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SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Post by jerpint »

bbor wrote: post #13

This catches my eye every time, but for day-to-day work I always fall back to Google sheets. In light of that, this browser extension I found recently has been an absolute game changer: https://github.com/philc/sheetkeys Because really, do you want all of vim in sheets, or just navigation (`i/h/j/k/gg/G/^u/^d`) and selection (`v/V`)? It has some other basic stuff, like `dd` and `o/O`, but otherwise conflicts with bro…

Awesome, thanks for sharing

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Post by trollbridge »

eterps wrote: post #19

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.

Whilst this is a neat project, it would seem the best way to get a Vim-like spreadsheet would be to build something actually in Vim.

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Post by teleforce »

lkdfjlkdfjlg wrote: post #5
opengears wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

show me how you start excel in your terminal

That's.... my point. I'm skeptical that you'd be more efficient by doing spreadsheet operations on your terminal vs just using excel on your non-terminal.

Imagine having the ability doing your budgetting spreadsheet over SSH, okay never mind ...

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Post by glandium »

conception wrote: post #33

Btw SCIM is the name of the standard for cross-domain identity management. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_for_Cross-domain_Iden... Might affect searchability.

Also, of an input method. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Common_Input_Method

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Post by Exuma »

ericpruitt wrote: post #40
khimaros wrote: post #34

tried this out a while back and ultimately settled on visidata instead https://github.com/saulpw/visidata

Could you explain what made you prefer visidata over SCIM?

for one i work with GB large files and vd instantly opens them. SCIM it took a lot of painful seconds to open 14mb file

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Post by AbraKdabra »

toenail wrote: post #29
AbraKdabra wrote: post #28

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When you don't like something that doesn't mean whatever you like is better.

I was writing that yeah, I definitely meant that to be subjective to each own, but I can't lie to myself, I mean yeah, people surely prefer Vim to whatever alternative there's available out there that makes your life less miserable, but I'm 100% sure I take my mom or your mom or some person that doesn't have the bare minimum computer knowledge and put them in front of Vim and Nano and tell them "hey here's two text editors, write something, here's a keyboard" and they won't be able to do it in Vim because you some-fucking-how need to enter insert mode to be able to write in a fucking text editor, in nano (or [inset non vim-like text editor]) you at least press a key and something happens in the screen. Software needs to be intuitive and not against the user, just imagine Notepad being like Vim, the absolute madness no? There's a thin barrier that separates subjetivity from objectivity.

Just my 2 cents.

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Post by nine_k »

29athrowaway wrote: post #11

Does it have more features than dBase IV, Quattro Pro?

I suppose it can edit much larger files, and supports vi navigation and editing commands.

And supports plugins in a much nicer language than dBase.

Now if it only supported easy form and grid-based UI builder, it would also be comparable to Clipper :)

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Post by mgerdts »

Back in the days before I found spreadsheets useful my boss was trying to get me excited about sc running on his HP workstation. That seems to be about the same time that one of the original authors was off working on something (Java) that would have more impact.

> sc-im is based on sc, whose original authors are James Gosling and Mark Weiser, and mods were later added by Chuck Martin.

Re: SCIM: Ncurses based, Vim-like spreadsheet

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Post by khimaros »

ericpruitt wrote: post #40
khimaros wrote: post #34

tried this out a while back and ultimately settled on visidata instead https://github.com/saulpw/visidata

Could you explain what made you prefer visidata over SCIM?

fast loading of massive datasets and built-in support for SQLite tables. i also found the interaction to be more intuitive, which is important for a tool i pick up sporadically.
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