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Next generation notepad-based calculator, built with extendibility and privacy in mind.

Parsify Desktop

Next generation notepad-based calculator, built with extendibility and privacy in mind.

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Download

You can install Parsify Desktop for free using GitHub Releases.

The free version is limited in functionality; more details can be found in the documentation. You can buy the license from the official site, supporting further development and unlocking additional features.

We offer significant discounts for students of all ages.

Supported platforms

• macOS 10.11+
• Windows 7+ (64-bit only)
• Linux (most distributions)

Each release is tested on the latest version of macOS, Windows, and Linux Ubuntu.

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desktop's Issues

Calculations not working on Linux KDE Plasma 5.22

Calculations and expressions never get resolved in the right-hand panel of the app. A grey bar appears and pulses, as if the app is attempting to load the result of the given expression, but it never gets resolved.

I'm a first time user hoping to test this app out. I'm using KDE Linux desktop. Downloaded the parsify-desktop_1.7.0_amd64.deb package from the Github release page. Installed using dpkg without any issues.

Screenshot of app with the issue

When starting the app via the terminal (/usr/bin/parsify-desktop) I get this console output:

Electron's autoUpdater does not support the 'linux' platform
(node:59656) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: The name org.freedesktop.secrets was not provided by any .service files
(Use `parsify-desktop --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:59656) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:59656) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
Error occurred in handler for 'eval-expressions': [Error: The name org.freedesktop.secrets was not provided by any .service files]

• Parsify-desktop: 1.7.0
• OS: Linux KDE neon 5.22 (Ubuntu-based)
• Linux kernel: 5.11.0-34
• KDE Plasma: 5.22.5
• Graphics platform: X11

Pretty math symbols moves cursor to end of file upon replacement

OS: Fedora 34
Version: AppImage, v1.6.3

If I turn on the experimental feature the cursor will move to the end of the file - I'm assuming it's a search/replace thing? codemirror?

Timezone not showing proper time calculation

Hi!

Timezone calculation seems incorrect. I'm on UTC-03:00 and my computer is synced with a timeserver as such.

If I type "Time in Germany" the result is UTC-2 (one hour more than my local time), where it should be UTC+02:00.

All locations I try seem to be calculated based on UTC+1 instead of the local timezone.

The screenshot was taken at 0:12 AM in UTC-3 / GMT-3 / Argentina Time

prev: multiply and divide are off 🤷‍♂️

Thanks for adding prev!
While adding and subtracting works fine, multiplying and diving don't somehow...
Thanks!
[Parsify v1.1.3 | Windows 10]

Result pane background not saved

When changing the result pane backgroud, the value doesn't appear to be saved.

Support for Multi-byte character in variable names

Hello! Konnichiwa(こんにちは)! I'm using this product everyday in Japan.
I like this product very much. But I have only one complaint.

Sadly, this product cannot use multibyte characters in variable names.
This problem is an inconvenience for people who use Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc.

If resolved, I will purchase a paid license.
Additionally, probably that's not just me! 😀

(Environment: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit Build 19043)

Logical operators

Heya!

If, else, or, and, =!, > and < are useful for basic noncontinuous functions. In my case, this is the math I'm trying to program.

BR
Victor

Error: Unhandled Promise Rejection - sha512 checksum mismatch

This error just popped out of nowhere:

Unhandled Promise Rejection

Error: sha512 checksum mismatch, expected lpoYIgKOzWfd+yLGdtDaoiDjkFT6LuaDimXst5cAyjNOyfrlmWuOjb1xGCziygB2ISPArDdd30kcxlgT+YjQPA==, got eytX1BeQGaCqZSjpU7222lEnJ0N8kjFm1aiJvxq2cEgLrRoiaaivmKzUj+hMT/WC5pmiYRbLciUK1d5GRpeNVQ==
    at newError (C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/index.js:212:17)
    at DigestTransform.validate (C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:409:35)
    at DigestTransform._flush (C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:393:14)

Don't count non-processable lines

There is a 5 line limit but lines that are empty or just contain comments shouldn't be counted.

Inline comments

It would be nice if inline comments could be supported.

10 GBP in USD // unit conversion

Hi, I need help with installing a plugin I just created

The plugin is already published to npm, but I don't know how to add it to my Parsify App https://www.npmjs.com/package/parsify-thousand-separator, I tried the search functionality on the app but it can't find the plugin, maybe the fact I use Linux as my main workstation OS has something to do with it?

Thanks for the help, If anything comes out from this I can help improve the docs to help others publishing and using their plugins

Update error on waking pc

When I wake my PC from sleep in the morning the following error message pops up.

