MATE-CALC(1)

๐Ÿ’– MATE-CALC(1) ๐Ÿ’–

okay bestie, so this is a General Commands Manual page for mate-calc, and yes it's literally the calculator app from the MATE Desktop Environment. Let's get into it ๐Ÿงฎโœจ


๐ŸŒธ NAME ๐ŸŒธ

mate-calc โ€” also known as mate-calculator โ€” the official calculator of the MATE Desktop Environment, no cap ๐Ÿ‘‘


โœจ SYNOPSIS โœจ

mate-calc [OPTIONS...] [FILES...]

๐Ÿฆ‹ DESCRIPTION ๐Ÿฆ‹

so mate-calc is the official calculator for the MATE Desktop Environment, like it's literally the one the whole desktop ships with ๐Ÿ’… It was designed to be used with either your mouse or your keyboard, whichever vibe you're on, and honestly? It looks a lot like those little hand-held calculators you've definitely seen. Very nostalgic, very iconic.

This manual page briefly documents the mate-calc command โ€” just the essentials, so you know what you're working with ๐Ÿซถ


๐ŸŽ€ OPTIONS ๐ŸŽ€

  • -s, --solve <equation> โ€” solves whatever equation you drop right after this option. give it a math problem and it'll handle it โœจ
  • --version โ€” spits out version info and dips out (exits) immediately ๐Ÿ’จ
  • -h, -?, --help โ€” prints the standard command line options, the classic move
  • --help-all โ€” prints all the command line options, the deluxe edition ๐ŸŒˆ
also, bestie, this program accepts the standard GTK options too. it's giving GTK energy fr fr ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿ’ซ EXAMPLES ๐Ÿ’ซ

okay here's where it gets fun, watch:

mate-calc -s 4*10.5

multiply 4 by 10.5 โœ–๏ธ

mate-calc -s 21+21

add 21 plus 21 โž•

mate-calc --solve '((5.25ร—4)ร—2)'

multiply 5.25 by 4, and then their product by 2 ๐Ÿงฎ

mate-calc

just open the Calculator GUI, the whole app, the main character herself ๐Ÿ‘‘


๐Ÿ’€ BUGS ๐Ÿ’€

should you encounter any bugs (ugh, hopefully not), they may be reported at:

http://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-calc/issues
go file that report bestie, the maintainers got you ๐Ÿซถ

๐Ÿ‘‘ AUTHORS ๐Ÿ‘‘

this Man Page has been written for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

  • Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014)

๐ŸŒˆ SEE ALSO ๐ŸŒˆ

you can find mate-calc documentation straight from the "Help" menu, or by pressing the F1 key ๐ŸŽ€

further information may also be available at:

http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs
  • mate-calc-cmd(1) โ€” the other one, go check it out ๐Ÿ’œ

and that's the whole page, bestie ๐Ÿ’… it's from the MATE Desktop Environment, dated 1 February 2014 โ€” shoutout to the MATE team, they ate ๐Ÿ“โœจ love that for them, periodt. ๐Ÿ’–