Re: [OctDev] gnumericread, gnumericfinfo

[Josep i T. <jm...@pu...>]

On dj, 2004-09-23 at 00:32, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> I have tried gnumeric, and it does seem like a satisfactory spreadsheet.
>   IIRC, it's graphing was better than OO.o.  However, I use OO.o when I
> need traditional office software (including spreadsheets) due to its
> multi-platform support.  Whatever I do in OO.o I can teach to someone
> using OO.o in Windows.

Yes... that's true... what I like about gnumeric is that it can handle
very large files. Larger than OOo or Excel can (in the same computer, of
course). It also has a very good support of Excel files. I don't expect
very sophisticated mathematical functions in a spreadsheet. For that I
use Octave.

>=20
> Your idea of an interface between spreadsheet software and octave is a
> good one, though.  Spreadsheets are great for visualizing data, but
> operating on that data can be difficult, especially when lists are
> variable lengths.  Hope it goes well for you!


hehe... I'll use it to process data that has been introduced by other
people (which find anything that sounds like programming to difficult,
or uninteresting, for them). Well... actually for my girlfriend's
thesis.

BTW, I didn't have any idea... This is just like xlsread (and behaviour
should be compatible with it), but for a better spreadsheet :)


Regards!
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Josep Mon=E9s i Teixidor
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