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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/calc.texi | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/calc/calc-yank.el | 2 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/calc.texi b/doc/misc/calc.texi index ecf2ef9e5c2..8579d0f16f5 100644 --- a/doc/misc/calc.texi +++ b/doc/misc/calc.texi @@ -29903,6 +29903,19 @@ number in its displayed form, 3.142. (Since the default display modes show all objects to their full precision, this feature normally makes no difference.) +The @kbd{C-y} command can be given a prefix, which will interpret the +text being yanked with a different radix. If the text being yanked can be +interpreted as a binary, octal, hexadecimal, or decimal number, then a +prefix of @kbd{2}, @kbd{8}, @kbd{6} or @kbd{0} will have Calc +interpret the yanked text as a number in the appropriate base. For example, +if @samp{111} has just been killed and is yanked into Calc with a command +of @kbd{C-2 C-y}, then the number @samp{7} will be put on the stack. +If you use the plain prefix @kbd{C-u}, then you will be prompted for a +base to use, which can be any integer from 2 to 36. If Calc doesn't +allow the text being yanked to be read in a different base (such as if +the text is an algebraic expression), then the prefix will have no +effect. + @node Saving Into Registers, Inserting From Registers, Yanking Into Stack, Kill and Yank @section Saving into Registers diff --git a/lisp/calc/calc-yank.el b/lisp/calc/calc-yank.el index c93b64b6436..cd447500ffe 100644 --- a/lisp/calc/calc-yank.el +++ b/lisp/calc/calc-yank.el @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ alteration." (concat radix-notation "\\&") thing-raw)) thing-raw))))) - (if (eq (car-safe calc-last-kill) thing) + (if (eq (car-safe calc-last-kill) thing-raw) (cdr calc-last-kill) (if (stringp thing) (let ((val (math-read-exprs (calc-clean-newlines thing)))) |