Spreadsheets with Vim

[mascip]

Hi there, 

I'm thinking using Vim for spreadsheets, for a few reasons:

 - you can diff it ! (For me, that's the main reason)

 - vim key mappings

 - vimscript, so I can easily program it myself

 - easy to add my own key mappings

 - faster to open and save than Libreoffice

I've done a bit of research and found these so far:

- csv.vim:      

      http://www.256bit.org/~chrisbra/csv.gif

      https://github.com/chrisbra/csv.vim

inspired by this advice for CSV files:

       http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Working_with_CSV_files

 - spreadsheet.vim: 

      http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=558

seems dead (not updated for 11 years now). But might do the job anyway?

 - vim-orgmode (vim plugin) => todo list, project planning 

 - table-mode:    

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA-ZT2r5-t0

      http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4501

not really a spreadsheet... it seems like it's for displaying something as a table.

 - Tcalc:      

      http://tcalc.berlios.de/

not really a spreadsheet: "allows you to to do all your accounting with plain text files using the full power of your favorite text editor". "It is a command line tool that operates as a filter. It processes your accounting files as it's input, performs all the calculations, and outputs a report in the format of the original file[s]."

 - sc or slsc: 

      ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slsc/

a spreadsheet with vim-like keybindings, so not strictly Vim 

Has anyone used any of these? How was it?

I would really appreciate either an answer by email, or a presentation at a VimLondon Meetup.

Cheers =)

[Drew Neil]

Pierre,

We could do with another presentation at our March meetup. Would you like to prepare something on the topic of using Vim for working with spreadsheets?

Drew

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[mascip]

I don't have the time to prepare such a presentation for March. 

Maybe in April, if I've taken the time to start using spreadsheets with Vim by then.

If anyone already has the knowledge, please share =)

Otherwise it might be me in April.

-- Pierre Masci

[Drew Neil]

That sounds good Pierre!

Drew