From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: Spreadsheet FR Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:09:43 -0500 Message-ID: <20100402170943.GF7194@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> References: <20100401214648.GL7262@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> <49A58658-88AF-4A88-93E9-1CDB710B08A2@gmail.com> <878w95sym0.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <20100402145516.GC7194@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NxkNX-00084Q-Vi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:09:56 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44822 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NxkNW-00084B-Pa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:09:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxkNV-0001Zt-9F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:09:54 -0400 Received: from squirtle.drak.net ([72.52.144.201]:52957) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxkNV-0001Zl-57 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:09:53 -0400 Received: from 206.180.155.43.adsl.hal-pc.org ([206.180.155.43] helo=localhost) by squirtle.drak.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxkNM-0006g6-7w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:09:44 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100402145516.GC7194@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 09:55:16AM -0500, Russell Adams wrote: > > As you can see I got rid of a few horizontal separator lines, and we > > don't currently have totals. I'll suggest fixes for that below, but my > > main point is that although it may make sense to extend org-mode, it's > > already easy to do this in org-babel. > > That's a better way to do it than properties in my opinion. > > Whether extension was required or not, my only point was that for > small lists the only reason I still use OO or Excel was for the > ability to dynamically narrow a list. > > Given org narrows outlines, I thought it might fit. One issue I just realized is that babel in this format will strictly be a *viewer*, that you could not reduce the dataset and edit it in adjacent lines. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3