[comp.windows.news] How to use spreadsheet program /usr/NeWS/bin/sc?

brouwer@shapetc.UUCP (Gerrit Brouwer ) (10/19/88)

Our NeWS 1.1  distribution  for  SUN  contains  /usr/NeWS/bin/sc,
which  turns  out to be a spreadsheet program.  It invites you to
type ? for help, but it cannot find any manual pages on sc.   Can
anyone  give information or even a list of commands for this use-
ful application?

	Gerrit Brouwer
	Xelion b.v.
	Postbus 88
	2600 AB  Delft
	Netherlands

tom@tnosoes.UUCP (Tom Vijlbrief) (10/20/88)

In article <174@shapetc.UUCP> brouwer@shapetc.UUCP (Gerrit Brouwer ) writes:
>Our NeWS 1.1  distribution  for  SUN  contains  /usr/NeWS/bin/sc,
>which  turns  out to be a spreadsheet program.  It invites you to
>type ? for help, but it cannot find any manual pages on sc.   Can
>anyone  give information or even a list of commands for this use-
>ful application?

This sc is a port of the public domain sc Unix spreadsheet calculator.

A newer version was posted a few months ago. The sources of the news 'sc'
are in: /usr/NeWS/clientsrc/client/sc.

There is also a man page in that directory: sc.man

I advise getting the newer version, it is much better, although
it does not run under NeWS (which offers no advantages).
(Like any other screen oriented Unix program it uses
the /etc/termcap database and it will ofcourse run
in a normal psterm window).

Tom

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