On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:08:06 PM UTC+5:30, Skip Montanaro wrote: > I don't have Windows and since upgrading my Mac to Mavericks I no > longer have Excel of any flavor. I have a few Excel spreadsheets in > which I store parameters from which I generate other config files. I > read those spreadsheets using xlrd.
> I am so fed up with LibreOffice's inability to properly support really > basic Excel capabilities, I'm about ready to throw my computer out the > window. So, I'm looking for alternatives. Before someone suggests > config parser/Windows INI files... A spreadsheet format is kinda handy > in this case because I do use a few formulas to define some of the > parameters. Adding a new row (new config file) or column (new > parameter) is a breeze. Are you familiar with emacs' org mode tables? http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tables -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
