sc (spreadsheet calculator)
sc is a cross-platform, free, TUI, spreadsheet and calculator application that runs on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It has also been ported to Windows. It can be accessed through a terminal emulator, and has a simple interface and keyboard shortcuts resembling the key bindings of the Vim text editor. It can be used in a similar manner to other spreadsheet programs, e.g. for financial and budgeting purposes.
Original author(s) | James Gosling[1] |
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Developer(s) | Mark Weiser, Robert Bond, Chuck Martin (current maintainer) |
Initial release | 1981 |
Stable release | 7.16
/ September 20, 2002 |
Preview release | 7.16_1.1.2
/ April 2, 2018 |
Written in | C (programming language) |
Operating system | Linux, Unix, Windows, macOS |
Platform | x86 and x86-64 architectures |
Size | 471 k |
Available in | English |
Type | Spreadsheet |
License | Public domain |
Website | www |
The program is based on the ncurses interface library, and has a rich manual page describing its options and configuration. It has a rich mathematical formula library and uses the same file format as Xspread, also supporting plugins as external commands. The program was previously known as vc.[1] sc is already present in the default repositories of popular Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch Linux.[2]
References
- Hallyn, Serge (2010-12-01). "sc: the Venerable Spreadsheet Calculator". Linux Journal. Linux Journal.
- Brochard, Adrien (2014-05-06). "How to make spreadsheets in a Linux terminal". Xmodulo.
Further reading
- Floyd, John (2002). A Mini Manual for the Spreadsheet Calculator Program SC (PDF). University of Toronto.
External links
- "sc - spreadsheet calculator". Ubuntu Linux manual page
- sc Spreadsheet Calculator on GitHub
- sc - Spreadsheet Editor - Linux TUI on YouTube
- sc-im - Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised on GitHub