Editing CSV files...
[1/6] from: john:thousand-hills at: 6-Sep-2001 14:03
I have been using Ultraedit for years. It is easy, flexible, I can vied
special characters, FTP open and save directly, spell checker, tag libraries...
John
At 09:35 AM 9/6/2001 -0400, you wrote:
[2/6] from: dness:home at: 6-Sep-2001 15:08
Gregg Irwin wrote:
> Hi David,
> << ... I have found a few scripts for manipulating CSV files, but so far
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> the right place? >>
> What about Carl's text-edit script? Would that get you started?
Not unless I'm missing `the point' in some big way. Editing CSV files is surely nothing
like
editing text files, even if CSVs are just `made out of text'. The essential idea of CSVs
is, of
course, that the commas separate the values of `variables', and to work on them you want
to present
them in such a way in an extended representation that would be not unlike a `spreadsheet'
although---in
most cases---one deals primarily with text, not numeric values.
Of course, given REBOL, there may be some mystical switch or refinement of text-edit
that I don't
know about or understand...
[3/6] from: dness::home::com at: 6-Sep-2001 15:50
John Harbaugh wrote:
> I have been using Ultraedit for years. It is easy, flexible, I can vied
> special characters, FTP open and save directly, spell checker, tag libraries...
>
> John
>
I have countless non-Rebol tools to screw around with ASCII files. I didn't
like Ultraedit much and abandoned it reasonably quickly, but like, and have
used, lots of others. However, in this case I am interested in REBOL display
(with editing) so related tools aren't relevant.
Thanks anyway.
[4/6] from: greggirwin:starband at: 6-Sep-2001 16:50
Hi David,
<< Not unless I'm missing `the point' in some big way. Editing CSV files is
surely nothing like
editing text files, even if CSVs are just `made out of text'. The essential
idea of CSVs is, of
course, that the commas separate the values of `variables', and to work on
them you want to present
them in such a way in an extended representation that would be not unlike a
`spreadsheet' although---in
most cases---one deals primarily with text, not numeric values. >>
Sorry, I didn't catch that you wanted to edit them by column/field, and not
just as plain files. I'm too new to rebol to just whip up an example, though
some steps (like parsing the data) will be simple, coming up with a dynamic
layout for editing purposes is a bit beyond my current skill level.<g>
--Gregg
[5/6] from: dness:home at: 6-Sep-2001 9:35
... I have found a few scripts for manipulating CSV files, but so far haven't
spotted anything that lets me `view' and `edit' them. Am I just not looking in
the right place?
[6/6] from: greggirwin:starband at: 6-Sep-2001 11:59
Hi David,
<< ... I have found a few scripts for manipulating CSV files, but so far
haven't
spotted anything that lets me `view' and `edit' them. Am I just not looking
in
the right place? >>
What about Carl's text-edit script? Would that get you started?
--Gregg
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