WP34s: emulator feature request

[Paul Dale]

This sounds like a stack lift issue. Pressing enter disables stack lift and the paste function doesn't re-enable it. Fix committed.

It doesn't look like the 31S is getting these changes at the moment.


Have I ever mentioned how painful stack lift is to support?


- Pauli

(11-09-2015 09:05 AM)fhub Wrote:  Marcus, there's still a small problem:
pasting multiple numbers only works for the 1st time!

Try the following:
1) copy the 3 numbers (full lines) to the clipboard:
1.1
2.2
3.3
2) now paste them to the emulator --> working fine
3) now clear the stack (by [<-] and 3-times [ENTER])
4) paste them again to the emulator --> now you only have 3.3 in X, the first 2 numbers have disappeared (although they are still in the clipboard)

PS: after a few more trials it seems that [ENTER] is the problem:
whenever you press [ENTER], then a following paste doesn't paste all numbers but only the last one.

Franz

[fhub]

(11-09-2015 10:02 AM)Paul Dale Wrote:  This sounds like a stack lift issue. Pressing enter disables stack lift and the paste function doesn't re-enable it. Fix committed.

Yep, the new build 3837 solves this probem.

Thanks to Pauli and Marcus for the quick fix,
Franz

[Marcus von Cube]

(11-09-2015 10:02 AM)Paul Dale Wrote:  This sounds like a stack lift issue. Pressing enter disables stack lift and the paste function doesn't re-enable it. Fix committed.

... and rebuilt.

Walter, we are on 3837 already.

[Paul Dale]

(11-09-2015 06:52 AM)Dieter Wrote:  If I knew how to use it I also would try the console version. ;-)

I not sure you really want to....

The key mapping is near the top of console.c, the top three rows map naturally to a US qwerty keyboard, the numbers are themselves and the extra keys are more sporadic.

There are extra commands:

• Q to quit
• T to toggle trace mode on and off -- allows debugging in xrom and show command numbers as you execute them
• F toggles the extra information display -- only touch this to avoid screen clutter
• C displays an instructions executed counter & resets it to zero
• X simulates a copy displaying on the screen
• V simulates a paste of three numbers
• control-L redraws the display
  

The text display includes a lot of status information and internal state at the top of the screen. This includes the stack and other lettered registers and a lot of other things too. The calculator display is crudely rendered as well.

All in all, good for debugging but not all that easy to use for anyone except me


- Pauli

[walter b]

Ok, retried with build 3837:

Selected one Excel cell, copied to clipboard, opened WP 34S, right-clicked on [WP], clicked on <Paste number(s)> ... nothing happened. What did I miss?

d:-?

[fhub]

(11-09-2015 11:53 AM)walter b Wrote:  ..opened WP 34S, right-clicked on [WP], clicked on <Paste number(s)> ... nothing happened.

You're right, it does not work from this right-click menu, it only works when you do it in the top menu bar.

Franz

[walter b]

Thanks for pointing this out. Usually, I hide this titlebar. Anyway, it's not logical working just one of both possible ways.

d:-/

[ggauny@live.fr]

Hi,

How find build 3837 ? On SourceForge I don't see 3837 ?

[fhub]

(11-09-2015 12:53 PM)ggauny@live.fr Wrote:  How find build 3837 ? On SourceForge I don't see 3837 ?

You'll always find the latest builds here:
http://sourceforge.net/p/wp34s/code/

Franz

[Marcus von Cube]

(11-09-2015 12:04 PM)walter b Wrote:  Anyway, it's not logical working just one of both possible ways.

I agree. Try again, please!

[walter b]

Looks significantly better now. Thanks! Seems we can use it now.

d:-)

[walter b]

... and look in the square brackets - there you find [r3839] as the most recent build now.

d:-)

[Marcus von Cube]

(11-09-2015 01:25 PM)walter b Wrote:  ... and look in the square brackets - there you find [r3839] as the most recent build now.

Should be fixed now.

[walter b]

Yes, it is.

d:-)

[Dieter]

(11-09-2015 01:00 PM)Marcus von Cube Wrote:  I agree. Try again, please!

Great – it works! Thank you very much!

Two observations:

• Copy: the Raw output seems to be formatted according to ALL 6 mode. For instance, 1E–6 pi is copied as 0,000003141592653589793 while 1E–7 pi yields 3,141592653589793E-7. For me this looks a bit strange, but maybe there is a special reason for this instead of, say, ALL 3.
• Paste: additional digits (17+ in SP resp. 35+ in DP mode) seem to get correctly rounded. That's nice.
  Even very long input like 0,000000000000000314159265358979323846264338327950288 works.
  

But I really like it. It's really a big improvement. Thanks again.

Dieter

[pascal_meheut]

The Qt emulators have been rebuilt too.

[walter b]

(11-09-2015 08:15 PM)pascal_meheut Wrote:  The Qt emulators have been rebuilt too.

(11-08-2015 12:50 PM)Paul Dale Wrote:  ... the Qt emulators ... Are they really emulators? They don't emulate anything, rather they are more like ports.

??

d:-?

[pascal_meheut]

We emulate the hardware: screen, keyboard...

[Marcus von Cube]

(11-09-2015 08:06 PM)Dieter Wrote:  Two observations:

• Copy: the Raw output seems to be formatted according to ALL 6 mode...
• Paste: additional digits (17+ in SP resp. 35+ in DP mode) seem to get correctly rounded...
  

This is standard behavior of the underlying decNumber library.

[matthiaspaul]

I too was hoping this would be implemented one day. ;-) Thanks, Pauli and Marcus, for the great workl

(11-08-2015 09:28 PM)Dieter Wrote:  what about a keyboard shortcut? For instance Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V?

Sounds like a good hotkey, but it would conflict with my clipboard manager. So, ideally, the hotkey would have to be configurable...

Now, with direct register export/import bypassing keyboard and display in place, two related feature suggestions appear to be in reach:

- Raw copy & paste selected register(s) to/from clipboard via keyboard and mouse in "debug" mode
- Allow to edit a number in a selected register in a popup window via keyboard and mouse in "debug" mode

Greetings,

Matthias