From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <7d3530220607241322j6909444eo2d2e61d55a02e122@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:22:00 -0700 From: "John Floren" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] missing applications In-Reply-To: <20060724141623.O3247@orthanc.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060724160009.A640A5AF70@mail.cse.psu.edu> <53f976bd0607240938i79313aa5nf6e33e176868a2bb@mail.gmail.com> <44C51F7A.4050604@lanl.gov> <7d3530220607241253h40ec710ev48b2ffee8dd02db6@mail.gmail.com> <20060724141623.O3247@orthanc.ca> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8a77c4fa-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 7/24/06, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > I make frequent use of the evil spreadsheet at work. We do a lot of > > data collection, so we need something of that sort. It's probably > > missing because implementing an Excel-alike is "boring" and somehow > > against "the Plan 9 way". > > There are at least a couple of relatively simple spread sheet programs > written in C that should port with minimal pain. None of them is suitable > if you use your spreadsheet as a typesetter. > > --lyndon > Yes, I was just now thinking of the "sc" spreadsheet program. It's a curses-based thing that runs on Linux (it's in Slackware for sure). Porting something may be the way to go. John -- TANSTAAFL! (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!)