HP50g small tips and trick

[Vtile]

(06-13-2018 09:34 PM)Carsen Wrote:  

(06-13-2018 08:33 PM)Vtile Wrote:  Another tip or a trick. If you do not use UserKeys for anything (yet) assign a OBJ->, ->TAG and ->ARRY to F4, F5 and F6 keys on user layer.

How is the ->TAG a useful command to assign to a user key? I only see ->TAG being useful for programming and the 50g will not let me use the USER mode when programming. Not to mention that I don't use ->TAG enough to assign it to a key.

I can see the ->OBJ and ->ARRY commands being useful enough to assign to keys.

I have found that the tag is useful when using the calculator for "what if" calculations without paper and pen. Then you can put a short tag to ie. result or constant at the top of the stack where you scroll and pick them for next iteration.

The normal place at PRG/type/tag is just too deep to be handy. On the otherhand I do not use USER layer as main layer and only for these shorthands.. I have my solve routine from first post assigned to dot key and I have custom physical nameplates lacquered to device.. Handy in my mind.

I used to have F4..6 used as described, but now I have only OBJ in F3 and a short chooselist (with automatic last selection memory) in F6 for a few most common conversions ie. arry, tag, R>I etc.