"Unhandled Promise Rejection
Error: Unable to find latest version on GitHub (https://api.github.com/repos/parsify-dev/desktop/releases/latest), please ensure a production release exists: Error: net::ERR_NETWORK_IO_SUSPENDED
at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper. (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:2575:21)
at newError (C:/Users/Victor/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/index.js:212:17)
at PrivateGitHubProvider.getLatestVersionInfo (C:/Users/Victor/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/providers/PrivateGitHubProvider.js:146:48)
at async PrivateGitHubProvider.getLatestVersion (C:/Users/Victor/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/providers/PrivateGitHubProvider.js:90:25)
at async NsisUpdater.getUpdateInfoAndProvider (C:/Users/Victor/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:487:13)
at async NsisUpdater.doCheckForUpdates (C:/Users/Victor/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:503:20)
at async Timeout._onTimeout (C:/Users/Victor/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/app/background.js:1:3707)"

Can't make a variable out of other variables

It looks like you can't create a variable comprised of other variables.

Parsify.app URL no longer has content

This project refers the user to parsify.app, but that site no longer exists.

File: Display of Filename and -path, Create New

First of all, thanks for the v1.1.0 update! 🎉

Just tried the File options, saving and opening files work great. 👍
What came to my attention, I don't know, which file is currently open, which also means, I don't know which file will be overwritten when saving.
It would be nice to have the filename and -path being displayed. Of course without taking additional / too much space from the UI in the best case. Would it be possible to have it like in Visual Studio Code, being displayed next to the menu items? Or as a footer maybe. Of course, some people would like the UI to stay as minimalistic as possible, so maybe the file display could be optional and/or if using a footer, just being displayed on mouseover. [Might need some truncation when displaying the file path as well and having a small window I guess.]
Currently, there is no New File option. So, in case I was working on a saved file and I want to start a new one, I can simply delete the content of course, but doing a standard Save by accident would overwrite the previously used file. So a New File option would avoid this to happen and could also check and ask users if they want to save the currently open file first prior to creating a blank new Parsify window with no file connection.

Thanks!

Support for timezone abbreviations

I did a poll on Twitter regarding future support for timezone abbreviations. If you are a Parsify Desktop user, be sure to check it out and vote. If you don't have a Twitter account, please share your thoughts below.

https://twitter.com/parsifyapp/status/1371448120362536961

Omit update error on network disconnection, e.g. machine going to sleep

When I close my laptop, putting it to sleep, I will get an update error, when starting it up again. Maybe you can omit this warning. Thanks.

Unhandled Promise Rejection

Error: Unable to find latest version on GitHub (https://api.github.com/repos/xxczaki/desktop/releases/latest), please ensure a production release exists: Error: net::ERR_NETWORK_IO_SUSPENDED
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:2571:21)
    at newError (C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/index.js:212:17)
    at PrivateGitHubProvider.getLatestVersionInfo (C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/providers/PrivateGitHubProvider.js:146:48)
    at async PrivateGitHubProvider.getLatestVersion (C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/providers/PrivateGitHubProvider.js:90:25)
    at async NsisUpdater.getUpdateInfoAndProvider (C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:487:13)
    at async NsisUpdater.doCheckForUpdates (C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:503:20)
    at async Timeout._onTimeout (C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/app/background.js:1:3851)

v1.5.1 - Windows installer broken?

As I wiped my laptop recently, I tried to install the latest version v1.5.1 via Parsify-Desktop-Setup-1.5.1.exe. But it seems, the installation doesn't finish as all I get is the Uninstall Parsify Desktop.exe within C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\parsify-desktop, followed by the alert regarding the desktop shortcut, that Windows can't find the app exe. 🤷‍♂️

Thanks.

Only the first variable is highlighted in certain situations

x = 4
y = 5

z = x + y // y will not be highlighted

SSL Error on docs.parsify.app

Issue

When trying to visit https://docs.parsify.app/ I receive an SSL Certificate error. It seems as though it is configured for *.gitbooks.io

Example

Env

OS: Arch Linux
Browser: Firefox

Result column doesn't adapt to line breaks of expressions

If an expression exceeds a single line resulting in a line break, unfortunately the results of following expressions don't move down to match their expressions to the left.
Also vice versa if a result needs line breaks, see blow. I guess time is broken though..?
Parsify v1.1.0 - Windows 10

vice versa → result using line breaks:

Reload can cause hang in Windows 10, App v1.5.2

I have the following text file. Once the data was stale (after few minutes) I tried View>Reload and the app seemed to crash. No errors, just a hang, no text displayed in the app just a blank background.

