After searching for the perfect calculator app for the mac desktop, i ended up with the python shell.
To make things a little bit easier, i use a python script to do some setup and provide helpers. It's packaged into a mac app using appify.
It loads the math library into global namespace and offers some helper functions.
PyCalc v.0.2.0
- AVAILABLE VALUES -----------------------
_ references last output
pi, e, gr π, euler's nmbr, golden ratio
- MATH FUNCTIONS -------------------------
'* from math' is imported by default, for
documentation see here:
http://docs.python.org/2/library/math.html
functions() shows a list of all available
math functions
- OTHER FUNCTIONS ------------------------
cp() - copy last value to clipboard
vars() - show all user-set variables
help() - view this text
help(fun) - view help for a specific
function, e.g. help(log10)
Type exit() or use Ctrl-D to quit
>>> _
Make sure you have the necessary dependency installed: pip install pyperclip.
Then just drag PyCalc.app into your applications folder.