Welcome to my fourth port of Gnumeric to AmiCygnix/AmigaOS4.
  Gnumeric is a spreadsheet, which is in many points as powerful as the leader
  in this category "Excel".


  Homepages: http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric
             http://www.python.org


  Content
  -------

  1. New in this release
  2. Features of Gnumeric
  3. The python package
  4. How to install python plug-ins
  5. How to write your own python plug-in
  6. Problems
  7. Installation
  8. Donations
  9. Thanks to...


1. New in this release
----------------------

  * New version 1.10.17
    (Changes see file "Cygnix:Software/Gnumeric-1.10.17/NEWS")

  * Compiled for GTK+ 2.24

  * New python package version 2.7.2


2. Features of Gnumeric
-----------------------

  * Supported loaders:
    - Own format including an experimantal SAX-XML version (*.gnumeric)
    - MS Excel (tm) (*.xls)
    - Open / Star Calc (*.sxc, *.ods)
    - Lotus 123 (*.wk1, *.wks, *.123)
    - Applix (*.as)
    - Data Interchange Format (*.dif)
    - Comma or tab separated values (CSV/TSV)
    - GNU Oleo (*.oleo)
    - HTML (*.html, *.htm)
    - Linear- and integer program format (*.mps)
    - Multiplan (SYLK)
    - PLN format
    - Quattro Pro (*.wb1, *.wb2, *.wb3)
    - SC/xspread
    - Text-Import (configurable)
    - Xbase (*.dbf)

  * Supported savers:
    - Own format (*.gnumeric)
    - Comma separated values (CSV)
    - Data Interchange Format (*.dif)
    - HTML (Fragment, HTML 3.2 and HTML 4.0, XHTML) (*.html)
    - LaTeX 2e (*.tex)
    - Multiplan (SYLK)
    - MS Excel (tm) (2007, 97/2000/XP, 5.0/95)
    - OpenOffice (incomplete)
    - PDF export
    - TROFF (*.me)
    - Text export (configurable)
    - XHTML

  * Python plug-ins:
    - py-func: Example plug-in, which offers several functions.
    - gnome-glossary: Saves a document as a Gnome glossary.

  * Builtin python console

  * All builtin functions of Excel are available. Also the standard addin
    functions and 60 additional functions are included,

  * Support of objects like circles, lines, buttons, pictures and so on.

  * Diagrams

  * Print function with preview

  * and much more...


3. The python package
---------------------

  The python plug-ins do require a special version of the python interpreter
  compiled for AmiCygnix. A python package version 2.6.2 is included in this
  archive and will be installed while installation of this package.

  These third party python modules are compiled in:

  * Imaging 1.1.6 (PIL)
  * pygimp 2.6.11
  * pygtk 2.24.0
  * pygtkunixprint
  * pyatk 1.30.0
  * pypango 1.24.5
  * pypangocairo
  * pyglade 2.6.4
  * pycairo 1.8.4 (uses Cairo 1.10.2)
  * pygobject 2.28.6
  * pygsf 1.14.21
  * pylibxml2 2.6.19
  * sqlite3 3.3.13


  With this python package you can also run scripts, which depend on pyGTK.
  You can find some examples in the directory "Cygnix:Software/Python-2.7.2".

  Interesting demos:

  * Cygnix:Software/Python-2.7.2/pyGTK/Start_pygtk-demo_Desktop.bat or
    Cygnix:Software/Python-2.7.2/pyGTK/Start_pygtk-demo_Standalone.bat

    Opens a window with many GTK+ examples including code.

  * Cygnix:Software/Python-2.7.2/pyGTK/Start_pyide_Desktop.bat or
    Cygnix:Software/Python-2.7.2/pyGTK/Start_pyide_Standalone.bat

    Opens a python console for testing python commands.

  * Cygnix:Software/Python-2.7.2/pyCairo/Start_snippets_gtk_Desktop.bat or
    Cygnix:Software/Python-2.7.2/pyCairo/Start_snippets_gtk_Standalone.bat

    Shows a window with many examples for the cairo graphics library.


4. How to install python plug-ins
---------------------------------

  Like normal plug-ins, python plug-ins are stored into the directory
  "Cygnix:CygnixPPC/lib/gnumeric/1.10.17/plugins". They are automatically
  activated on start up.

  Unfortunately there are no third party plug-ins available.


5. How to write your own python plug-in
---------------------------------------

  Unfortunately there is no detailed documentation available. Here is a link
  to the official documentation:

  http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/doc/sect-extending-python.shtml


6. Known problems
-----------------

  * The online help system is not working.

  * The background pattern of the objects can not be changed.

  * Drag & drop does not work.

  * The linear solver "lp_solve" is not included in the package, only the
    linear solver "GLPK". Support for external solvers is working, but not
    intensively tested.
    Please copy available binaries of "lp_solve" to "Cygnix:CygnixPPC/bin".


7. Installation
---------------

  The X11 environment AmiCygnix version 1.2 (or higher) must be installed
  before! AmiCygnix is available on OS4-depot (http://os4depot.net).

  To install the package, just click on the install icon. The data will be
  installed into the AmiCygnix package. Afterwards you can find the programs in
  "Cygnix:Software/Gnumeric-1.10.17". To launch the program doubleclick on
  "Start_Gnumeric_Desktop.bat" or "Start_Gnumeric_Standalone.bat".


8. Donations
------------

If you like to support my work, you can make a donation by using paypal:

 http://www.schwan-clan.de/amiga/Donate.html

Thanks!


9. Thanks to...
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  ... Hans Verkuil for his initial port of X11R6.3 to OS 3.x
  ... Thomas Blatt (icons and beta testing)
  ... Michael Christoph (beta testing)