It also seems to need you to click "enter" from a restart to get the parsing going. What is the refresh rate - is it 100% manual, and is "reload" the correct function?

Before reload:

After reload:

Parsify doesn't forget a variable value if that variable is also the name of a unit

1. I write code where m is the unit metres, and everything is going well
2. I accidentally name a variable m, and everything changes
3. I rename my variable to mc, to indicate that it's the constant m, not the unit m.
4. Everything doesn't change back to m being just a unit.

It seems parsify is remembering my mistake here! That's not what I wish would happen.

(the output value of w=80 m is obviously incorrect, m has no numerical value in the code any longer.)

`sum` and `avg` operators do not work with labels

Price: 12 USD to PLN
Fee: 10 CHF - 1 GBP

sum // nothing happens

How does Parsify handle currency updates?

Just wondering, how often and using which source, the currency rates are getting updated?
While being here, the ISO currency abbreviations work fine, but are you planning to integrate currency symbols as well? Like $ for US dollars, € for Euro...
Thanks.
[Yep, former Numi user, but switched to Windows. 😉]

v1.5.2: When starting the app, results of the last session do not get calculated automatically

as already mentioned in #35
When I close Parsify with some calculations and start the app again, the result column is empty. It needs some action, some change on the left, to get the results back. I guess, the calculation routine is missing on start up..?

Thanks! [Windows 10]

Rounding errors in trig functions

I'm getting a rounding error with basic trig functions:
sin(pi) = 0.0000000000000001225 <- Should be 0
sin(2*pi) = -0.0000000000000001225 <- Should be 0
cos(pi/2) = 0.00000000000000006123 <- Should be 0

Unhandled promise rejection on startup

Not sure what's up but each time I open Parsify, I get an error like this, and the input side of the app is replaced by a white box saying "An unexpected error occurred.". Can't get it to run! On 1.4.1 now, this error is new to me.

Unhandled Promise Rejection
TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of undefined
at IpcMainImpl. (C:/Users/Victor/AppData/Local/Programs/parsify-desktop/resources/app.asar/app/background.js:1:11092)

Result panel background

Add an option to change the result panel background.

Expression with multiple values using a comma for decimal separator shows no result

I appreciate the support for the comma as a decimal separator. Sadly, I may apparently only use it exactly once in each line.

Example:

4.5 + 7.5 * 10          | 79.5
4,5 + 7,5 * 10          | 
4,5 + 7.5 * 10          | 79.5
4.5 + 7,5 * 10          | 79.5

1.2 + 2.3 + 3.4         | 6.9
1,2 + 2,3 + 3,4         | 

What I can see is that no result is displayed if more than one comma is used (see above). Very confusing!

Highlight variables

Highlight variables so they stand out and provide a visual indicator.

Structured indent system

I'm a big fan of structuring information thusly in Notepad, using indents

which could also be used to structure e.g. a series of similar equations into a more legible pattern in parsify

My suggestion is to implement the same indent functionality as seen in Notepad into Parsify.

Date format

Allow the date format to be changed in the settings.

Can't get calculations working

Hi,

I pasted some calculations from Numi (similar app to yours) and can't get it working.

price = 150

# excise
markUpRate = 75
exciseTax = 10
eTax = price * (1 + markUpRate / 100) * exciseTax / 100

Tried with times, divided by - same result.
What am I doing wrong.
Wanted to check docs, but the page doesn't open

Thanks

Please add keyboard shortcut to copy result. Copy full line behaviour for the expressions is another wish.

It would be fantastic if I could copy the result of an expression to the clipboard via a keyboard shortcut. Listary has this as an example:

While talking about copying to the clipboard:
I really like Visual Studio Code's behaviour to copy the full line when having no character selected. This would be cool for the expression side of Parsify as well I think. 😉

Thanks

decimal separator: option to use a comma instead

Please add global settings regarding the decimal separator to switch between using a dot or comma.
So instead of e.g. used in the US:
4,760.34
having the usage swapped for e.g. Europe:
4.760,34

It would be great, is the user could change this manually, but globally for Parsify.

Thanks!

