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- From: Tom Lord <lord+@andrew.cmu.edu>
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- Subject: [gnu.utils.bug] Oleo 1.2
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- Date: 7 Jan 1993 23:44:40 GMT
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- Archive-name: auto/gnu.utils.bug/Oleo-1-2
-
- This message announces the availability of Oleo version 1.2 (a beta
- release). This version is available for ftp from:
-
- prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/oleo-1.2.tar.Z
-
- Oleo is a spreadsheet program (better for you than the more expensive
- spreadsheet). It supports X windows and character-based terminals, and
- can generate embedded PostScript(*) renditions of spreadsheets.
- Keybindings should be familiar to Emacs users and are configurable by
- users.
-
- This is primarily a bugfix release; this version should be
- considerably more robust than previous releases. Many commands that
- used to reliably coredump have been fixed.
-
- Please report bugs to the mailing list:
- bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
-
- >From the NEWS file:
-
- ===== Oleo 1.2 =====
-
-
- * New command line options
-
- --version or -v: print out a version number
- --quiet or -q: don't print the disclaimer
- --ignore-init-file or -f: don't read commands from .oleorc or ~/.oleorc
-
- * New commands/Changes to commands
-
- write-variables: writes to a file or pipe the values of all variables
- that are bound to cells. Variables bound to regions are not
- written.
-
- read-variables: The inverse of write-variables. Variables that are
- bound to a range cause an error. Variables not bound to a
- cell are ignored.
-
- Format-cell and format-region can now be used to set cell fonts.
-
- set-region-forumla: This can be used to edit many cells at once.
-
- {upper,lower}-{left,right}: These commands go to extremes. They are
- bound to M-{^Y ^U ^B and ^N}.
-
- {insert,delete}-{row,column}: new commands bound to ^O, ^K, M-^O, M-^K.
-
- {move,copy}-region: these commands now work (at least for many test cases).
-
- exchange-point-and-mark: ^X ^X
-
- * File Format Changes
-
- SYLK mode appears to have changed at some time in the past. Older
- (and correct, i presume) versions write cell references in a0
- format. The last alpha and early beta releases use rc format.
- Now there are two file formats ``sylk'' and ``sylk-noa0''.
- If older sylk files don't work with one, they may with the other.
- Hopefully, between them, all oleo-generated sylk files can be read.
- Users are encouraged to read and write files in ``oleo'' format (the
- default).
-
- Oleo file format has changed in a (hopefully) upward compatable way.
-
- When reading sylk or oleo files, a format error now causes the read
- to be aborted.
-
- Oleo no longer generates a panic file on any signal (it dumps core
- like everyone else).
-
- * X tweaks
-
- The window now has a title.
-
- Whatever key corresponds to Mod1Mask is treated as a meta key.
-
- The resources oleo.geometry, oleo.foreground and oleo.background
- have the expected effects.
-
- * New formula functions
-
- In the `cells' package there is a new function vlookup_str that can
- be used to search a table, using a keyword string. See USING.
-
-
- [ Soon to be at these ftp sites as well. Please try them
- before prep.ai.mit.edu! thanx -gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
-
- Japan: ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp, utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:ftpsync/prep
- Australia: archie.oz.au:gnu
- Europe: src.doc.ic.ac.uk:gnu, ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de,
- ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:pub/gnu, nic.funet.fi:pub/gnu,
- ugle.unit.no, isy.liu.se, ftp.stacken.kth.se, ftp.win.tue.nl,
- ftp.denet.dk, ftp.eunet.ch, archive.eu.net
- United States: wuarchive.wustl.edu, ftp.cs.widener.edu,
- uxc.cso.uiuc.edu, col.hp.com, gatekeeper.dec.com:pub/GNU,
- ftp.uu.net:systems/gnu
-
- For information on how to order GNU software on tape or
- cd-rom, check the file etc/DISTRIB in the GNU Emacs
- distribution, or e-mail a request to: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
- ]
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