# Announcing Casual - An opinionated porcelain for Emacs Calc

**URL:** <https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/announcing-casual-an-opinionated-porcelain-for-emacs-calc/509>\
**Category:** Emacs\
**Created:** [March 24, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/announcing-casual-an-opinionated-porcelain-for-emacs-calc/509 "2024-03-24T22:33:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![kickingvegas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a183cd/32.png) [@kickingvegas](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/kickingvegas)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/announcing-casual-an-opinionated-porcelain-for-emacs-calc/509/1 "2024-03-24T22:33:25Z")

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Hi folks -

Just published a package on MELPA to make using Emacs Calc a bit easier. It’s called Casual and you can read more on it here:

> **[Announcing Casual - An opinionated porcelain for Emacs Calc](http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-an-opinionated-porcelain-for-emacs-calc.html)**
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> Announcing the first public release of Casual - an opinionated Transient-based porcelain to support the casual usage of Emacs Calc. It’s now on MELPA and requires Emacs 29.1+. Install Add the...

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![alphapapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alphapapa](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/alphapapa)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/announcing-casual-an-opinionated-porcelain-for-emacs-calc/509/2 "2024-03-25T15:14:50Z")

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This looks like a really cool project. I hope you’ll continue working on it. It has so much potential to make Calc more accessible!

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**Author:** ![kickingvegas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a183cd/32.png) [@kickingvegas](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/kickingvegas)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/announcing-casual-an-opinionated-porcelain-for-emacs-calc/509/3 "2024-03-25T17:11:54Z")

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Thanks much! A big driver for me was knowing what I wanted the calculator to do but always having to look up the incantation to do it. Hopefully others will feel the same.

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**Author:** ![tusharhero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@tusharhero](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/tusharhero)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/announcing-casual-an-opinionated-porcelain-for-emacs-calc/509/4 "2024-03-26T22:07:49Z")

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Calc was always a mistery to me, I guess I can finally use it now.

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**Author:** ![GameWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/779978/32.png) [@GameWarrior](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/GameWarrior)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/announcing-casual-an-opinionated-porcelain-for-emacs-calc/509/5 "2024-03-30T14:28:56Z")

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The reverse polish notation and keybindings have always been confusing for me so I look forward to giving this a try.