[HN Gopher] Teapot: Type-Safe 3D Spreadsheet
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       Teapot: Type-Safe 3D Spreadsheet
        
       Author : snazz
       Score  : 71 points
       Date   : 2021-11-16 14:50 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.syntax-k.de)
        
       | quag wrote:
       | I really like the idea of teapot, and keep trying to use it. But
       | I end up going back to sc-im each time as it seems to click
       | better in my brain.
       | 
       | Does anyone have suggestions for how to get teapot to click, or
       | suggestions for other terminal spreadsheets?
       | 
       | https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im
        
         | yasser_kaddoura wrote:
         | Maybe https://www.visidata.org/
        
       | loa_in_ wrote:
       | > In traditional flat spread sheets, you have to have the ability
       | of hiding columns or rows to hide intermediate results. This
       | indicates that two dimensions are not enough, which is why teapot
       | is three-dimensional. The third dimension can be imagined like
       | multiple layers on top of each other, usable without the
       | awkwardness of multiple worksheets in established spreadsheet
       | software.
       | 
       | I really hope it supports multiple worksheets in addition to the
       | 3D! Additional worksheets usually contain data that's by nature
       | best indexed from (0, 0, 0). I'd rather write @("Items", x(),
       | y(), 0) than @(x(), y(), items_offset)
        
         | ag56 wrote:
         | Why not just write @(x(), y(), z("items"))? Named cells was a
         | feature.
         | 
         | My immediate thought is excel is 3d -- through worksheets -
         | it's just the calling syntax is horrible.
         | 
         | It would be hard to displace excel at this stage. But if there
         | was a) a good gui and b) a translator that allowed you to save
         | a Teapot spreadsheet as excel for sharing... I'd consider
         | switching.
        
       | dagmx wrote:
       | Are there any screenshots or videos demonstrating this? It was a
       | bit hard to navigate as the site is mixed language so I may have
       | missed an obvious link
        
       | 2bitlobster wrote:
       | :( was hoping for a sweet gui but it's text based.
       | 
       | Since it's not limited to a visual paradigm, why not use infinite
       | dimensions?
        
         | dangoor wrote:
         | It does say there's a GUI version
        
         | camtarn wrote:
         | The text interface is curses-based - so while it may not be
         | rendering graphics pixel by pixel, it's still laying characters
         | out in two dimensions rather than e.g. presenting you with a
         | list of cell values as unformatted text. So it's visual in the
         | same way as Vi(m) is visual.
        
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