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10.5: Use Spotlight's calculations with Quick Look
Authored by: rhowell on Nov 27, '07 07:41:22AM

Spotlight: 1 + 2 * 3 = 7 (yeah!)
Calculator.app: 1 + 2 * 3 = 7 (yeah!)
Dashboard Calculator: 1 + 2 * 3 = 9 (doh!)



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10.5: Use Spotlight's calculations with Quick Look
Authored by: frgough on Nov 27, '07 09:37:58AM

The dashboard calculator is a running calculator. Calculations are done as the functions are pressed. Calculator and Spotlight don't evaluate the expression until you press the enter key.

So pressing 1+2*3 in the dashboard calculator is actually keying in (1+2)*3, which is 9.



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