04.17.06
Spreadsheets in TextMate?
For a while now I’ve been using spreadsheet programs for very simple tasks, namely keeping grade records for my classes, and it frustrates me how over-bloated they are. Given my modest needs, all one would need is a decent editor, and an appropriate grammar to emulate a basic spreadsheet, right? Well, we’ve got a great editor, so all that was left was the syntax. Here is a screencast demonstrating the first steps toward such a syntax and tools around it. It’s very sort, only 30 seconds, more of a “proof of concept” kind of thing. I should point out that moving around is done via the enter and tab keys combined with shift for backward movement, but of course they are customizable. The Spreadsheet Bundle is a work in progress and not yet ready for the repository, but if anyone is interested in playing with it, or helping out in general, please email me or post a comment.
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