table calculations

[Graham Samuel]

I followed the very recent conversation between Klaus Major and Jan 
Schenkel, and it certainly looks tough to use tables for anything 
very much. I have gradually understood that a table is not really an 
object in its own right but rather a 'doctored' field, and 
furthermore the 'doctoring' has removed some of the normal messages 
that one would expect to use to find out what data entry has been 
done and to handle multi-cell operations.

I'm not sure if this feature is really only half implemented in RR2.0 
or if instead the intended purpose of tables is different from what 
Klaus (and me and I guess a good many more listers) would like, i.e. 
a way of setting up spreadsheet-like functionality. I would really 
like to hear a comment from the team, when they've got time.

Meanwhile I am experimenting with a primitive spreadsheet where every 
cell is a field and absolutely all the functionality arises from my 
own scripting. I'm just not sure if this is the way to go.

Just my two Euro-cents

Graham

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