From: James Herdman <james.herdman@...>
Date: 2006-02-24T15:13:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby plugin for spreadsheet?

On 2006-02-23 20:10:06 -0500, Grant Schoep 
<matobinder@idcomm.abcremooveabc.com> said:

> I know this may sound insane... but is there anything like a ruby 
> plugin for spreadsheets? Sadly, I guess I'd prefer Excel, but I use 
> OpenOffice alot too. basically, there is always text manipulation of 
> fields I need to do. Its a royal pain in most spreadsheet software. I 
> usually end up exporting my data out to a csv, running some Ruby 
> scripts on it, and then importing it back. Trying to reduce the work 
> here. Since... exporting it out, running ruby scripts on it, then 
> importing it back in is still easier for me.

Check this thread out >> 
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/15326c311fafc888/8ae49e950ee8c49d?q=Excel+spreadsheet&rnum=2#8ae49e950ee8c49d

It 

might be of use.

James