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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics

owl
SubjectRe: spreadsheet ergonomics
Fromowl
Date04/05/2017 03:14 (04/05/2017 01:14)
Message-ID<avx89zb.f8c9a@rooftop.invalid>
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Newsgroupscomp.os.linux.advocacy
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FollowupsSnit (26m) > owl

Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>wrote:

Snit
On 4/4/17, 3:38 PM, in article ahbiz003.buyr@rooftop.invalid, "owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid>wrote:

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owl
Here's a creation process for you:

https://vid.me/pG0C

zero to 52000 tables in 2.57 seconds. Each with locked labels and formulas. Instantaneous jump to any table.

Snit
But you will not show the type work we have been doing with multiple tables all showing and being interrelated and updating automatically?

owl
I've already shown that.

Snit
Great... then point to the video where you created it by scratch (not running a script where you have preset a single task).

I have asked you repeatedly why it is that you want a video of me typing in vim. Still no answer.

For that matter, did you ever even get a set of tables on a single sheet where you can update any table and have it flow through without flickering? If so would love to see how.

You are aware that sc only presents one sheet at a time. It is necessary to use multiple sheets to have floating tables. This has been shown to you multiple times already, and, aside from the Mack fluff, ever functional aspect has been addressed.

With YOUR suggestion, with an open source tool, we saw the hazard: an unknowing person could have lost data. Twice.

owl
We saw you move the goalposts beyond the specifications.

Snit
Yeah, I merely noted I wanted an open file to be renamed

owl
And that specification was met.

Snit
Very, very poorly, sure (as shown by the context I have returned... which you snipped). Really, you offered no REASONABLE solution.

owl
You don't get to change the specification after the fact.

Snit
LOL! Yeah, no assuming you have enough common sense to figure out people do not want to lose data. Repeatedly.

Where is the "common sense" in renaming an open file?

Seriously, if you are claiming that concept goes over your head then you must be the world's worst scripter.

I have also shown you a solution that does not lose data in other open files:

https://vid.me/XLwZ

owl
It is your responsibility to detail everything you expect from a solution.

Snit
The assumption of basic common sense is included in everything I say.

A written specification represents the totality of the requirments.

Snit (26m) > owl