From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 12:53:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C8AE1065670 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:53:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com (mail-ew0-f209.google.com [209.85.219.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C4D68FC18 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:53:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy1 with SMTP id 1so492842ewy.33 for ; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:53:10 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.31.133 with SMTP id y5mr3383447ebc.68.1275915189931; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:53:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.213.27.211 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 05:53:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.203.42.159] In-Reply-To: <201006061956.07918.mike.jeays@rogers.com> References: <20100606203416.GF46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <201006061956.07918.mike.jeays@rogers.com> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:53:09 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: Mike Jeays Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: office apps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:53:11 -0000 On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Mike Jeays wrote: >> Short of the full suite, how about just a spreadsheet program that suppo= rts >> complex formulas and charting? =A0If it could also be used without X11 w= hen >> charting isn't needed, that would make my day. > > Gnumeric provides a good spreadsheet, although it does need X11. It suppo= rts > charting, with a good variety of options. It installed very quickly on a = Linux > system, seems much "lighter" than OpenOffice Calc, and it starts much mor= e > quickly than Calc. math/sc is a text-only (ncurses-based) version of VisiCalc. It could use some improvements though, but it's fine for small quick-n-dirty jobs. > "pkg_add -r gnumeric" should install it for you. -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/