Re: Solver in vim?

On 26.08.15 15:00, Uwe Husmann wrote:
> Those are textpads that will recognize and solve mathematical formulas and
> equations.
>
> I just wonder if there are similar plugins for vim that will do the same
> thing or at least go in the same direction?

Sounds like an attempt to build a new emacs. Trying to imitate every
application which passes by seems a strange practice when it is easier
to use and manage a suite of applications, each of which caters well for
one area of work - such as text editing.

Take a look at the *nix application "units". It'll take expressions
like:

You have: (400 W/m^2 / stefanboltzmann)^(1/4)
You want: kelvin
* 289.80881
/ 0.0034505507

You have: 2 btu + 450 ft lbf
You want: btu
* 2.5782804
/ 0.38785542

You have: 5 kg * 1 m * (10 radians/second)^2
You want: newtons
* 500
/ 0.002

You have: wiregauge(22)
You want: mm
* 0.6438033
/ 1.5532695

The nifty thing about "units" is that it protests if you muck up the
dimensions. (Try leaving off the "^2" in the f = mrw^2 computation,
above.)

There doesn't seem to be much point reinventing the wheel when there are
so many of them floating around already. Piping a line of text out to
another application is something that Vim already does.

Erik

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