Comments on: Fun with Emacs Calc http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2012/04/25/fun-emacs-calc/ a blog about mastering the world's best text editor Fri, 17 May 2013 21:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Programming | Pearltrees http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2012/04/25/fun-emacs-calc/#comment-8955 Programming | Pearltrees Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:48:26 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=544#comment-8955 [...] Fun with Emacs Calc First off, I’m not sure Xah’s example answer is entirely correct; my understanding of latitude and longitude is limited to what I can google, and if I type the original degrees, minutes and seconds into this tool by the U.S. A simple algorithm for solving substitution ciphers – /Users/cam/blog [via http://ipv6gate.sixxs.net Location-based mobility apps are a central part of any modern product’s strategy more than ever before. [...]

]]> By: Sue D. Nymme http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2012/04/25/fun-emacs-calc/#comment-8865 Sue D. Nymme Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:12:11 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=544#comment-8865 Speaking of hidden gems, I scratched my head for a while over “flet”, before I found it in cl.el.

]]> By: Decimalizing Latitude and Longitude | Irreal http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2012/04/25/fun-emacs-calc/#comment-8835 Decimalizing Latitude and Longitude | Irreal Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:22:03 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=544#comment-8835 [...] Mickey over at Mastering Emacs and Aaron Hawley in the comments give nice solutions using Emacs calc. Mickey's post shows off some [...]

]]> By: Dave F http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2012/04/25/fun-emacs-calc/#comment-8834 Dave F Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:08:10 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=544#comment-8834 Fantastic. Calc is indeed a hidden gem.

]]> By: Michael Alan Dorman http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2012/04/25/fun-emacs-calc/#comment-8832 Michael Alan Dorman Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:30:02 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=544#comment-8832 Of course, if you really wanted to take it to the next level, you could use Julien Danjou’s google-map package[1] to, you know, map it. ;)

1. http://julien.danjou.info/software/google-maps.el

]]> By: Chris http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2012/04/25/fun-emacs-calc/#comment-8830 Chris Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:54:47 +0000 http://www.masteringemacs.org/?p=544#comment-8830 If I’m understanding what you’re saying about the example being incorrect, the reason the longitude is negative is because it’s west. North and east are (generally) positive.

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