chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhat software does not exist but you wish it did?message-squaremessage-square230linkfedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareblitzen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 days agoI want stand-alone spreadsheet tables. Like if I wanted a 3x6 grid that acts like a spreadsheet, without out all of the chrome of a spreadsheet program. If not that, system wide spreadsheet functionality whenever a table is invoked.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI mean, he’s not wrong, but it involves learning emacs and elisp, which is kind of a substantial bar.
minus-squareLumpyPancakes@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI think tables in Word can be made to do that, but I forget what the field definitions etc are, and it’s probably too limited for your desires.
minus-squareSean Payne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThis is a fantastic idea. Could it already be done with Jupyter Notebooks? I’ve never used Jupyter before, but it seems like this would be close.
I want stand-alone spreadsheet tables. Like if I wanted a 3x6 grid that acts like a spreadsheet, without out all of the chrome of a spreadsheet program.
If not that, system wide spreadsheet functionality whenever a table is invoked.
Org mode my dude or dudette.
I’ll have to give that a go. Thanks.
I mean, he’s not wrong, but it involves learning emacs and elisp, which is kind of a substantial bar.
I think tables in Word can be made to do that, but I forget what the field definitions etc are, and it’s probably too limited for your desires.
This is a fantastic idea. Could it already be done with Jupyter Notebooks? I’ve never used Jupyter before, but it seems like this would be close.