Re: C-x C-e on numbers

[Stefan Reichör]

address@hidden (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes:

> Currently, when evaluating a number, emacs will print the decimal,
> octal, hexadecimal, and charachter of said number.
>
>   42 C-x C-e ==> 42 (#o52, #x2a, ?*)
>
> It would be useful, if the output would also include the binary
> representation of the number.  Or at least somehow enable such
> behaviour.  I.e., 
>
>   42 C-x C-e ==> 42 (#b101010, #o52, #x2a, ?*)

M-x quick-calc <RET> 42 <RET> ==> Result: 42 =>  42  (16#2A, 8#52, 2#101010, 
"*")

> It would also be useful to change the printed representation of a
> number, so that the above would become,
>
>   #o52 C-x C-e ==> #x2a (#b101010, 42, #o52, ?*)
>
> But this would probobly require some more work.

M-x quick-calc <RET> 8#52 <RET> ==> Result: 42 =>  42  (16#2A, 8#52, 2#101010, 
"*")


calc handles this and a lot more...

Stefan.