Constants

Press “k” to open the constants dialogue. This is your place to store and retrieve any constants you prefer, under any name (or mnemonic). Just press any button to paste the number shown directly into the x register. Note: The imaginary part of the x register is always set to zero.

Press “Shift-K” to repeat the last constant.

The constant just inserted is named in the message area, bottom left of XCALC.

Editing entries:

You will most likely not be happy with the default entries. Use the right mouse button on any key (no keyboard shortcut, lest you want to edit XCALC.INI) to bring up an Edit menu. You can add keyboard shortcuts to the entries by placing an “&” in front of the shortcut letter, like this:

The button will then show up like this:

Note: You can not use a semicolon (;) anywhere in the label.

OK/Cancel: