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mathsPIC AuthorsA. Syropoulos and R.W.D. Nickalls (April 26, 2010) asyropoulos[at]<yahoo><com> dick[at]<nickalls><org> DescriptionmathsPIC is a Perl filter program for PiCTeX. mathsPIC has its own macro and macro library capability, and allows use of mathsPIC, PiCTeX, TeX and LaTeX commands. A significant feature of mathsPIC is that it allows access to the command-line, and so allows the…
mathomatic – a computer algebra system rmath – a computer algebra system with functions Synopsismathomatic [ -bchqrtuvwx ] [ -s level ] [ -m number ] [ input_files ] rmath [ input_files ] DescriptionMathomatic is a portable Computer Algebra System (CAS) that can solve, simplify, combine, and compare algebraic equations, perform general complex number and…
matho-sumsq – Find the minimum sum of the squares for integers Synopsismatho-sumsq [numbers] DescriptionThis command line utility is optionally part of the mathomatic(1) package. It finds the minimum number of positive integers that when squared and added together, equal the given number. There is a proof that no more than 4 squares summed together are…
matho-sum – sum integers Synopsismatho-sum [integers] DescriptionThis command line utility is optionally part of the mathomatic(1) package. It uses Python to sum many large integers separated by spaces or newlines. The size of the integers is only limited by the available memory of the computer. The integers to sum may be specified on the command…
matho-primes – generate consecutive prime numbers Synopsismatho-primes [start [stop]] ["twin"] ["pal" [base]] matho-primes [-t] [-p base] [start [stop]] DescriptionThis command line utility is optionally part of the mathomatic(1) package. It quickly computes any number of consecutive prime numbers using a windowing, memory efficient sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm, dumping them to standard output. They are displayed…
matho-pascal – display Pascal’s triangle Synopsismatho-pascal [number-of-lines] DescriptionThis command line utility is optionally part of the mathomatic(1) package. It calculates up to 1000 lines of Pascal’s triangle, dumping them to standard output. The default is to center one screen full. Every number inside Pascal’s triangle is the sum of the two numbers immediately above it….
matho-mult – multiply integers Synopsismatho-mult [integers] DescriptionThis command line utility is optionally part of the mathomatic(1) package. It uses Python to multiply many large integers separated by spaces or newlines. The size of the integers is only limited by the available memory of the computer. The integers to multiply may be specified on the command…
math – Perform mathematics calculations Synopsismath EXPRESSION Descriptionmath is used to perform mathematical calculations. It is only a very thin wrapper for the bc program, that makes it possible to specify an expression from the command line without using non-standard extensions or a pipeline. Simply use a command like math 1+1. For a description of…
mateweather – Weather Applet for the MATE panel. Synopsismateweather [ –activate-goad-server [=GOAD_ID] ] Descriptionmateweather displays the current temperature and weather conditions in numeric and iconified form inside the applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Utility->MATE Weather Options–activate-goad-server (Internal use only) GOAD server ID to activate. GOAD_ID is…
matedialog – display GTK+ dialogs Synopsismatedialog [options] Descriptionmatedialog is a program that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return (either in the return code, or on standard output) the users input. This allows you to present information, and ask for information from the user, from all manner of shell scripts. For example, matedialog –question will return…
mateconftool-2 – MATE configuration tool Synopsismateconftool-2 [-?] [-?|–help] [–usage] [-s|–set] [-g|–get] [–set-schema] [-u|–unset] [–recursive-unset] [-a|–all-entries] [–all-dirs] [–dump] [–load=STRING] [-R|–recursive-list] [–dir-exists=STRING] [–shutdown] [-p|–ping] [–spawn] [-t|–type int|bool|float|string|list|pair] [-T|–get-type] [–get-list-size] [–get-list-element] [–list-type=int|bool|float|string] [–car-type=int|bool|float|string] [–cdr-type=int|bool|float|string] [–short-desc=DESCRIPTION] [–long-desc=DESCRIPTION] [–owner=OWNER] [–install-schema-file=FILENAME] [–config-source=SOURCE] [–direct] [–makefile-install-rule] [–makefile-uninstall-rule] [–break-key] [–break-directory] [–short-docs] [–long-docs] [–get-schema-name] [–apply-schema] [–unapply-schema] [–get-default-source] [-v|–version] DescriptionEach preference in the MateConf repository is…
