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   Luis Felipe (luis_felipe@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jun-2025 09:37:29 JST Luis Felipe

   As a Guix user I'd like to easily find unit and "time zone" converter apps in the package collection so that I can reduce my dependency on the web for such conversion needs.

   Currently I know of two unit converters

   + GNOME Calculator (v 46.2)
   + GNU units (command-line program)

   which I found by coincidence. For example, looking for "unit converter" gets no results (aren't they called that in English?).

   Also, both programs could be easier to use.

   Any apps you'd like packaged for this?

   #guix

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     anemofilia (anemofilia@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jun-2025 09:37:26 JST anemofilia

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     @luis_felipe I use qalc for that. On guix the package is called libqalculate

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     Luis Felipe (luis_felipe@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jun-2025 09:37:27 JST Luis Felipe

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     • tusharhero

     @tusharhero ha, thanks, I forget that Emacs is an OS because I always use it as a text editor :)

     But I tried calc and couldn't understand how to use the unit converter. It is not for me 😄

     I think I'll try packaging Cuneo, which seems more like what I'm looking for:

     https://github.com/heidefinnischen/cuneo

     As for a time zone converter, it seems no one has written one for the desktop. Maybe that's somebody's next project.

     #gnu #guix #gnome #apps #timezones

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     tusharhero (tusharhero@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jun-2025 09:37:29 JST tusharhero

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     @luis_felipe if you use GNU Emacs, calc can do it.

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     Anthk (anthk@paquita.masto.host)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jul-2025 02:42:22 JST Anthk

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     • tusharhero

     @luis_felipe @tusharhero Read the calc Info manual. You can set the algebraic mode in calc with ' (apostrophe). Also, if you use guix, Emacs and Emacspeak should be system packages.