I have a very wide "tab delimited" file that I need to edit in an ssh console. I've been downloading it, editing it with OpenOffice, then re-uploading it but aside from being tedious, that isn't always possible if I don't have my laptop handy. Does anyone have any recommendations for a curses based program that would make my life easier? I have no requirements other than editing and preserving the file's tab structure in columns. If it can keep the top row (the column labels) in view while editing that would be a bonus. -- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca
Sorry I can't hold back on this one.... awk!!!! FTW! On 2009-12-21, at 11:30 AM, John Lange wrote:
I have a very wide "tab delimited" file that I need to edit in an ssh console.
I've been downloading it, editing it with OpenOffice, then re-uploading it but aside from being tedious, that isn't always possible if I don't have my laptop handy.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a curses based program that would make my life easier? I have no requirements other than editing and preserving the file's tab structure in columns. If it can keep the top row (the column labels) in view while editing that would be a bonus.
-- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca
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-- Sean
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:34:44AM -0600, Sean Cody wrote:
Sorry I can't hold back on this one....
awk!!!! FTW!
For a curses spreadsheet try sc. Scott -- Scott L. Balneaves | "I know not with what weapons World War III will be Systems Department | fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks Legal Aid Manitoba | and stones." -- Albert Einstein
Hi John .. in the days of VMS -- we used to use S20/20 :-) but .. doing a quick check . .it seems "SC" may be what you're looking for. Dan. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote:
I have a very wide "tab delimited" file that I need to edit in an ssh console.
I've been downloading it, editing it with OpenOffice, then re-uploading it but aside from being tedious, that isn't always possible if I don't have my laptop handy.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a curses based program that would make my life easier? I have no requirements other than editing and preserving the file's tab structure in columns. If it can keep the top row (the column labels) in view while editing that would be a bonus.
-- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca
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vi emacs etc. On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote:
I have a very wide "tab delimited" file that I need to edit in an ssh console.
I've been downloading it, editing it with OpenOffice, then re-uploading it but aside from being tedious, that isn't always possible if I don't have my laptop handy.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a curses based program that would make my life easier? I have no requirements other than editing and preserving the file's tab structure in columns. If it can keep the top row (the column labels) in view while editing that would be a bonus.
-- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca
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Thanks to those that suggested "sc". It however does not appear to be supported or developed any longer and there are no SUSE packages for it. I could compile it but ultimately I need something that will work in production so I'd rather avoid that. Stuart suggested vi or emacs but I could not get either of them to display tabs in columns. I also tried 'joe', and 'nano'. No luck. Regards, -- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 16:44 -0600, Stuart Williams wrote:
vi emacs etc.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote: I have a very wide "tab delimited" file that I need to edit in an ssh console.
I've been downloading it, editing it with OpenOffice, then re-uploading it but aside from being tedious, that isn't always possible if I don't have my laptop handy.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a curses based program that would make my life easier? I have no requirements other than editing and preserving the file's tab structure in columns. If it can keep the top row (the column labels) in view while editing that would be a bonus.
-- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca
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On 2009-12-22 13:59, John Lange wrote:
Thanks to those that suggested "sc". It however does not appear to be supported or developed any longer and there are no SUSE packages for it. I could compile it but ultimately I need something that will work in production so I'd rather avoid that.
A couple other outdated, text-mode spreadsheets you might have more luck with... GNU Oleo: http://www.gnu.org/software/oleo/ SIAG: http://siag.nu/siag/ Both of these provided both an X11-based GUI as well as a text-based interface (curses?). Oleo is no longer maintained. Siag seems to be a little less dated. Not sure about package availability for OpenSUSE for either of these. -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil@cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609
In emacs, M-x set-variable tab-width N where N is wider than your widest column datum should work, unless I'm not understanding what you mean by displaying tabs in columns. If you don't want all the columns displaying the same width, use M-x edit-tab-stops to customize them. Then there's SES mode, a spreadsheet written in emacs, which I've never used and probably never will, but it's always fun to try to think of some application that couldn't or hasn't been written in emacs and then get surprised to find it has. Stuart. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote:
Thanks to those that suggested "sc". It however does not appear to be supported or developed any longer and there are no SUSE packages for it. I could compile it but ultimately I need something that will work in production so I'd rather avoid that.
Stuart suggested vi or emacs but I could not get either of them to display tabs in columns.
I also tried 'joe', and 'nano'. No luck.
Regards, -- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 16:44 -0600, Stuart Williams wrote:
vi emacs etc.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote: I have a very wide "tab delimited" file that I need to edit in an ssh console.
I've been downloading it, editing it with OpenOffice, then re-uploading it but aside from being tedious, that isn't always possible if I don't have my laptop handy.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a curses based program that would make my life easier? I have no requirements other than editing and preserving the file's tab structure in columns. If it can keep the top row (the column labels) in view while editing that would be a bonus.
-- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca
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In emacs, M-x set-variable tab-width N where N is wider than your widest column datum should work, unless I'm not understanding what you mean by displaying tabs in columns. If you don't want all the columns displaying the same width, use M-x edit-tab-stops to customize them. Then there's SES mode, a spreadsheet written in emacs, which I've never used and probably never will, but it's always fun to try to think of some application that couldn't or hasn't been written in emacs and then get surprised to find it has. Stuart. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote:
Thanks to those that suggested "sc". It however does not appear to be supported or developed any longer and there are no SUSE packages for it. I could compile it but ultimately I need something that will work in production so I'd rather avoid that.
Stuart suggested vi or emacs but I could not get either of them to display tabs in columns.
I also tried 'joe', and 'nano'. No luck.
Regards, -- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 16:44 -0600, Stuart Williams wrote:
vi emacs etc.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, John Lange <john@johnlange.ca> wrote: I have a very wide "tab delimited" file that I need to edit in an ssh console.
I've been downloading it, editing it with OpenOffice, then re-uploading it but aside from being tedious, that isn't always possible if I don't have my laptop handy.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a curses based program that would make my life easier? I have no requirements other than editing and preserving the file's tab structure in columns. If it can keep the top row (the column labels) in view while editing that would be a bonus.
-- John Lange http://www.johnlange.ca
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On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Stuart Williams <stuartw@mts.net> wrote:
... it's always fun to try to think of some application that couldn't or hasn't been written in emacs and then get surprised to find it has.
emacs is still missing a decent text editor. *ducks* Sean -- Sean Walberg <sean@ertw.com> http://ertw.com/
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