From: myhat123@...
Date: 2005-10-12T11:16:52+09:00
Subject: Re: spreadsheet-0.3.1


Daniel Berger wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Version 0.3.1 of the spreadsheet package is out!
>
> What is it?
>     A pure Ruby package for creating Excel (95) files on any platform.  Also
> readable by most spreadsheet programs, such as Gnumeric, etc.
>
> Where is it?
>     You can get it on the RAA, or from the project page at
> http://rubyspreadsheet.sf.net
>
> Where's the gem?
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/rubyspreadsheet/spreadsheet-excel-0.3.1.gem?download
>
>     I don't know how to do a remote install of a gem that isn't on RubyForge. I
> tried --source without luck.  If someone knows how to do that, please let us
> all know.
>
> What happened to 0.3.0?
>     It didn't get along with rubygems.  Otherwise, it's identical.
>
> What's new?
>     Excel.new now accepts a string, fileno or IO object instead of just
> filenames.  This means you should be able to stream the output instead of being
> limited to physical files.
>
>     Fixed the "black cells" bug.
>
>     Added the Worksheet#format_rectangle method.
>
> Didn't you say there wouldn't be any more releases for the Excel 95 format?
>     Yeah.  I lied.  That's what bad people do.
>
> Any word on an Excel 97 format release?
>     I'm working on it.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Dan