Re: FOSS equivalents of OLD database and spreadsheet tools?

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: FOSS equivalents of OLD database and spreadsheet tools?
Date	2020-07-30 16:10 +0200
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On 07/30/2020 08:03 AM, Linux-Fan wrote:
> Richard Owlett writes:
> 
>> On 07/27/2020 10:13 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote:
>>> You may wish to have a look at recutils:
>>>
>>> https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/
>>>
>>> but it may not have some of the functionality you wish (although you
>>> could build on it with shell scripts & awk, say).
>>>
>>
>> I've just begun going through the manual
>>   [https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/manual/]
>> It appears to be a good match for what I want to do.
>>
>> I prefer reading manuals offline. Is it available as a single HTML 
>> document?
> 
> I have not found it as a single HTML document, but it should be possible to
> generate it given that the online variant is also generated -- the HTML 
> source
> tells it was generated by `makeinfo` which you can find it in package 
> texinfo.
> 
> On a Debian system with deb-src lines and texinfo installed, I could do:
> 
>      $ aptitude source recutils
>      $ mkdir sub
>      $ tar -C sub -xf recutils_1.7.orig.tar.gz
>      $ cd sub
>      $ makeinfo --html ./recutils-1.7/doc/recutils.texi
> 
> Afterwards, the generated HTML files (not a single document, but the same
> view you find online) were available in directory `sub/recutils`.
> 
> If it is just about offline reading and less about the HTML: Seems the
> complete documentation is shipped as part of Debian package recutils
> (access it via `info recutils`).
> 

As I'm already familiar with it, I'll use WebHTTrack to get a local copy 
of the manual. Being able to jump to references [my reason to prefer 
HTML] is more important than ease of stepping linearly thru a document 
[i.e. using space key in 'info'].

Thanks.

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FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-25 19:40 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2020-07-25 21:00 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-25 21:50 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-27 14:10 +0200
      Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-27 17:20 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-27 17:40 +0200
          Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-27 21:50 +0200
            Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-27 22:00 +0200
              Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-27 22:10 +0200
              Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-27 22:10 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-27 22:30 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-27 23:50 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-27 23:40 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-27 23:50 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-27 23:50 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-07-28 09:00 +0200
            Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-28 00:30 +0200
              Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-28 04:00 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2020-07-28 05:00 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2020-07-28 05:10 +0200
                Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2020-07-28 09:20 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 17:50 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-27 18:10 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2020-07-27 18:40 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-25 21:10 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2020-07-25 21:30 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-25 22:30 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-26 00:00 +0200
      Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-26 10:00 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-07-26 12:10 +0200
          Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-26 15:30 +0200
          Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-27 09:10 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-25 22:30 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-25 23:00 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-26 16:30 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-26 16:50 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-26 20:00 +0200
      Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-07-26 20:20 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Ajith R <ajithramayyan@yahoo.co.in> - 2020-07-27 16:20 +0200
  Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-07-27 17:20 +0200
    [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-29 11:50 +0200
      Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-07-29 12:20 +0200
      Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-29 13:20 +0200
        Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-29 14:10 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-07-29 22:10 +0200
            Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-30 11:40 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-07-30 22:20 +0200
      Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-07-30 11:30 +0200
        Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-30 13:20 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-07-30 16:20 +0200
        Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2020-07-30 17:00 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-30 17:10 +0200
          Re: [Interim Solution] Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and  spreadsheet tools? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-30 19:40 +0200
    Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-30 14:50 +0200
      Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet          tools? Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2020-07-30 15:10 +0200
        Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-30 16:10 +0200
    Example(s) of recutils project flow? - was [FOSS equivalents of *OLD*  database and spreadsheet tools?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-08-07 13:40 +0200
      Re: Example(s) of recutils project flow? - was [FOSS equivalents of  *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?] David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-07 13:50 +0200
        Re: Example(s) of recutils project flow? - was [FOSS equivalents of  *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-08-07 14:40 +0200
          Re: Example(s) of recutils project flow? - was [FOSS equivalents of  *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?] Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-08-11 12:30 +0200

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