sdp@cditi.UUCP (Steve Poling) (09/08/89)
Does anyone out in netland know of a freely distributable (cheap) Unix spreadsheet program, hopefully written in C, our site doesn't have a lot of fortran compilers, and my fortran is intentionally rusty. Thanks a 10^6, Steve Poling CDI Technologies Inc ....uunet!cditi!sdp
jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (09/09/89)
In article <573@cditi.UUCP> sdp@cditi.UUCP (Steve Poling) writes: >Does anyone out in netland know of a freely distributable (cheap) >Unix spreadsheet program, hopefully written in C, our site doesn't >have a lot of fortran compilers, and my fortran is intentionally >rusty. > >Thanks a 10^6, >Steve Poling >CDI Technologies Inc >....uunet!cditi!sdp Yes. Volume 18 of the comp.sources.unix archives contain sc6.1 in four shar files, part01, part02, part03 and part04. It's a very good spreadsheet, which comes with lots of documentation. Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-4261 Home: 617-782-0710
phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (09/11/89)
> Yes. Volume 18 of the comp.sources.unix archives contain sc6.1 in >four shar files, part01, part02, part03 and part04. It's a very good Well, I just downloaded sc, and it seems to be quite an effort. 2 tips for compilation under gnu gcc. You need to set -fwritable-strings as an option, and edit the source files so that your ctl() macros work (no space between ctl and '(' and quote the character in the call, not the definition. Incidentally, my computer was a NeXT, running Mach (a BSD 4.3 clone). The best thing is that it comes with source. The worst thing is that it is NOT Lotus 1-2-3 compatible, neither in appearance, nor command set nor file structure. While I understand that file compatibility requires major effort, I think it would benefit a lot of people if the thing was set up so that Lotus commands work. I.e. / commands should offer all commands. My second problem is that I didn't find a way---yet---to read in a free form numerical database of my own (i.e., where I wish that each number was put in the next cell. /ivo phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
sfreed@tesla.unm.edu (Steve Freed) (09/11/89)
phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >The worst thing is that it is NOT Lotus 1-2-3 compatible, neither in >appearance, nor command set nor file structure. >I think it would benefit a lot of people if the thing was set up so that >Lotus commands work. Well, it looks like you have a big programming job ahead of you. Please let me know when it is done because I know a lot of people who would like a copy. ...that's why the real powerful ones aren't free. -- Steve. sfreed@ariel.unm.edu
rusty@fe2o3.UUCP (Rusty Haddock) (09/12/89)
In article <5343@tank.uchicago.edu> phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >The best thing is that it comes with source. The worst thing is that it is >NOT Lotus 1-2-3 compatible, neither in appearance, nor command set nor file >structure. And it doesn't draw pretty little color graphs either. 1/2 :-} I may be wrong, but didn't James Gosling start on VC {\bf BEFORE} 1-2-3 became the success it is today? > While I understand that file compatibility requires major effort, >I think it would benefit a lot of people if the thing was set up so that >Lotus commands work. I.e. / commands should offer all commands. My second I guess we can't please everyone all the time especially if you want something new and different. Personally, I like the little bugger of a program and believe that everything shouldn't go looking like Lotus 1-2-3 or a Macintosh. Heck, if that happened someone could get sued(sp?)!!! Then again, I wonder what it would take to write a program to convert Loti spreadsheets to SC form and back? Still, for running under almost any version of Unix (SysV, BSD, Xenix, et al), complete with sources, available for FREE! it's that the best thing since sliced bread. Robert Bond, especially, has my kudos for all the work that has been put into SC/VC making it better and much nicer looking with each revision! >problem is that I didn't find a way---yet---to read in a free form numerical >database of my own (i.e., where I wish that each number was put in the next >cell. Try the `psc' utility that came with SC 6.1. You may have to ``rigid-up'' your free form a little bit but it'll get your numbers in there. -Rusty- -- Rusty Haddock o {uunet,att,rutgers}!mimsy.umd.edu!fe2o3!rusty Laurel, Maryland o "IBM sucks silicon!" -- PC Banana Jr, "Bloom County"
jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) (09/13/89)
rusty@fe2o3.UUCP (Rusty Haddock) writes: >Try the `psc' utility that came with SC 6.1. You may have to ``rigid-up'' >your free form a little bit but it'll get your numbers in there. Is SC 6.1 the latest version? JB -- Jonathan Bayer Intelligent Software Products, Inc. (201) 245-5922 500 Oakwood Ave. jbayer@ispi.COM Roselle Park, NJ 07204
rusty@fe2o3.UUCP (Rusty Haddock) (09/15/89)
jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes: >rusty@fe2o3.UUCP (Rusty Haddock) writes: >>Try the `psc' utility that came with SC 6.1. You may have to ``rigid-up'' >>your free form a little bit but it'll get your numbers in there. >Is SC 6.1 the latest version? If you want just the psc utility, I can mail it to you. It should work with almost any version. As to SC 6.1 being the latest: as far as I and the comp.sources.* archiver know it is. If anyone know differently please let me know where I can get it. Thanks! -Rusty- -- Rusty Haddock o {uunet,att,rutgers}!mimsy.umd.edu!fe2o3!rusty Laurel, Maryland o "IBM sucks silicon!" -- PC Banana Jr, "Bloom County"
jdc@naucse.UUCP (John Campbell) (09/20/89)
From article <224@fe2o3.UUCP>, by rusty@fe2o3.UUCP (Rusty Haddock):
: In article <5343@tank.uchicago.edu> phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
: >The best thing is that it comes with source. The worst thing is that it is
: >NOT Lotus 1-2-3 compatible, neither in appearance, nor command set nor file
: >structure.
:
: And it doesn't draw pretty little color graphs either. 1/2 :-}
: I may be wrong, but didn't James Gosling start on VC {\bf BEFORE}
: 1-2-3 became the success it is today?
Ah, but a few of us who have gnuplot laying around note that it *is* possible
to make little graphs jump out of SC. Ripping off all the low level
drivers from gnuplot should make the task doable in *someone's* free time.
(My free time is < 0, otherwise I'd be working on it...)
--
John Campbell ...!arizona!naucse!jdc
CAMPBELL@NAUVAX.bitnet
unix? Sure send me a dozen, all different colors.