Part I
Getting Started
1 Getting Acquainted with SpicyRPN
1.1 What the calculator provides
1.2 Multiple precision in everyday use
1.3 Installation and first launch
1.4 A tour of the display
1.5 Scientific and Financial keyboard panels
1.6 Orange and blue shift functions
1.7 Choosing RPN or ALG
1.8 Flags and pending operations
1.9 Help, keyboard input, and accessibility
1.10 Your work is saved automatically
2 The SpicyRPN Stack
2.1 Where the numbers wait
2.2 Prepare a known starting state
2.3 Entering a number and pressing ENTER
2.4 Lift, drop, and the deepest register
2.5 Functions and operand order
2.6 Inspecting every register
2.7 Swapping, rolling, and dropping
2.8 Clearing X or clearing the stack
2.9 Recovering operands with LAST X and LAST Y
2.10 Choosing the stack depth
2.11 Arriving from another RPN calculator
3 First Calculations in RPN
3.1 Prepare a known starting state
3.2 Enter numbers, signs, and exponents
3.3 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide
3.4 Squares, roots, reciprocals, and powers
3.5 Continue from a result
3.6 Keep two intermediate results on the stack
3.7 Use the percentage keys
3.8 Correct an entry or recover operands
3.9 A short practice set
3.10 Where to go next
4 Calculations in ALG Mode
4.1 Entering and evaluating an expression
4.2 Precedence and parentheses
4.3 Powers and negative operands
4.4 Implicit multiplication
4.5 Functions before and after an operand
4.6 FUNC and multiple arguments
4.7 Editing an unfinished expression
4.8 ANS, continuation, and ordinary memory
4.9 Clearing and recovering from an error
4.10 Switching workspaces and choosing available functions
4.11 Financial assignments and explicit computation
4.12 Working with labeled worksheets