Note that gnumeric scripting is available through gobject-introspection 
for many languages such as javascript, python (2.7 only for now), and
others. I suppose ruby is part of the list.
I think that we have most of which would be needed to implement macros
(using the same languages).

Le vendredi 30 octobre 2015 à 13:35 +0100, Michael Uplawski a écrit :
> Good afternoon.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 09:59:30AM +0100, Jean Brefort wrote:
> > I suppose you need python-dev. Note that gnumeric does not support
> > Python-3 for now.
> 
> And that would be it. After some attempts to provide needed
> dependencies, a simply missing Python-3 support is the best hint of
> all,
> for now.
> 
> I may opt for a parallel installation of two Gnumeric versions. 
> More background: I am a fierce adept of the SoftMaker Office-Suite
> (non-free, commercial, closed source and all.., but some attributes
> that
> you have to experience, see, hear and do yourself to understand).
> 
> Automation/scripting is available only in their Windows-release and
> only
> by means of OLE and yet another Basic-variant. Gnumeric has other
> advantages, too; that is why I am completely “undecided” as to which
> program to use. 
> 
> If Python worked or if any other scripting-language (I mean Ruby)
> could
> be used to automate any spreadsheets that are *not* Excel, all were
> clear. For the time, neither the spreadsheet-programs nor the
> scripting
> interfaces provided for different languages satisfy me.
> 
> Just go ahead with the plugin-interface and it will be great. ;-)
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Michael
> 
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