I wonder if somebody wants to package a new upcoming spreadsheet program for X11: Modss is distributed using the GNU GPL so it could even go into main, I think. To package it you might need to package BLT 2.4 and tkTable 2.2, too. Check it out! (at least the screenshot at http://www.mygale.org/~jfontain/moodss3.jpg :). ### README ### This is moodss (Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet) version 4.1. Moodss is implemented in the great Tcl language (requires at least versions 8.0 of Tcl and Tk, for UNIX or Windows). Moodss is a modular application. It displays data described and updated in one or more independent modules loaded when the application is started. Data is originally displayed in tables. Graphical views (graph, bar, 3D pie charts, ...) and summary tables (with current, average, minimum and maximum values) can be created from any number of table cells through a simple drag'n'drop operation. Table rows can be sorted in increasing or decreasing order by clicking on column titles. The current configuration (modules, tables and viewers geometry, ...) can be saved in a file at any time, and later reused through a command line switch, thus achieving a dashboard functionality. The module code is the link between the moodss core and the data to be displayed. All the specific code is kept in the module package. Since module data access is entirely customizable (through C code, Tcl, HTTP, ...) and since several modules can be loaded at once, applications for moodss become limitless. For example, comparing a remote database server CPU load and a network load from a probe on the same graph becomes possible. Apart from a sample module with random data, ps, cpustats and memstats modules for Linux are included as examples (running "wish moodss ps cpustats memstats" mimics the "top" application with a graphic edge). Module contibutions are of course welcomed and will be included in my home page. Thorough help is provided through menus, widget tips, a message area, a module help window and a global help window with a complete HTML documentation. Development of moodss is continuing and as more features are added in future versions, backward module code compatibility will be maintained. I cannot thank the authors of tkTable, BLT and the HTML library enough for their great work. In order to run moodss, you need to install the following packages: obviously Tcl/Tk 8.0 or 8.1 at (or at a mirror near you) http://www.scriptics.com/ or ftp://ftp.scriptics.com/ the tkTable widget at: ftp://ftp.cs.uoregon.edu/pub/tcl/tkTable/tkTable2.2.tar.gz and the BLT library at: ftp://ftp.tcltk.com/pub/blt/BLT2.4c.tar.gz (see the INSTALL file for complete instructions, for UNIX and also Windows platforms). Whether you like it (or hate it), please let me know. I would like to hear about bugs and improvements you would like to see. I will correct the bugs quickly, especially if you send me a test script (module code with a data trace would be best). ### you may find it now at: http://www.mygale.org/~jfontain/moodss-4.1.tar.gz or: ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/incoming/moodss-4.1.tar.gz to be moved soon into: ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/tcl/sorted/apps/moodss-4.1.tar.gz Enjoy and please let me know what you think. - -- Jean-Luc Fontaine mailto:jfontain@mygale.org http://www.mygale.org/~jfontain/ Regards, Joey -- Those who don't understand Linux are doomed to reinvent it, poorly.
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