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Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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For me spreadsheets are most useful when shared. My biggest objection - can I share with e.g. google sheets or office 365? I think it's neat for terminal usage, though. Other problem: I can vim but I prefer the emacs keybindings.

I suppose you could share using tmux or screen.

And my next question would be can this software handle concurrent writes?

If it could, that'd be an excellent solution.

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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show me how you start excel in your terminal

' open /Applications/Microsoft Excel.app/

Hmmm:

    The files /Applications/Microsoft and /Users/lsllc/Excel.app do not exist.
Missing a backslash! [0] ... how quaintly Microsoft!

/s

[0] To escape the space, or you could quote the entire argument to `open`

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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I really wanted to use this tool because I love Vim, but it just feels 'off' to me. I'm not sure why, though. In a spreadsheet, I'm used to being able to move around with arrow keys and start typing immediately. Using SCIM, it feels like I'm constantly hitting a wall. Despite that, I think the idea of a spreadsheet as a TUI is really great.

What could be a more Vim-like experience than feeling like you're constantly hitting a wall when first learning? :)

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