Thanks for testing Richard. As this appears to be fixed in Jaunty,
setting to Fix Released
** Changed in: gcalctool (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Fix Released
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gcalctool returns wrong answer, drops '0'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/324451
You received this bug notification because
Can you try the development version of Ubuntu (jaunty) by instance on a
virtual machine (anyway not on your production or every day computer
since it is still in development), and let us know if you still
encounter that ?
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gcalctool returns wrong answer, drops '0'
Many thanks for looking at this bug Christophe,
I'm not quite sure what you mean 'by instance on a virtual machine'
I have ubuntu 8.04.2 installed at home which also shows the bug.
Maybe you could point me to the exact downloads that you wish me to perform
to achieve the test that you suggest and
To check that this bug was fixed:
I downloaded Ubuntu jaunty (development branch) 9.04 i386.iso
Installed in NZ timezone US keyboard.
Test cases
Help About reports gcalctool 5.25.5
30*60=1800 pass selecting 0,9 significant places and show trailing zeros
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I've just found a similar bug report to this and marked it as a
duplicate of this one. The reporter is using en_NZ.UTF-8 locale and
basic view, if anybody would like to try and recreate it with this setup
(I would do but I'm at work at the moment)
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gcalctool returns wrong answer, drops '0'
I think I can re-create this bug by selecting 'Acc' '0 significant places' in
scientific view.
1011- 651 = 36 Wrong
selecting 'Acc' '9 significant places corrects the answer to 360
30 * 60 = 1800 correct
select 'Acc' '0 significant places' changes the answer immediately to 18
(wrong) without
Sorry. Version details were in my duplicate bug report.
Version with bug is gcalctool 5.24.1 using ubuntu 8.10 i386
In scientific view I have 'Degrees', 'Dec' and 'Fix' selected.
System-Administration-System monitor the command line field shows 'gcalctool'.
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gcalctool returns wrong answer,
thanks for the report, with which version of gcalctool are you getting
this? which locale are you using? which mode of gcalctool? could you
take an screenshot of the issue and attach it to the report? thanks in
advance.
** Changed in: gcalctool (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
