On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:26:44 +0200 Frederic Parrenin <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a general / long term question. > Gnumeric, as other spreadsheet softwares, is 2D. > While I like very much the spreadsheet concept because it is so visual > and direct, I would like to apply it for solving complex 4D problems > (our physical space is 4D...). > > Would it be possible to implement a 3D or 4D spreadsheet software? > Apart from the GUI problems, are they fundamental computation issues > with such a concept?
Gnumeric already supports 3D formula: =sum(Sheet1:Sheet3!A1:C3) is a valid formula, summing the contents of a cube of cells three columns wide, three columns high, and three worksheets deep. Note that there isn't a point-and-click way of entering these formula, you've got to type them in by hand (there's a feature request in bugzilla for being able to select multiple worksheets, which is what you'd need to this). I've got no idea what a 4D formula would look like, or how you'd arrange the data in a spreadsheet. What were you thinking about for this one? - olly _______________________________________________ gnumeric-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list
