Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: odscharts
Version: 0.0.11
Summary: Creates OpenDocument Spreadsheets with charts for Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice
Home-page: http://odscharts.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
Author: Charlie Taylor
Author-email: cet@appliedpython.com
License: GPL-3
Download-URL: https://github.com/sonofeft/ODSCharts
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        ODSCharts For Microsoft Excel And OpenOffice
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        ODSCharts creates Opendocument spreadsheets `(*.ods files)` with scatter charts that either 
        Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice can open and manipulate.
        
        
        See the Code at: `<https://github.com/sonofeft/ODSCharts>`_
        
        See the Docs at: `<http://odscharts.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_
        
        See PyPI page at:`<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/odscharts>`_
        
        
        ODSCharts will create ods files readable by either Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.
        
        The format is a very narrow subset of full spreadsheet support. 
        *There is no attempt to supply a full API interface*::
        
            #. All sheets contain either a table of numbers or a chart object
                - A table of numbers: 
                    - starts at "A1"
                    - row 1 is labels
                    - row 2 is units
                    - row 3 through N is float or string entries
                - Chart objects are scatter plots
                    - Each series is a column from a table
                    - Each x axis is a column from a table
        
        
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        What I Think I Know
        -------------------
        
            * Matplotlib is very good when you want to publish a chart **without** the data.
        
            * Spreadsheets are very good when you want to publish **both** the chart **and** the data.
            
            * Python is a great general-purpose programming language for science and engineering 
            
            * Therefore the world needs a cross-platform, open-source, python solution to generate  cross-platform, open-source spreadsheet files.
        
        
        
        What I Know About ODS
        ---------------------
            
            * ``*.ods`` files are cross-platform, open-source spreadsheet files.
            
            * OpenOffice reads ``*.ods`` files created by Excel much better than Excel reads ``*.ods`` files created by OpenOffice.
        
            * Excel ``*.ods`` files are more simple than OpenOffice ``*.ods`` files (Excel only partially supports ``ods``)
            
            * It makes sense to reverse-engineer Excel-generated ``*.ods`` files as cross-platform, open-source spreadsheet files.
        
            * ODSCharts generates ``*.ods`` files by reverse-engineering ``*.ods`` files created by Excel.
            
        That's It... That's how ODSCharts was born.
        
Keywords: odscharts setuptools development
Platform: any
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
