On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 3:53 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> Another possibility: Use google drive/docs spreadsheet capability.
> Makes much less mess than libreoffice and will export to standard formats
Correct, though it separates my spreadsheet from the Git repository,
and means anyone else at work w
On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:08:06 PM UTC+5:30, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> I don't have Windows and since upgrading my Mac to Mavericks I no
> longer have Excel of any flavor. I have a few Excel spreadsheets in
> which I store parameters from which I generate other config files. I
> read those spreadsh
Skip Montanaro writes:
> ...
> That then puts me in the market for an xlrd
> replacement. Is there something akin to xlrd for OpenDocument
> spreadsheets?
Unlike the binary "excel" format (at least for early versions),
"OpenDocument" is a well documented
file format (a zip file containing various
> Are you familiar with emacs' org mode tables?
> http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tables
No. Thanks for the pointer.
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On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:08:06 PM UTC+5:30, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> I don't have Windows and since upgrading my Mac to Mavericks I no
> longer have Excel of any flavor. I have a few Excel spreadsheets in
> which I store parameters from which I generate other config files. I
> read those spreadsh
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Okay, I won't suggest Windows INI files, but I'll still suggest taking
> a step back and figuring out exactly what you're trying to accomplish.
> Can you separate out the real data from the formula-derived info, put
> the former into a git-
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Martin Manns wrote:
>> I am so fed up with LibreOffice's inability to properly support really
>> basic Excel capabilities, I'm about ready to throw my computer out the
>
> Could you please give some examples, what basic Excel capabilities you
> are missing?
That's
On Tue, 20 May 2014 11:38:06 -0500
Skip Montanaro wrote:
> I am so fed up with LibreOffice's inability to properly support really
> basic Excel capabilities, I'm about ready to throw my computer out the
Could you please give some examples, what basic Excel capabilities you
are missing?
> I'm op
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> Before someone suggests
> config parser/Windows INI files... A spreadsheet format is kinda handy
> in this case because I do use a few formulas to define some of the
> parameters. Adding a new row (new config file) or column (new
> parameter
I don't have Windows and since upgrading my Mac to Mavericks I no
longer have Excel of any flavor. I have a few Excel spreadsheets in
which I store parameters from which I generate other config files. I
read those spreadsheets using xlrd.
I am so fed up with LibreOffice's inability to properly sup
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