sc-im Spreadsheets in Your Terminal

(github.com)

63 points | by m-hodges 2 hours ago

8 comments

  • vrighter 2 minutes ago
    lots of bugs and crashes last time I tried it. Should see if it improved
  • freedomben 1 hour ago
    I tried this out when it was mentioned a few weeks ago[1].

    It's pretty neat but does have a number of bugs. The packaged version also doesn't have xls support compiled in (at least on Fedora) which is unfortunate, though building is fairly easy[2].

    I love the idea of it though, so I'm really hoping these issues get ironed out! I'm happy to help contribute if maintainers are willing.

    [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47457009

    [2] https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im/wiki/Building-sc%E2%80...

  • dodomodo 49 minutes ago
    I think spreadsheets are a greater example of something that require the subtleties of an actual GUI. This is most obvious with the various plots which are hilariously imprecise. But the advantages of GUI are also present when just using the spreadsheet itself, it's ability to convey the skeuomorphic two dimensional space is much greater.

    And it's not like the terminal can't be a greater data processing tool, but you have to use different paradigms.

    Still from an esthetical perspective I love those simple TUI interfaces. They invoke a weird sense of comfort in me that I can't fully explain.

    • akavel 1 minute ago
      Lol, young padawan, check up those weird old programs that were called "VisiCalc" and "Lotus 1-2-3".
    • freedomben 13 minutes ago
      > I think spreadsheets are a greater example of something that require the subtleties of an actual GUI

      I've been wondering about this too. I think a great TUI could get it done though, but it remains to be seen how it could really stack up. If I didn't have so many projects already, I'd give this a shot because I would really love a "vim" for spreadsheets

  • chadrs 27 minutes ago
    I love this but with all the advances of TUI frameworks, using C + ncurses feels like such a hard path.
    • talideon 19 minutes ago
      It's a tool with a long vintage, and it wouldn't make sense to port it to a different language just to take advantage of the likes of bubbletea or textual.
      • freedomben 11 minutes ago
        Agreed. Also for something this complex, performance isn't going to be automatically good enough I suspect.
    • dafty4 20 minutes ago
      Cool which newer TUI frameworks do you prefer?
  • nickandbro 18 minutes ago
    Love vim stye editing
  • thesuitonym 1 hour ago
    I'd love if this had support for saving as xlsx. Being able to open them is nice, but it would be great if I could collaborate with MS Office users without them ever knowing.
  • drumhead 1 hour ago
    So Lotus 1-2-3
    • talideon 17 minutes ago
      But originating on Unix in '81, and thus predating Lotus 1-2-3 by ~2 years.
  • baldr333 1 hour ago
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    • freedomben 1 hour ago
      > Very shitty software.

      To be even remotely constructive, you're going to need to be a little more specific.