[Bug 402476] New: Exponential values cannot be entered correctly

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  gcalctool | general | Ver: 5.8.x

           Summary: Exponential values cannot be entered correctly
           Product: gcalctool
           Version: 5.8.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: rich.burridge at sun.com
        ReportedBy: sa at whiz.se
         QAContact: rich.burridge at sun.com
                CC: pkg-gnome-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
     GNOME version: 2.15/2.16
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


This bug was reported to the Debian BTS.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=395490

"According to the manual, entering something like 12 Exp 8 +/- should
produce that number: 0.00000012.

Now, if I try that same example, by keying in that stuff: 12 Exp 8
+/-, the display will read this: -(12e8).

If I want to make sure that the result is expected I continue keying
in: *1, so that the display reads this: -(12e8)x1 (multiply by one);

and when I ask the result to be displayed (keying in '=') I get
-1.2e+9 ---which is NOT the expected result.


The example, 12 Exp 8 +/- +/-, which should give -1.2e-7, that is
-0.00000012 does not work either."


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