Re: OT: Freestanding spreadsheet program?
Weaver wrote: > On 24-04-2021 08:25, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> Back in the good (bad?) old days of TRS-80, all we had was VisiCalc. Simple. >>> Today, is there a useful spreadsheet program that does not rely on all the >>> baggage associated with either an "office suite," or >>> a "desktop environment?" >> >> I can mention `gnumeric` and if you're into Emacs I can also also >> suggest SES. > > Plus 1 for gnumeric. > Excellent. > Doesn't drop data on large data sets as much vaunted proprietary > programmes do. > Cheers! > > Harry. I think he also wanted something that doesn't require a desktop environment. -- rust 0x68caecc97f6a90122e51c0692c88d9cb6b58a3dc
Re: OT: Freestanding spreadsheet program?
On 25-04-2021 13:07, rustbuck...@pm.me wrote: > Weaver wrote: >> On 24-04-2021 08:25, Stefan Monnier wrote: Back in the good (bad?) old days of TRS-80, all we had was VisiCalc. Simple. Today, is there a useful spreadsheet program that does not rely on all the baggage associated with either an "office suite," or a "desktop environment?" >>> >>> I can mention `gnumeric` and if you're into Emacs I can also also >>> suggest SES. >> >> Plus 1 for gnumeric. >> Excellent. >> Doesn't drop data on large data sets as much vaunted proprietary >> programmes do. >> Cheers! >> >> Harry. > > I think he also wanted something that doesn't require a desktop > environment. Not the way I read it. The inference I picked up was he wanted one that didn't require installing any particular DE. One that wasn't dependent on any particular desktop environment, or required the installation of an entire office suite. Regardless, the OP has made a decision on the matter now, and is happy. Cheers! Harry -- `Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds'. -- Albert Einstein
Re: OT: Freestanding spreadsheet program?
> I think he also wanted something that doesn't require a desktop environment. AFAIK Gnumeric works fine in "naked X11". Stefan
Re: OT: Freestanding spreadsheet program?
Thank you all. For reasons completely beyond my grasp I selected 'teapot' for further investigation despite there being as far as I can tell no deb for it. Oh well. 9-) -- RSB
Re: OT: Freestanding spreadsheet program?
On 24-04-2021 08:25, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Back in the good (bad?) old days of TRS-80, all we had was VisiCalc. Simple. >> Today, is there a useful spreadsheet program that does not rely on all the >> baggage associated with either an "office suite," or >> a "desktop environment?" > > I can mention `gnumeric` and if you're into Emacs I can also also > suggest SES. Plus 1 for gnumeric. Excellent. Doesn't drop data on large data sets as much vaunted proprietary programmes do. Cheers! Harry.
Re: OT: Freestanding spreadsheet program?
> Back in the good (bad?) old days of TRS-80, all we had was VisiCalc. Simple. > Today, is there a useful spreadsheet program that does not rely on all the > baggage associated with either an "office suite," or > a "desktop environment?" I can mention `gnumeric` and if you're into Emacs I can also also suggest SES. Stefan
Re: OT: Freestanding spreadsheet program?
sure, teapot. On Fri, 23 Apr 2021, Dan Ritter wrote: > Bob Bernstein wrote: > > Back in the good (bad?) old days of TRS-80, all we had was VisiCalc. Simple. > > > > Today, is there a useful spreadsheet program that does not rely on all the > > baggage associated with either an "office suite," or a "desktop > > environment?" > > > > Sure. > > treesheets > > pyspread > > sc > > -dsr- > >
Re: OT: Freestanding spreadsheet program?
Bob Bernstein wrote: > Back in the good (bad?) old days of TRS-80, all we had was VisiCalc. Simple. > > Today, is there a useful spreadsheet program that does not rely on all the > baggage associated with either an "office suite," or a "desktop > environment?" > Sure. treesheets pyspread sc -dsr-
OT: Freestanding spreadsheet program?
Back in the good (bad?) old days of TRS-80, all we had was VisiCalc. Simple. Today, is there a useful spreadsheet program that does not rely on all the baggage associated with either an "office suite," or a "desktop environment?" Thx, -- "...that there is no getting away from the central position of the individual I believe anyone can see for himself merely by observing that the individual does not regard the following to be a senseless question: "Under what conditions would you draw the conclusion that everyone in the world except yourself had gone crazy?" Bridgman _The Nature of Physical Theory_ (1936)
