From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Apr 17 15:30:21 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65E392BD73E for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:30:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@rancor.immure.com) Received: from rancor.immure.com (108-84-10-9.lightspeed.austtx.sbcglobal.net [108.84.10.9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "darth.immure.com", Issuer "darth.immure.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 493g5S3L9yz45g9 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob@rancor.immure.com) Received: from rancor.immure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rancor.immure.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 03HFUJdj016551 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:30:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@rancor.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by rancor.immure.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 03HFUJu5016550; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:30:19 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:30:19 -0500 From: Bob Willcox To: Arthur Chance Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a standalone spreadsheet program available for Freebsd? Message-ID: <20200417152842.GE894@rancor.immure.com> Reply-To: Bob Willcox References: <20200417120548.GC894@rancor.immure.com> <5dada2a9-6348-be80-b51b-303ff5b8790c@druid.net> <20200417150551.GD894@rancor.immure.com> <6c627b31-af61-96f8-bd9a-3010a52483d1@qeng-ho.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6c627b31-af61-96f8-bd9a-3010a52483d1@qeng-ho.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 493g5S3L9yz45g9 X-Spamd-Bar: ++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of bob@rancor.immure.com has no SPF policy when checking 108.84.10.9) smtp.mailfrom=bob@rancor.immure.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [4.42 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[bob@immure.com]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.29)[ip: (0.16), ipnet: 108.64.0.0/11(0.08), asn: 7018(1.24), country: US(-0.05)]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[immure.com]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.94)[0.941,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.99)[0.994,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[bob@immure.com,bob@rancor.immure.com]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7018, ipnet:108.64.0.0/11, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[bob@immure.com,bob@rancor.immure.com]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:30:21 -0000 On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 04:13:05PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 17/04/2020 16:05, Bob Willcox wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 07:32:22AM -0500, D'Arcy Cain wrote: > >> On 2020-04-17 07:05, Bob Willcox wrote: > >>> I would like to find a spreadsheet that I can run on FreeBSD in X that is > >>> essentially standalone and drag with it tons of other stuff. I have openoffice > >>> installed but it seems way over the top for my intended purpose. > >> > >> What is the intended purpose. A spreadsheet program is designed to be > >> very flexible and allow many different uses. If you have a very > >> specific use something else may make more sense and be even smaller if > >> that is one of the requirements. > >> > >> If you do need a spreadsheet anyway, knowing the intended use may > >> determine what products you need. Not all programs may have the > >> features you need. > > > > Thanks for your response. > > > > What I would like would be something simple w/o lots of features as my intended > > use is simple. I just want to be able to list expense items and their cost and > > have them added up as a monthly expense budget. That's all. > > It's not a spreadsheet or under X and so may be inappropriate for your > needs but awk with flat files could do that trivially, and it's in the > base system. Not everything needs a GUI. Yeah, I actually had considered that. I've been writing awk progams for years (since 1982) and can see where I could try that approach. Guess I was being lazy and just thinking that maybe there was something out there more like what spreadsheet programs were back in the mid '80s. -- Bob Willcox | It's possible that the whole purpose of your life is to bob@immure.com | serve as a warning to others. Austin, TX |