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Feel free to write a UI that wraps it.

Any suggestions for improving it?

Take a look at Calculator++

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Calculator%2B%2B&...

Also look at how Maple 16 does it. The keyword here is 'buttons'.

You are confusing Octave (which is a Matlab substitute where you "write" in a command window, not so much use for "buttons") with Maple ... Please stop trolling.

I'm not trolling (intentionally), just pointing out how a nice user interface makes the difference between crapps and apps.

I use octave quite a bit by SSH via connectbot to a linux box and there is no visual difference between native octave port and connecting via SSH for text-mode. I don't graph what I'm working on very much so the graphics mode doesn't matter... although I do have a VNC client..

However, connectbot is 676 precious K of storage vs 22 megs for the native port, and I can do a lot more once connected via connectbot than just octave. I can't afford to use the native port, which is too bad.