 <term><menuchoice>
0022 <guimenu>Constants</guimenu>
0023 <guimenuitem>Electromagnetism</guimenuitem>
0024 </menuchoice></term>
0025 <listitem><para><action>Display Light Speed, Elementary Charge,
0026 Impedance of Vacuum, Permeability of Vacuum or Permittivity of Vacuum.</action>
0027 </para></listitem>
0028 </varlistentry>
0029
0030 <varlistentry>
0031 <term><menuchoice>
0032 <guimenu>Constants</guimenu>
0033 <guimenuitem>Atomic &amp; Nuclear</guimenuitem>
0034 </menuchoice></term>
0035 <listitem><para><action>Display Planck's Constant, Elementary Charge or
0036 Fine-Structure Constant.</action>
0037 </para></listitem>
0038 </varlistentry>
0039
0040 <varlistentry>
0041 <term><menuchoice>
0042 <guimenu>Constants</guimenu>
0043 <guimenuitem>Thermodynamics</guimenuitem>
0044 </menuchoice></term>
0045 <listitem><para><action>Display Boltzmann Constant, Atomic Mass Unit, Molar Gas
0046 Constant, Stefan-Boltzmann Constant or Avogadro's Number.</action>
0047 </para></listitem>
0048 </varlistentry>
0049
0050 <varlistentry>
0051 <term><menuchoice>
0052 <guimenu>Constants</guimenu>
0053 <guimenuitem>Gravitation</guimenuitem>
0054 </menuchoice></term>
0055 <listitem><para>Display Constant of Gravitation or Earth Acceleration.
0056 </para></listitem>
0057 </varlistentry>
0058
0059 <varlistentry>
0060 <term><menuchoice>
0061 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0062 <guimenuitem>Simple Mode</guimenuitem>
0063 </menuchoice></term>
0064 <listitem><para><action>Displays the simple math buttons.</action>
0065 </para></listitem>
0066 </varlistentry>
0067
0068 <varlistentry>
0069 <term><menuchoice>
0070 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0071 <guimenuitem>Science Mode</guimenuitem>
0072 </menuchoice></term>
0073 <listitem><para><action>Displays trigonometric and science buttons.</action>
0074 </para></listitem>
0075 </varlistentry>
0076
0077 <varlistentry>
0078 <term><menuchoice>
0079 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0080 <guimenuitem>Statistic Mode</guimenuitem>
0081 </menuchoice></term>
0082 <listitem><para><action>Displays <link linkend="statistical-mode">statistic
0083 buttons.</link></action>
0084 </para></listitem>
0085 </varlistentry>
0086
0087 <varlistentry>
0088 <term><menuchoice>
0089 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0090 <guimenuitem>Numeral System Mode</guimenuitem>
0091 </menuchoice></term>
0092 <listitem><para><action>Displays <link linkend="and-or-xor">logic
0093 buttons</link> and allows changing the numeral system.</action>
0094 </para></listitem>
0095 </varlistentry>
0096
0097 <varlistentry>
0098 <term><menuchoice>
0099 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0100 <guimenuitem>Show History</guimenuitem>
0101 </menuchoice></term>
0102 <listitem><para><action>Display the history.</action>
0103 </para></listitem>
0104 </varlistentry>
0105
0106 <varlistentry>
0107 <term><menuchoice>
0108 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0109 <guimenuitem>Constants Buttons</guimenuitem>
0110 </menuchoice></term>
0111 <listitem><para><action>Display constants buttons. They are available in <link linkend="science-mode">science mode</link> and
0112 <link linkend="statistical-mode">statistic mode</link>. </action>
0113 </para></listitem>
0114 </varlistentry>
0115
0116 <varlistentry>
0117 <term><menuchoice>
0118 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0119 <guimenuitem>Show Bit Edit</guimenuitem>
0120 </menuchoice></term>
0121 <listitem><para><action>Displays a bit edit field. Click on a bit to toggle it. Only available in
0122 <link linkend="numeral-system-mode">numeral system mode</link>.</action>
0123 </para></listitem>
0124 </varlistentry>
0125
0126 </variablelist>
0127
0128 <para>
0129 Additionally &kcalc; has the common <guimenu>File</guimenu>, <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>,
0130 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> and <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu items, for more information
0131 read the sections about the <ulink url="help:/fundamentals/menus.html">Menus</ulink>
0132 in the &kde; Fundamentals.
0133
0134 </para>
0135
0136 </sect1>
0137
0138 </chapter>
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