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▲L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility (self.__VINEXT_RSC_CHUNKS__=self.__VINEXT_RSC_CHUNKS__||[];self.__VINEXT_RSC_CHUNKS__.push("2:I[\"aadde9aaef29\",[],\"default\",1]\n3:I[\"6e873226e03b\",[],\"Children\",1]\n5:I[\"bc2946a341c8\",[],\"LayoutSegmentProvider\",1]\n6:I[\"6e873226e03b\",[],\"Slot\",1]\n7:I[\"3506b3d116f7\",[],\"ErrorBoundary\",1]\n8:I[\"a9bbde40cf2d\",[],\"default\",1]\n9:I[\"3506b3d116f7\",[],\"NotFoundBoundary\",1]\na:\"$Sreact.suspense\"\n:HL[\"/assets/index-BLEkI_5r.css\",\"style\"]\n")="_blank">github.com)

39 points by duane1024 3 hours ago | 14 comments

recsv-heredoc 2 hours ago [-]

I can highly suggest visidata! https://www.visidata.org

It's an incredibly useful piece of software for data wrangling and exploration.

bb88 5 minutes ago [-]

I remember being a teenager and building forms using the Lotus 123 WYSIWYG graphics.

nhatcher 1 hours ago [-]

Cool to see this here! There are quite a few other terminal based spreadsheet people have been doing over the last few years.

Most notably:

https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im

Has been in HN often, most recently:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662658

New takes: https://github.com/zaphar/sheetsui https://github.com/garritfra/cell

easygenes 1 hours ago [-]

Very early in my career I made friends with the business’s sole Lotus Notes administrator, "the email server guy." He was pretty proud of what it could do, and I sometimes get nostalgic for the admin UI.

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create_accounts 2 hours ago [-]

It would be great to have a terminal compatible Wordperfect alternative, like in the MS DOS days. Can you use Vim to edit documents for printing?

duane1024 2 hours ago [-]

I started this project because I was nostalgic for Lotus 1-2-3, but I really really really loved WordPerfect. I'm afraid of starting that project, however, as it might take over my life :) I used to use WordPerfect 5.1 on a 386 PC to edit my school newspaper with multiple columns, graphics, custom fonts, etc. No WYSIWYG, just the power of Alt+F3 (Reveal Codes)!

gerdesj 1 hours ago [-]

I still have an original cardboard strip with the function key codes on it somewhere. Ctrl-F9 ... font (I think, it was rather a long time ago).

LeoPanthera 52 minutes ago [-]

Wordgrinder. https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder

bananapub 1 hours ago [-]

https://github.com/taviso/wpunix

bitwize 2 hours ago [-]

Yes, if you use a formatter like LaTeX. The beauty part is, "Reveal Codes" is always on!

manithree 1 hours ago [-]

As a big fan of WordPerfect on my first DOS machine (286 clone), I agree. I respect authors like GRRM for sticking with WordStar, but whenever I get nostalgic and wondering about WordPerfect in DosBox, I remember I use emacs and typst. All the good things about WordPerfect, but vastly superior.

bitwize 22 minutes ago [-]

I keep seeing ads for expensive "writerdecks" that run between $500 and $1200 and have a bare-minimum OS that is intended for distraction-free writing. I keep wondering how these are any better than an old laptop, FreeDOS, and WordPerfect 5.2, except as Veblen goods.

tswq 58 minutes ago [-]

Doesn't seem as useful as visidata. Will check out though! Looks like a fun weekend project :)

LeoPanthera 52 minutes ago [-]

See also Wordgrinder, a text-mode word processor. (As distinct from a text editor.) https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder

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