Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
On 2012-07-13, hvw59601 hvw59...@care2.com wrote: hvw59601 wrote: hvw59601 wrote: Wilko Fokken wrote: On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:29:15PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Hi, (Not a precise answer to your question): I remember 'slsc', a text based spreadsheet, based on 'sc', but more advanced. Unfortunately, Debian doesn't contain it any more. At least up to Debian 3, this prog was provided. If you can find an 'slsc' source, you might be instrumental in bringing it back to life. You'll probably prefer it to 'sc'. I recompiled slsc. Neat! This is what I did: 1. download 2 slsc source files from the sarge archives 2. tar -xzvf slsc_0.2.3.orig.tar.gz 3. rename slsc to slsc-0.2.3 4. patch -p0 slsc_0.2.3-8.diff Next there are 3 depends to satisfy: 5. download libslang1-dev_1.4.9dbs-11_amd64.deb for etch on the archive + install 6. download libslang1_1.4.9dbs-11_amd64.deb for etch on the archive + install 7. download rpm: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/3/srodzaj/1/search/libtermcap.so.2()(64bit) 8. alien the rpm + install the .deb. 9. link libtermcap.a in /usr/lib64 to /usr/lib 10. comment dh_testversion in debian/rules... 11. dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -rfakeroot 12. dpkg -i slsc_0.2.3-8_amd64.deb Comes with man page + tutorial: slsc -C /usr/lib/slsc/tutorial.sc Blazing colors! http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png It appears that you cannot use wget on that: just click the link. But the image will just be there for 7 days... :-( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ju1bd8$g6m$1...@dough.gmane.org
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 09:05:52PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote: On 07/13/2012 08:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 01:14:09PM -0500, hvw59601 wrote: http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png WTF tal% wget http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png; --2012-07-14 06:26:59-- http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png Resolving www.picpaste.com (www.picpaste.com)... 87.239.128.90, 2a00:12d8:100:90::80 Connecting to www.picpaste.com (www.picpaste.com)|87.239.128.90|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden 2012-07-14 06:27:00 ERROR 403: Forbidden. Seems they do not like wget's user-agent: /tmp$ wget --user-agent=Test http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png --2012-07-13 21:05:17-- http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png Resolving www.picpaste.com... 87.239.128.90, 2a00:12d8:100:90::80 Connecting to www.picpaste.com|87.239.128.90|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 5959 (5.8K) [text/html] Saving to: “slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png” 100%[==] 5,959 --.-K/s in 0.01s 2012-07-13 21:05:17 (517 KB/s) - “slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png” saved [5959/5959] Thanks! -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120714070201.GB3205@tal
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
On 12 July 2012 18:29, Nick Lidakis nlida...@verizon.net wrote: Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Over the years I've become more fond of the console and ncurses applications. I've recently found myself using sc as my first spreadsheet application for our new small business. Doing initial sales calculations, the program is fast, easy to use, and being ncurses very easy on the eyes. There's a bit of info about sc online but not much. I found a nice, albeit dated, mini-manual online: www.economics.utoronto.ca/jfloyd/stats/minmansc.pdf I can foresee issues exchanging data with people who use Excel. But then I don't know if any of the graphical clients have that capability either. Thoughts? P.S. I also find the command line accounting program ledger very intriguing as well. I often have mc sc fbi mpg123 mplayer on a machine for cli use, with a wm browser for the internet. Mainly used sc for fairly simple stuff, whatifs, etc. I like the commandline, but the internet is not friendly to text browsers. -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:29:15PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: I can foresee issues exchanging data with people who use Excel. But then I don't know if any of the graphical clients have that capability either. apt-cache search excel | grep spread | less -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120713115011.GD12669@tal
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
Nick Lidakis writes: Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? My wife uses it extensively in doing the bookkeeping for our business. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87394vq2cc@thumper.dhh.gt.org
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
Wilko Fokken wrote: On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:29:15PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Hi, (Not a precise answer to your question): I remember 'slsc', a text based spreadsheet, based on 'sc', but more advanced. Unfortunately, Debian doesn't contain it any more. At least up to Debian 3, this prog was provided. If you can find an 'slsc' source, you might be instrumental in bringing it back to life. You'll probably prefer it to 'sc'. http://archive.debian.net/sarge/slsc I never saw a manpage or other manual, but I remember the menu at the top opened on hitting '/'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jtp9uv$jtr$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
