On 12 July 2012 18:29, Nick Lidakis <nlida...@verizon.net> wrote: > Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? > > Over the years I've become more fond of the console and > ncurses applications. I've recently found myself using sc > as my first spreadsheet application for our new small > business. Doing initial sales calculations, the program is fast, > easy to use, and being ncurses very easy on the eyes. > > There's a bit of info about sc online but not much. I found a nice, > albeit dated, mini-manual online: > www.economics.utoronto.ca/jfloyd/stats/minmansc.pdf > > I can foresee issues exchanging data with people who use Excel. But then > I don't know if any of the graphical clients have that capability either. > > Thoughts? > > > P.S. I also find the command line accounting program ledger very intriguing > as well. > > > I often have mc sc fbi mpg123 mplayer on a machine for cli use, with a wm & browser for the internet.
Mainly used sc for fairly simple stuff, whatifs, etc. I like the commandline, but the internet is not friendly to text browsers. -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux
