[nrocinu at myrealbox.com: sc 7.16 now available]

[Steve Holmes]

I don't know how many of you folks using speakup would be interested
here but I know Gene is using it and so am I.  This is sc the
spreadsheet for linux, just another thing I can do without booting to
winblows!  This is the author's announcement of the newest release and
where to get it.

In case you're interested.

----- Forwarded message from Chuck Martin <nrocinu at myrealbox.com> -----

Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 05:12:25 -0400
From: Chuck Martin <nrocinu at myrealbox.com>
To: Chuck Martin <nrocinu at myrealbox.com>
Subject: sc 7.16 now available

It's been quite awhile since I released version 7.15 of sc, and since
that time, I've fixed quite a few bugs and made quite a few improvements
in sc to allow me to work much faster and more efficiently at my job.
Unfortunately, my job (which doesn't involve programming) has kept me
too busy to update the documentation to match the changes, and I don't
like releasing software with out-of-date documentation.  Because of this,
I now have two or three times the changes I've normally had in the past
before releasing a new version, but I finally have version 7.16 ready,
and it is now available at ibiblio.org in the usual directory (that is,
/pub/Linux/apps/financial/spreadsheet).  On the bright side, due to the
long delay, this version has been in use much more extensively, and is
probably more stable and bug-free than any previous version (although,
I'm sure there are still more bugs--there always are).

This version has far too many changes to list here, but here are a few
highlights (see the CHANGES file for a more complete list):

	- vi-like abbreviations for quicker entry of commonly
	  repeated data.
	- Shortcuts for entering navigate mode (if the last character
	  in the command is "+" or "-" when entering data in quick
	  numeric mode, the cursor controls automatically enter
	  navigate mode) and entering the @sum(some_range) function
	  (again, if the last character in the command is "+" or "-"
	  and you have a range highlighted, exiting navigate mode
	  puts the @sum function in the command line instead of just
	  the range, and if "+" or "-" is used, you will remain in
	  navigate mode so you can add or subtract more @sums easily).
	- Improved history search, including regular expressions.
	- Data may be entered row by row or column by column in a
	  framed range, without exiting the scrolling part of the
	  range, if craction is set to move down or right, and a new
	  autowrap option allows this to take place even if autoinsert
	  is set, autoinserting rows or columns only when no more
	  wrapping can be done.
	- A new copy command (c.) which automatically enters navigate
	  mode and copies the contents of the cell that is current when
	  the command is invoked to every other cell in the highlighted
	  range when the RETURN key is pressed, adjusting cell references
	  as necessary.  Also, a new pull command (p.) that does the same
	  thing, but copies the contents of the delete buffer instead.
	- Two more new pull commands, pullfmt (pf) for pulling only the
	  the formats from the delete buffer, merging them with whatever
	  is already in the destination cells, and pullcopy (pC) that
	  works like pp, but adjusts cell references like all other copy
	  operations.
	- New commands to justify or center the text (labels or strings)
	  in all cells in a range.
	- @date can now use a custom date format as a second parameter.
	- The range functions (@sum, @prod, @avg, etc.) can now accept an
	  optional expression to limit which cells in the specified range
	  should be included in the operation.
	- A new getkey command for use in macros to get a single keypress.
	- Braille mode now positions the cursor at the left of the current
	  cell, which works better with text-to-speech programs.

In addition, other users have contributed things such as limited locale
support, a history file to carry a history of commands from one session to
another, @lastrow and @lastcol functions, and plugins.  These are just a
few highlights, and the actual number of changes is much greater than this,
including a lot of bug-fixes.  Please let me know if you find any more bugs,
and have fun with the new sc.

Chuck

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