Re: referencing a cell in a different workbook

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 07:06:42PM -0400, Richard BUMBY wrote:
> It also doesn't always create the links correctly within gnumeric!
> Readers of this list in the US will recognize the name Form1040 that I
> used for a sheet in a workbook I was using recently.  I used "Paste
> Link" to create a link to a cell on this page from another page in the
> same workbook.  The reference was generated without quotes.  When the
> saved workbook was opened later, quotes had been inserted that made
> this a string constant instead of a link.  Eventually, I was able to
> add quotes to the cell contents in just the right place (around the
> name of the sheet) to get a link that would persist.

Interesting, I can vaguely see how that could happen.  Please file a
bug report and supply a clear description of what you did and how it
failed.

<field_of_dreams_voice>
    If you file it, we will fix it.
</field_of_dreams_voice>

Seriously, that is a significant enough problem that we'd do an
emergency 1.0.x release to get it patched.