poetaman / sc-im

SC-IM - Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised -- An ncurses spreadsheet program for terminal

sc-im

Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised, aka sc-im, is an ncurses based, vim-like spreadsheet calculator.

sc-im is based on sc, whose original authors are James Gosling and Mark Weiser, and mods were later added by Chuck Martin.

Some of the features of sc-im

• Vim movements commands for editing cell content.
• UNDO / REDO.
• 65.536 rows and 702 columns supported. (The number of rows can be expanded to 1.048.576 if wished).
• CSV / TAB delimited / XLSX file import and export. ODS import. Markdown export.
• Key-mappings.
• Autobackup.
• Direct color support - specifing the RGB values, screen colors can be customized by user, even at runtime.
• Colorize cells or give them format such as bold, italic or underline.
• Wide character support. The following alphabets are supported: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Turkish, Czech, Japanese, Chinese.
• Sort of rows.
• Filter of rows.
• Subtotals.
• Cell shifting.
• Clipboard support.
• GNUPlot interaction.
• Scripting support with LUA. Also with triggers and c dynamic linked modules.
• Implement external functions in the language you prefer and use them in SC-IM.
• Use SC-IM as a non-interactive calculator, reading its input from an external script.

Quick start

Key	Purpose
=	Insert a numeric value
\	Insert a text value
e	Edit a numeric value
E	Edit a string value
x	Delete current cell content
:q	Quit the app
:h	See help
:w filename.sc	Save current spreadsheet in sc format
j	Move down
k	Move up
h	Move left
l	Move right
gtab12	go to cell AB12
u	undo last change
C-r	redo last change undone
yy	Copy current cell
v	select a range using cursor/hjkl keys
p	paste a previously yanked cell or range
ir	insert row
ic	insert column
dr	delete row
dc	delete column

Screenshots

Installation

Dependencies

• Requirements:

  • ncurses (best if compiled with wide chars support)
  • bison or yacc
  • gcc
  • make
  • pkg-config and which (for make to do its job)

• Optionals:

  • tmux / xclip / pbpaste (for clipboard copy/paste)
  • gnuplot (for plots)
  • libxlsxreader (for xls support)
  • xlsxwriter (for xlsx export support)
  • libxml-2.0 and libzip (for xlsx/ods import support)
  • lua (for Lua scripting)
  • threads support (in case you want to test this in Minix, just disable autobackup and HAVE_PTHREAD)

Manual

• Edit src/Makefile according to your system and needs:

    vim src/Makefile

• Run make:

    make -C src

• Optional: You can install the binary sc-im in your system by typing with a privileged user:

    make -C src install

Building on OS X

You can follow the instructions as above, but if you would like Lua scripting support, you will need to install Lua 5.1, which you can do with,

    brew install [email protected]

And then follow the instructions as above.

Homebrew for OSX users

brew tap nickolasburr/pfa
brew install sc-im

Ubuntu with XLSX import & export

See this wiki page.

Configuration

The scimrc file can be used to configure sc-im. The file should be placed in the ~/.config/sc-im directory.

Here is an example ~/.config/sc-im/scimrc :

set autocalc
set numeric
set numeric_decimal=0
set overlap
set xlsx_readformulas

Other configuration variables are listed in the help file.

Helping us

Want to help? You can help us with one or more of the following:

• giving sc-im a star on GitHub
• taking screenshots / creating screencasts showing sc-im
• making a donation (see below).
• telling if you use it / like it. I really don't have a clue if this app is used by someone.

Donations

If you like sc-im please support its development by making a DONATION with PayPal. It would really help a lot. 2 kids, 2 cats, 1 wife and only one salary..

If you wish to make a donation, please click the above button or just send money to [email protected] via PayPal, choosing "Goods and Services". Paypal is preferred over Patreon.

Thanks!