iMath

The iMath extension for intelligent formulas enables numeric and symbolic calculations inside a Writer document.

Project Description

The iMath extension for intelligent formulas enables numeric and symbolic calculations inside a Writer document. The development of iMath was prompted by a problem which I often  encountered doing calculations in my profession as a mechanical  engineer. I would first begin writing out the problem on paper, putting  together the necessary equations, and then turn to a spreadsheet to do  the actual calculations. iMath is meant to integrate this process in a single Writer document.

iMath makes use of the EQC library. Linux users will have to install this first (to simplify this, have a look at my PPA). Windows users might need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (search for "vcredist" on the Microsoft website). Please make sure to choose matching versions according to the info below!

See also the CompPad project which has a similar goal, and CmathOOoCAS which adds symbolic capabilities to calc.

How to use iMath is described in the iMath wiki and illustrated by examples in iMath-tour.odt,which you can find in the subdirectory matching your iMath version.

Known working configurations are:

• iMath 2.0.2 on Windows 7x64 with LO 4.0.1 and MS VC++ 2010 redist
• iMath 2.0.2 on Windows 7x64 with LO 3.6.4.3 and MS VC++ 2010 redist
• iMath 2.0.0 on Windows 7x64 with LO 3.5.1 and MS VC++ 2010 redist
• iMath 2.0.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 with LO 3.5 and libeqc 1.4.8
• iMath 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 11.10 with LO 3.4 and libeqc 1.4.5
• iMath 2.0.0 on Windows XP 2003 with LO 3.4 and MS VC++ 2010 redist

Please use the tracking system to report bugs and make feature requests, or mail me at jrheinlaender a.t. users _ sourceforge _ net.