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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: spreadsheet ergonomics
Date	2017-04-05 22:05 +0000
Organization	O.W.L.
Message-ID	<avb990q2.bvh3@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> On 4/5/17, 2:06 PM, in article acz903.bh3@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> 
> ...
>>>>> Missed it. Can you show the link... ONE sheet with tons of tables. Would
>>>>> like to see it.
>>>>>  
>>>> I smell an argument about tables vs sheets coming on...
>>> 
>>> If sc uses different definitions than what I have been using that is fine...
>>> but I have been very clear what I mean by a "sheet" and a "table". From what
>>> I understand sc has nothing similar to the concept of a "sheet" at all.
>> 
>> There's no functional difference between "sheets" and "tables."  They are
>> just labels for particular implementations of spreadsheet functionality,
>> with only slight differences in presentation.  It's all just tabular
>> data with numeric capabilities.
> 
> You are speaking in terms of sc and not in general, right? If so, thanks.
> Even for MS Office they are pretty much the same (though not always), but in
> Numbers they are very different and it is common to have more than one table
> per sheet (and more than one sheet per file, and more than one file per
> window though the use of tabs).
> 

That's all presentation.  How are tables and sheets "very different"?
For that matter, how are they different in any way?

>>>> Anyway, here's the original vid:
>>>> https://vid.me/pG0C
>>> 
>>> You ran a script which you had already pre-written... which is fine but
>>> somehow you forgot to mention that. :)
>> 
>> But I can run it again and again, and it's flexible in the number
>> of tables, number of rows to add, etc.
> 
> Sure, you can change the script... and no doubt even if we cannot find a
> real-world use for your exact example it is demonstrative of a huge benefit
> of sc.
> 
>>> Anyway, still not sure what you mean by a "sheet".
>> 
>> It's all the same thing.
> 
> In sc. Thank you.
> 
> 

Other than positioning and presentation, what is the difference between
a table and a sheet in Numbers?

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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-04 02:30 +0000
  Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-03 20:26 -0700
    Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-04 04:45 +0000
      Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 09:29 -0700
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          Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 14:20 -0700
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                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 19:27 -0700
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                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-05 20:39 +0000
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                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-06 02:01 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-05 19:08 -0700
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2017-04-06 05:51 +0000
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                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-06 09:00 -0700
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                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-06 01:34 +0000
                Re: spreadsheet ergonomics Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-05 18:48 -0700
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