hvw59601 wrote: Wilko Fokken wrote: On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:29:15PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Hi, (Not a precise answer to your question): I remember 'slsc', a text based spreadsheet, based on 'sc', but more advanced. Unfortunately, Debian doesn't contain it any more. At least up to Debian 3, this prog was provided. If you can find an 'slsc' source, you might be instrumental in bringing it back to life. You'll probably prefer it to 'sc'. I recompiled slsc. Neat! This is what I did: 1. download 2 slsc source files from the sarge archives 2. tar -xzvf slsc_0.2.3.orig.tar.gz 3. rename slsc to slsc-0.2.3 4. patch -p0 slsc_0.2.3-8.diff Next there are 3 depends to satisfy: 5. download libslang1-dev_1.4.9dbs-11_amd64.deb for etch on the archive + install 6. download libslang1_1.4.9dbs-11_amd64.deb for etch on the archive + install 7. download rpm: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/3/srodzaj/1/search/libtermcap.so.2()(64bit) 8. alien the rpm + install the .deb. 9. link libtermcap.a in /usr/lib64 to /usr/lib 10. comment dh_testversion in debian/rules... 11. dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -rfakeroot 12. dpkg -i slsc_0.2.3-8_amd64.deb Comes with man page + tutorial: slsc -C /usr/lib/slsc/tutorial.sc Blazing colors! Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jtpmgu$1tb$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
hvw59601 wrote: hvw59601 wrote: Wilko Fokken wrote: On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:29:15PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Hi, (Not a precise answer to your question): I remember 'slsc', a text based spreadsheet, based on 'sc', but more advanced. Unfortunately, Debian doesn't contain it any more. At least up to Debian 3, this prog was provided. If you can find an 'slsc' source, you might be instrumental in bringing it back to life. You'll probably prefer it to 'sc'. I recompiled slsc. Neat! This is what I did: 1. download 2 slsc source files from the sarge archives 2. tar -xzvf slsc_0.2.3.orig.tar.gz 3. rename slsc to slsc-0.2.3 4. patch -p0 slsc_0.2.3-8.diff Next there are 3 depends to satisfy: 5. download libslang1-dev_1.4.9dbs-11_amd64.deb for etch on the archive + install 6. download libslang1_1.4.9dbs-11_amd64.deb for etch on the archive + install 7. download rpm: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/3/srodzaj/1/search/libtermcap.so.2()(64bit) 8. alien the rpm + install the .deb. 9. link libtermcap.a in /usr/lib64 to /usr/lib 10. comment dh_testversion in debian/rules... 11. dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -rfakeroot 12. dpkg -i slsc_0.2.3-8_amd64.deb Comes with man page + tutorial: slsc -C /usr/lib/slsc/tutorial.sc Blazing colors! http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jtpohi$kln$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 01:14:09PM -0500, hvw59601 wrote: http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png WTF tal% wget http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png; --2012-07-14 06:26:59-- http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png Resolving www.picpaste.com (www.picpaste.com)... 87.239.128.90, 2a00:12d8:100:90::80 Connecting to www.picpaste.com (www.picpaste.com)|87.239.128.90|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden 2012-07-14 06:27:00 ERROR 403: Forbidden. -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120713182909.GA25045@tal
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
On 07/13/2012 08:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 01:14:09PM -0500, hvw59601 wrote: http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png WTF tal% wget http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png; --2012-07-14 06:26:59-- http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png Resolving www.picpaste.com (www.picpaste.com)... 87.239.128.90, 2a00:12d8:100:90::80 Connecting to www.picpaste.com (www.picpaste.com)|87.239.128.90|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden 2012-07-14 06:27:00 ERROR 403: Forbidden. Seems they do not like wget's user-agent: /tmp$ wget --user-agent=Test http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png --2012-07-13 21:05:17-- http://www.picpaste.com/slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png Resolving www.picpaste.com... 87.239.128.90, 2a00:12d8:100:90::80 Connecting to www.picpaste.com|87.239.128.90|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 5959 (5.8K) [text/html] Saving to: “slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png” 100%[==] 5,959 --.-K/s in 0.01s 2012-07-13 21:05:17 (517 KB/s) - “slsc-1-MDWRIfxK.png” saved [5959/5959] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50007190.4070...@web.de
slsc, i.e., spreadsheet calculator using s-lang (Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses)