mateconf-gsettings-schema-convert – MateConf to GSettings schema conversion Synopsis mateconf-gsettings-schema-convert [option…] {file}Descriptionmateconf-gsettings-schema-convert converts between MateConf and GSettings schema file formats. Note that the conversion is not expected to be fully automated. You are expected to verify and edit the result of the conversion. Note that GSettings schemas need to be converted into binary form with glib-compile-schemas…
mateconf-gsettings-data-convert – MateConf to GSettings data migration Synopsis mateconf-gsettings-data-convert [option…]Descriptionmateconf-gsettings-data-convert reads values out of the users MateConf database and stores them in GSettings. The information about the mapping from MateConf keys to GSettings keys is taken from files in /usr/share/MateConf/gsettings. Each file in that directory is read as a key file, with sections for each…
mateconf-editor – an editor for the MateConf configuration system Synopsismateconf-editor DescriptionMateConf-Editor is a tool used for editing the MateConf configuration database. It might be useful when the proper configuration utility for some software provides no way of changing some option. UsageThe main window consists of a tree showing the MateConf configuration database hierarchy, a list…
matecomponent-activation-server – MATE component tracker DescriptionThis application tracks information about installed components and brokers components, in conjunction with its client library; libmatecomponent-activation. It reads the component descriptions from ${prefix}/lib/matecomponent/servers/*.server. These files provide an XML description of a components capabilities which can be queried and manipulated by clients from the client library. MateComponent-activation-server also ensures that…
mate-wm – Start the window manager configured by the user Synopsismate-wm [–default-wm=WINDOWMANAGER] [–sm-client-id=ID] DescriptionThe mate-wm program starts the window manager configured by the user. If the user has not chosen a window manager it will launch a MATE compliant window manager. UsageThe user can define his preferred window manager with the /org/mate/desktop/session/required-components/windowmanager dconf key. The…
mate-window-properties – configure MATE network proxy Synopsismate-window-properties [OPTIONS…] DescriptionThis executable is part of the package ‘mate-control-center’: The MATE Control Center. The MATE window preference tool enables you to customize window behaviour such as focus behaviour, titlebar actions, compositing, etc. for your desktop. OptionsThis program accepts the standard MATE and GTK options. AuthorsThis manual page was…
mate-volume-control – The MATE Volume Control application Synopsismate-volume-control [OPTIONS] DescriptionThe MATE Volume Control application is an audio mixer that enables you to mix audio and adjust volume levels of various audio mixer devices on your system. Options-b, –backend=pulse|alsa|oss|null Launch mate-volume-control with the selected sound system backend. -d, –debug Enable debugging code. -p, –page=effects|hardware|input|output|applications Launch mate-volume-control…
mate-volume-control-applet – The MATE Volume Control Applet Synopsismate-volume-control [OPTIONS] DescriptionThe MATE Volume Control Applet is used for adjusting audio levels from the notification area. Options-v, –version Output version information and exit. -d, –debug Enable debugging code. –display=DISPLAY X display to use. -?, -h, –help Print standard command line options. –help-all Print all command line options….
mate-typing-monitor – configure MATE network proxy Synopsismate-typing-monitor [OPTIONS…] DescriptionThis executable is part of the package ‘mate-control-center’: The MATE Control Center. If you use too much computer you may be risking your health. Use this tool for reminding yourself to take little (typing) breaks in regular intervals. During the break, you can: o Stretch arms and…