From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet editing directly from within emacs. Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 09:05:57 +0300 Message-ID: References: <86lfdhfpbl.fsf@gmail.com> <87r1n7nsfd.fsf@emailmessageidheader.nil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12128"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 08 07:08:53 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kxkxA-000352-Kk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 07:08:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54700 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxkx9-00044q-NC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 01:08:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39894) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxkwn-00044d-Jj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 01:08:29 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:60511) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxkwl-0001Xc-Of for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2021 01:08:29 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.210.145.49]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000296BE9.000000005FF7F6D9.000060EB; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 23:08:24 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87r1n7nsfd.fsf@emailmessageidheader.nil> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:127095 Archived-At: * Bob Newell [2020-12-30 19:57]: > > andres.ramirez writes: > > > Emacs has an spreadsheet mode builtin: > > > > (info "(ses) Quick Tutorial") > > > > ses-mode could be embedded within an 'org source code block'. > > > > Perhaps someone has a tool for converting ms-spreadsheet files to > > ses-mode. > > Aloha everyone, > > I've used SES in the past with good results. I've found it > easier to use than org-mode spreadsheets, although that said, > I often do go with org-mode just to keep things in one file, > and within the org-mode ecosystem. Just to mention, SES mode is fine for smaller values, when it starts becoming big, it slows down very much, including for empty cells, and if it is doing something in background and I interrupt it with C-g, the file gets corrupted. In general it is good for simpler purposes, not for serious data handling. Jean