[Lazarus] Astronomy Software

[Marc Santhoff]

Am Sonntag, den 15.11.2009, 15:14 -0600 schrieb Phil Hess:
> ----- "Matt Shaffer" <dazappa.matt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I understood his message to mean that he didn't want to use
> > windows-only apps/code. I'm sure he'll port it to those systems, and
> > if he doesn't, it's on sourceforge, so you could compile it yourself
> > ;).
> > 
> > 
> > I think a useful format for reports would be an image or an excel
> > file, but working with excel files is never easy.
> > 
> 
> Exactly. If there were an RTF equivalent for Excel files, that might be a good choice.

There is (has been) a format called DIF (data interchange format) and
another one that i forgot about. In ancient times gnumeric and excel and
others could read them both.

Maybe it's time for polishing up that old excel 4.0 and have a
look ... ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Interchange_Format

HTH,
-- 
Marc Santhoff <M.Santhoff at web.de>