Just a few more links: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlwt and a python-excel googlegroups list: http://groups.google.com/group/python-excel
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:06 AM, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > > Just an idea for an education-related Sage project that I hoped > others would weigh in on. > > I use gnumeric to read and write an xls file for my class > "grade sheet". This is a roster with columns for > quizzes and their average, tests, etc, and the averages > are computed using formulas just as one does for excel. > > Of course, because I like Sage I'd like to be able to do this > entirely in Sage. One problem with gnumeric is that > there is no mac version I know of. (Of course, > one could buy excel for a mac but I don't want to do that.) > More importantly though, Sage is more customizable and there > are some things that gnumeric lacks. For example, it cannot > (AFAIK) print individual records. This is something access does > and would be useful for privacy reasons. > > I looked for a python module which does reading and > writing of xls files. I found > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/python/python-excelerator > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.5.2 # only reads? > http://pyxlreader.sourceforge.net/ # only reads? > > None of this projects is a high priority but I was wondering if others > have used any open source software for grading and if so > thoughts on if it might be ported to Sage somehow. > > For example, I know nothing about moodle. Does anyone know > if moodle can be used for this? > > - David Joyner > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
