Re: Solver in vim?

Erik Christiansen wrote:
> 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.
>
Along this line of reasoning: check out sage or macsyma. If you'd like
a commercial product, check out maple.

Regards,
Chip Campbell

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