Git commit e40f4a70ef8cfb685c6b47a3635974baea12c925 by Gabriel Barrantes, on behalf of Raresh Rus. Committed on 29/09/2024 at 00:57. Pushed by gabrielbarrantes into branch 'master'.
doc/index.docbook proofreading M +9 -9 doc/index.docbook https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kcalc/-/commit/e40f4a70ef8cfb685c6b47a3635974baea12c925 diff --git a/doc/index.docbook b/doc/index.docbook index f0eb0224..e2967fe9 100644 --- a/doc/index.docbook +++ b/doc/index.docbook @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ statistical and numeral system calculations.</para></abstract> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> -<para>&kcalc; offers many more mathematical functions than meet the eye -on a first glance. Please study the section on keyboard accelerators and +<para>&kcalc; offers many more mathematical functions than meets the eye +at a first glance. Please study the section on keyboard accelerators and modes in this handbook to learn more about the many functions available.</para> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ used by many simple calculators. <sect1 id="general-usage"> <title>General Usage</title> -<para>General usage is straight forward and similar to the way most +<para>General usage is straightforward and similar to the way most simple scientific calculators operate, but take note of the following special &kcalc; features:</para> @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ linkend="percent">percent</link> function for further details.</para> <para><itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>Pressing <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> -will place the displayed number on to the clipboard.</para> +will place the displayed number onto the clipboard.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Pressing <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo> @@ -360,12 +360,12 @@ functions:</para> <title>Numeral System Mode</title> <para>This mode contains buttons and functions to calculate in binary, hexadecimal, octal and decimal.</para> -<para>You select the numeral system with the radio buttons on the right. To insert a hexadecimal number for example, -just do the following: Select <guilabel>Hex</guilabel> from the radio buttons. Then enter a number and note, that you can +<para>You select the base from the dropdown menu on the left. To insert a hexadecimal number for example, +just do the following: Select <guilabel>Hex</guilabel> from the dropdown menu. Then enter a number and note that you can use the letters <guibutton>A</guibutton> to <guibutton>F</guibutton> -for numbers larger than 9. If you would like to see this number in binary, just select <guilabel>Bin</guilabel> from the radio buttons.</para> +for digits larger than 9. In the numeral system view, you can see the number converted to decimal, octal and binary.</para> - <para>Binary, octal and hexadecimal numbers can be displayed as groups of digits separated by whitespaces. Such grouping can improve readability of numbers. For example, hexadecimal number <emphasis>AF1C42</emphasis> can be displayed as <emphasis>AF 1C 42</emphasis> with separation every second digit. Grouping can be turned off or tweaked. Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &kcalc;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to bring up the configuration dialog and change the setting on <guilabel>General</guilabel> page as appropriate.</para> + <para>Binary, octal and hexadecimal numbers can be displayed as groups of digits separated by whitespaces. Such grouping can improve readability of numbers. For example, hexadecimal number <emphasis>AF1C42</emphasis> can be displayed as <emphasis>AF 1C 42</emphasis> with separation every second digit. Grouping can be turned off or tweaked. Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &kcalc;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to bring up the configuration dialog and change the setting on the <guilabel>General</guilabel> page as appropriate.</para> <para>You may want to select <guimenu>Show Bit Edit</guimenu> from the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu to see selected bits.</para> @@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ or use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Constants</guimenu><guimenuitem>Mathematics</gui <qandaentry> <question><para>How do I get two fixed digits after the period?</para></question> <answer><para>Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem> -Configure &kcalc;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> on the menubar, this will +Configure &kcalc;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> on the menu bar, this will bring up the configuration dialog. Check <guilabel>Set decimal precision</guilabel> and adjust the spin control so that it shows a 2.</para></answer> </qandaentry>
