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Re: Reading OpenOffice spreadsheet in Python?

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On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:08:06 PM UTC+5:30, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> I don't have Windows and since upgrading my Mac to Mavericks I no
> longer have Excel of any flavor. I have a few Excel spreadsheets in
> which I store parameters from which I generate other config files. I
> read those spreadsheets using xlrd.

> I am so fed up with LibreOffice's inability to properly support really
> basic Excel capabilities, I'm about ready to throw my computer out the
> window. So, I'm looking for alternatives. Before someone suggests
> config parser/Windows INI files... A spreadsheet format is kinda handy
> in this case because I do use a few formulas to define some of the
> parameters. Adding a new row (new config file) or column (new
> parameter) is a breeze. 

Are you familiar with emacs' org mode tables?

http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tables

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Reading OpenOffice spreadsheet in Python? Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-05-20 11:38 -0500
  Re: Reading OpenOffice spreadsheet in Python? Martin Manns <mmanns@gmx.net> - 2014-05-20 21:45 +0200
    Re: Reading OpenOffice spreadsheet in Python? Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-05-20 17:08 -0500
  Re: Reading OpenOffice spreadsheet in Python? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-20 18:19 -0700
    Re: Reading OpenOffice spreadsheet in Python? Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-05-20 20:33 -0500
  Re: Reading OpenOffice spreadsheet in Python? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-21 01:53 -0700
    Re: Reading OpenOffice spreadsheet in Python? Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-05-21 09:24 -0500

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