Yeah - it is a must have, but an intrusive implementation would be needed. First step would be an acknowledgment from the developers that this is a feature worth implementing. Any patch that attempts to make it work is going to touch a lot of things.
John Leonard wrote: > Hi Andrea > > This is a known bug. > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315853 > The bug was posted in 2005. Not sure if anyone is actively trying to > fix it, but it would be a big step forward if someone could. I would > agree it is a pretty serious limitation to an otherwise commendable > bit of software. > > John Leonard > > > > */[EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote: > > Send gnumeric-list mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gnumeric-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. filtering and copying in gnumeric (Andrea Taroni) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 14:30:11 +0200 > From: Andrea Taroni > Subject: filtering and copying in gnumeric > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Dear All, > > I am looking for a way to easily copy and paste filtered data in > gnumeric. That is to say I wish to filter a data set, copy the > resulting smaller data set, and paste it elsewhere. Whereas I would > like to get only the filtered data when I paste, I in fact get the > full data set. I cannot find documentation on this issue, except > for a > message on this list a while ago, which went unreplied: > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnumeric-list/2005-September/msg00080.html > > I would like to stress that I am very much a proponent of gnumeric, > and prefer it to the very cumbersome alternatives there are out > there. > This does however seem to me to be a rather basic limitation of > gnumeric. > > I would appreciate any help you may give, > > Andrea > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gnumeric-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list > > > End of gnumeric-list Digest, Vol 49, Issue 2 > ******************************************** > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try > it now. > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ%20> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gnumeric-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list > _______________________________________________ gnumeric-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list