As reference regarding the global usage:
→ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator#Usage_worldwide

Can't get v1.1.1 to work - rolled back to v1.1.0 [Windows 10]

I did the official uninstall, deleted the following folders as well in order to do a clean install:
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\parsify-desktop-updater
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Parsify Desktop
The installation of v1.1.1 seems to happen, but when launching, I get this error:

A JavaScript error occurred in the main process

Uncaught Exception:
Error: Something went wrong during the migration! Changes applied to the store until this failed migration will be restored. TypeError: Use `delete()` to clear values
    at ElectronStore._migrate (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\parsify-desktop\resources\app.asar\node_modules\conf\index.js:228:11)
    at new Conf (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\parsify-desktop\resources\app.asar\node_modules\conf\index.js:141:9)
    at new ElectronStore (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\parsify-desktop\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-store\index.js:23:3)
    at Module.<anonymous> (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\parsify-desktop\resources\app.asar\app\background.js:1:2792)
    at t (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\parsify-desktop\resources\app.asar\app\background.js:1:124)
    at C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\parsify-desktop\resources\app.asar\app\background.js:1:923
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\parsify-desktop\resources\app.asar\app\background.js:1:933)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:967:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1004:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)

The app window doesn't appear, but looking at the task manager, there are some background processes of Parsify running.
So, I uninstalled v1.1.1 and did the same steps as mentioned before, installed v.1.1.0 again, which does work. 🤷‍♂️

Thanks

colon symbol [ : ] breaks headers and comments

This just came to my attention as I had a colon symbol in a header.
Hm okay, looking at the manual, you incorporated labels, which are followed by a colon...
I guess, for headers and line comments, you could check for the # or // at the beginning of the line. For inline comments..? 🤷‍♂️ ...checking, if a colon symbol is preceded by // anywhere to the left could work to disable the : as a label token within inline comments as well.
Thanks.
[Parsify v1.1.0 - Windows 10]

Issue when app startup at Ubuntu 20.10

Hi mate @xxczaki i'm prouded user of Parsify.
After update from 1.2.2 to the 1.4.1 version i allways receive a similar message when startup the app. This is the message:

Unhandled Promise Rejection
TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of undefined
at IpcMainImpl. (/opt/Parsify Desktop/resources/app.asar/app/background.js:1:11092)

Do you know how can i hanndle with this? As an workaround i'm did an downgrade to 1.2.2 version
To give you more information my OS is Ubuntu 20.10

Originally posted by @joaovicentefs in #32 (comment)

Only the first sin() or cos() is highlighted

Hey! In my long equation, only the first trigonometric function is coloured blue. Seems to be a bug.

App doesn't open on Windows 10

Just bought the app. Excited to try it... but it doesn't open.
Windows Build 19635.mn_release.200522-1435 (weekly Insider)

I don't see anything overt in the Event Logs, and I don't see any logs in the installation directory to troubleshoot this. I checked AV, and no alerts at runtime. Happy to help figure this out if you give me some guidance on troubleshooting.

Importing Soulver 2 Files

I'm looking to move from Soulver 2 to Parsify. Is there a Parsify plug-in that can import or covert Soulver 2 files to Parsify?

Time zone conversion might not be working correctly

Time zone conversion might not work correctly in the latest release, as due to various issues, it is currently being reworked.

Thanks for your patience!

copying input and output simulatenously

Hi!

I'm interested in a solution to a use case where one would copy both the input and the output as text, in order to show the work behind calculations. Currently, it's easy to do in e.g. Calca, as the results are shown on the same line as the input. The same is not true in parsify, because the results are in a separate pane.

It's not the same functionality as #22, but both are related to copying expressions and results. I just wish to copy them together, perhaps for every line in the whole document at one time.

Expand scientific notation

It would be better to show numbers in their full form rather than in scientic notiation reducing cognitive load.

3.952e+5 // 395200

Settings are not getting saved

v1.5.2 | Windows 10
I tried first changing the Date format, also tried enabling Always on top. It seems, changes within the Settings do not get saved: They get discarded when clicking the x in order to close the Settings.
Thanks

Time as variable - currently gets locked during a session

I am actually not sure if this is a bug or an intended behavior:
When I am getting a time e.g. time in Berlin | 11:49 CEST, this will turn time in Berlin into a fixed variable, meaning it won't update to the current time: Writing the same expression, results in the previously set / old time. I guess, this could make sense when using it in an expression, which shouldn't change every minute. Currently, I have to quit and start Parsify again in order to get an updated time.
So as said, the fixed variable might have its advantages, but could there be an option to update the time variable without restarting the app? (This behavior might be true to date as well..?)

Thanks
[Parsify v1.1.0 - Windows 10]

Output error messages

Hi!

I was struggling a bit with a calculation, and after a while I figured out that it didn't give me an answer because there was an error with the units.

Obviously, the result of n(h) in this case contains both metres and a unitless value, which is an unacceptable answer. An error output would be useful for weeding out math errors such as this. Initially I thought n(h) simply wasn't finding h as a variable.

I cant operate simple math questions...

Such as 1250+25% (I dont consider this one a more complicated percentage operation, but so far ive been using my iphone to calculate...)

Resize result pane

Allow the result panel to be resized by dragging the divider.