AutoAns makes leading unary minus annoying to input
Issue #601
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When I want a new entry to start with a -, I usually get ans-, which I don't want. Of course I can get around this by either disabling the AutoAns setting (which I like though), or by e.g. first typing a space: ␣-.
I propose we add support for reverting to a simple unary minus by hitting the minus button twice. First - is converted to ans-, but then ans-- becomes -.
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You can type “:-” (a colon followed by the minus sign) and it will be interpreted as “-” (without “ANS” before).
(Found here: https://bitbucket.org/heldercorreia/speedcrunch/issues/1083/feature-request-add-a-change-sign-or thanks to @Alister_Hood)
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I don’t support the idea of “- -” becoming “-”. It should be “+” by mathematical logic.
I think one better solution would be to have the “-” (i.e the hyphen) key on the keyboard (the one in the letters section interpreted as the “negative number” sign where the “-” key on the keypad (the numbers section) interpreted as the “subtraction symbol”.
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Unfortunately the colon produces a syntax error in the development version so I guess it won’t work for future versions anymore?
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Not sure it's the most beautiful UX, but I could live with it.