Java newbie

[O. Sinclair]

On 15/11/2010 21:28, Jerry Lapham wrote:
> On Monday, November 15, 2010 02:50:14 am Hakan Koseoglu wrote:
>
>> Jerry,
>>
>> On 15 November 2010 02:41, Jerry Lapham<rjlapham at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> jerry at JERRY-HP:~/Downloads$ java superbcalc.jar
>>
>> The correct syntax is java -jar superbcalc.jar
>
> On my second try, I got that same response from the author and it works great!
> Guess I'll wait to download the Sun/Oracle version until something doesn't
> work.
>
>   I've been looking for - a non-scientific calculator with a "tape" ever since
> the old 16-bit OS/2 Calculator.  If anyone here needs one, I highly recommend
> it.  Just Google "superbcalc".
>
> Thanks to all who responded.

You could have a look at Speedcrunch from the repos, I use it much the 
same way I think you intend.