Re: Bug#434469: numbers show up as "#######"

[jidanni jidanni org]

Dear gnumeric-list: you might be interested in
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=434469

> > > > > "D" == J H M Dassen (Ray) <jdassen debian org> writes:

D> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 06:05:02 +0800, jidanni jidanni org wrote:
> > Can you please tell upstream that the following is absolutely bananas.

D> No, I will not as I do not share that characterisation. Spreadsheet
D> applications need to strike a balance between having a limited amount of
D> space (compounded by the paradigm of cells defined by columns and rows) and
D> the need for completely accurate display of cell contents. The mechanism of
D> using hash marks to mark cells whose contents cannot be displayed under
D> current column widths and row heights is an effective one and is used in all
D> spreadsheet applications that I have worked with.

D> By all means feel free to contact upstream directly (either through
D> gnumeric-list gnome org or through bugzilla.gnome.org) and argue your case
D> yourself though.

Indeed I don't have access to eXcel, and hardly ever use
spreadsheets -- which puts me in a better position to give you valuable
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ style feedback. OK. Anyways maybe the
Chinese spreadsheets I mentioned earlier in this bug are extra prone
to #####. Perhaps the gnome people hopefully reading this could add a
user configuration setting: "[x]Defrost the #####-ing #####'s from my
car windshield, so I don't have to get out the handkerchief every
three kilometers, and can keep my hand on the steering wheel..."