Re: Scriptsheets

2017-11-03 Thread Matt Birkholz
On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 07:31 +, trent shipley wrote: > > > My understanding is that's a complete programming paradigm. > > > > Fun!  Can you do it with coconuts? > > If you have a very fault tolerant Babbage class computer, you can > probably do it with coconuts. Yeah, physical exertion on to

Re: Scriptsheets

2017-11-03 Thread trent shipley
. Emacs can be SO cool. How do you use the spreadsheet. Can you program in the spreadsheet? I didn't mean for my little prototype to imply I'm dreaming of a text tool. I want Scriptsheets to be a GUI environment (by stealing from the likes of GNUmeric or LibreOffice Calc); albeit a mini

Re: Scriptsheets

2017-11-02 Thread Matt Birkholz
On Thu, 2017-11-02 at 17:51 +, trent shipley wrote: > Right, it's not scripting using a classic programming environment, > like VBA, the BASIC that comes with LibreOffice, or  Python.  > > The idea is that you extend the spreadsheet idiom to program the > spreadsheet from a sheet or virtual wo

Re: Scriptsheets

2017-11-02 Thread trent shipley
programmable without leaving the >> spreadsheet environment or paradigm. >> >> The long paper should be ready to put on the internet in a week or two. >> I'd be interested in any thoughts about how to do that too. >> >> Regards, >> >> Trent >>

Re: Scriptsheets

2017-11-02 Thread Stephen Partington
g the > spreadsheet environment or paradigm. > > The long paper should be ready to put on the internet in a week or two. > I'd be interested in any thoughts about how to do that too. > > Regards, > > Trent > > --

Re: Scriptsheets

2017-11-02 Thread techlists
or two. I'd > be interested in any thoughts about how to do that too. > > Regards, > > Trent > > ---- > > Scriptsheets: A Spreadsheet You Can Program from the Sheet Environment > Scriptsheets v0e0r0b0. First Proposal (unstable, draft) >

Scriptsheets

2017-11-02 Thread trent shipley
es be programmable without leaving the spreadsheet environment or paradigm. The long paper should be ready to put on the internet in a week or two. I'd be interested in any thoughts about how to do that too. Regards, Trent ---