On Tue, 17 May 2011 01:27:50 -0600, Chad Perrin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 05:13:48PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > > > Gnumeric I use more frequently (for spreadsheets). I hate having to > > start up that monolithic libreoffice just to do a spreadsheet, but that > > would be a HAL-free alternative. > > When I'm creating something from scratch that some people would consider > an ideal task for a spreadsheet, I tend to just start practicing my > complex data structure skills in Ruby. I guess I'm weird, but I loathe > spreadsheets in general.
I've done something similarly insane for a documentation project: Here, the main document was made in LaTeX, and there were CSV (comma seperated values) files with numerical data and text. Those were then processed by awk scripts that did the "calculation part"; their result were LaTeX includes that were then sourced by \input. Another file was made with definitions of macros that hold intermediate or result values for use inside the text. Additionally, output was given in gnuplot form and then processed by that utility, the result was eps or png graphics also for inclusion in the document. The whole play was controlled by a quite simple Makefile that caused a "make" call to process the files that had changed. Just imagine: Change a value in a table, run "make", and have all the results (tables, figures, mentionings in text) change automatically. The result was a PDF file for sending and for printing. Of course, it is totally insane to do so. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