Hi, Wilko Fokken wrote: I remember 'slsc', a text based spreadsheet, based on 'sc', but more advanced. Unfortunately, Debian doesn't contain it any more. At least up to Debian 3, this prog was provided. If you can find an 'slsc' source, you might be instrumental in bringing it back to life. You'll probably prefer it to 'sc'. Interesting. http://packages.qa.debian.org/slsc: [2006-12-23] Removed 0.2.3-9 from unstable http://bugs.debian.org/315641: I hoped to be able to tell you that I had it working, but after a number of hours working on porting it, I came to the conclusion that is it not possible. One part of sc using the internals of slang extensively, unfortunately these internals don't exist in slang2. [...] OK, I think you have convinced me. It's true that there are probably very few people that use it, and I don't use it anymore either. http://snapshot.debian.org/package/slsc/ has version 0.2.3-9, which is one revision newer than the version from sarge. The version at ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slsc/ still seems to be 0.2.3 and to require s-lang 1. The author writes: slsc is a spreadsheet program that is based on sc. The main difference is that slsc is much easier to use. However, I am nolonger supporting it. Ciao, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120713202828.GA31229@burratino
Re: slsc, i.e., spreadsheet calculator using s-lang (Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses)
Jonathan Nieder wrote: Hi, Wilko Fokken wrote: I remember 'slsc', a text based spreadsheet, based on 'sc', but more advanced. Unfortunately, Debian doesn't contain it any more. At least up to Debian 3, this prog was provided. If you can find an 'slsc' source, you might be instrumental in bringing it back to life. You'll probably prefer it to 'sc'. Interesting. http://packages.qa.debian.org/slsc: [2006-12-23] Removed 0.2.3-9 from unstable http://bugs.debian.org/315641: I hoped to be able to tell you that I had it working, but after a number of hours working on porting it, I came to the conclusion that is it not possible. One part of sc using the internals of slang extensively, unfortunately these internals don't exist in slang2. snip Instead of 'sc' that should be 'slsc', right? Too bad he did not document the needed changes more. In upgrading to slang2 there seem to be structures in slang1 that disappeared somehow in slang2, that is in slang.h. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jtqfa3$157$1...@dough.gmane.org
sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Over the years I've become more fond of the console and ncurses applications. I've recently found myself using sc as my first spreadsheet application for our new small business. Doing initial sales calculations, the program is fast, easy to use, and being ncurses very easy on the eyes. There's a bit of info about sc online but not much. I found a nice, albeit dated, mini-manual online: www.economics.utoronto.ca/jfloyd/stats/minmansc.pdf I can foresee issues exchanging data with people who use Excel. But then I don't know if any of the graphical clients have that capability either. Thoughts? P.S. I also find the command line accounting program ledger very intriguing as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120712172914.GA727@phobos
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:29:15PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Hi, (Not a precise answer to your question): I remember 'slsc', a text based spreadsheet, based on 'sc', but more advanced. Unfortunately, Debian doesn't contain it any more. At least up to Debian 3, this prog was provided. If you can find an 'slsc' source, you might be instrumental in bringing it back to life. You'll probably prefer it to 'sc'. I never saw a manpage or other manual, but I remember the menu at the top opened on hitting '/'. Good luck! Wilko -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120712183352.ga8...@fok01.laje.edewe.de
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 08:33:52PM +0200, Wilko Fokken wrote: On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 01:29:15PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Hi, (Not a precise answer to your question): I remember 'slsc', a text based spreadsheet, based on 'sc', but more advanced. Unfortunately, Debian doesn't contain it any more. At least up to Debian 3, this prog was provided. If you can find an 'slsc' source, you might be instrumental in bringing it back to life. You'll probably prefer it to 'sc'. I never saw a manpage or other manual, but I remember the menu at the top opened on hitting '/'. I found a tar source of slsc: http://mirror.safehostnet.com/debian-archive/debian/dists/potato/main/source/math/ Good luck! Wilko -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2012071110.ga14...@fok01.laje.edewe.de
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Nick Lidakis nlida...@verizon.net wrote: Thoughts? At first I really liked it, but I found the lack of Undo functionality too aggravating to continue using it. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ca+t6v3+tco3qj+avm5gxprx9vyvc929euhgc_bhemint9oc...@mail.gmail.com
Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:28:46PM -0400, John Cunningham wrote: On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Nick Lidakis nlida...@verizon.net wrote: Thoughts? At first I really liked it, but I found the lack of Undo functionality too aggravating to continue using it. man sc reveals: u Undo But I haven't tried it yet. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120713051402.GA7217@phobos
