xcalc – scientific calculator

xcalc is a simple scientific calculator that can emulate a TI-30 or an HP-10C.

Operations may be performed with pointer button 1, or in some cases, with the keyboard. Many common calculator operations have keyboard accelerators.

The entire number in the calculator display can be selected, in order to paste the result of a calculation into text.

This is free and open source software.

Website: cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xcalc
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Developer: X Consortium
License: Open source

xcalc is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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