Re: gnumeric for Windows

[Erich Neuwirth <erich neuwirth univie ac at>]

One remark:
OpenOffice is a viable option with one
(I think serious) flaw.
OpenOffice does not have sliders
(called scrollbars in MSspeak)
as controllers.
Sliders can be used for parameters in models,
and to do user controlled animation.
I think it is a very important tool
(conceptually, not only conveniencewise)
and the fact that it is missing makes
OpenOffice somewhat less useful for mathematical modeling.
Gnumeric does have sliders, so it would be
really nice to have Gnumeric in Windows.




Joseph Pingenot wrote:

> > From Alan G Isaac on Sunday, 29 February, 2004:
>
> > I teach at an institution where most students use some
> > flavor of Windows.  In some courses, I would like to teach
> > my students certain aspects of spreadsheet use.  Although I
> > make a few exceptions, I am generally unwilling to
> > incorporate training in proprietary software use into my
> > courses.  Therefore I have so far left spreadsheet use out
> > of these courses.
>
>
> It's *very* refreshing to see that at USA universities.  Yay!!
>
>
> > About three years ago, talk about a gnumeric port to Windows
> > was reasonably active.  I have not been able to find any
> > recent evidence of a forthcoming port, hopefully due to not
> > knowing where to look.  Where do things stand?
>
>
> IIRC, it's still under very active development; they're working on making
>   gnumeric less dependent on some things that Windows users don't want to
>   have to worry about.
>
> You may want to look at using OpenOffice in the interim, dual-booting
>   with Linux, or using Windows only as necessary, inside of a virtual
>   machine (my personal favorite ;)
>
> That said, I don't *think* the wait should be too long; they really
>   seemed to be pushing it through, if I recall correctly.
>
> -Joseph


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