Bug 96714 - idea: implement TreeSheets functionality into LibreOffice Calc
Summary: idea: implement TreeSheets functionality into LibreOffice Calc
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2015-12-24 19:56 UTC by Edmund Laugasson
Modified: 2015-12-25 14:36 UTC (History)
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Description Edmund Laugasson 2015-12-24 19:56:43 UTC
There is a free open-source program called TreeSheets - http://strlen.com/treesheets/ - in the end of that webpage are all links available.
Also http://treesheets.com/ redirects there.

Source-code is available here - https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets

TreeSheets has some very cool features missing from LibreOffice Calc - http://strlen.com/treesheets/docs/tutorial.html

Also it would be cool if LibreOffice Calc could import/export TreeSheets fileformat .cts

Would propose to make it configurable, e.g. make the choice "enable TreeSheets mode" available.
Comment 1 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2015-12-25 14:36:21 UTC
Thanks for sharing your idea.

> TreeSheets has some very cool features missing from LibreOffice Calc

Sure, but that’s a vague, unhelpful statement. As I see it, TreeSheets is a very focused program, designed for a specific workflow. I’m going to be blunt: we are not aiming to just clone that as a whole.

You could (and should) request implementation for each feature you want in Calc individually, in a separate report (look for possible duplicates as well), so that each of those features can be evaluated and triaged individually (and implemented eventually), all of which is just not possible with this wide-ranging report — you’re requesting 1) an undetermined number of features, 2) import/export filters, 3) a clone of that app (!) as a “mode”. You probably don’t realize the huge amount of time and money required to do all that.

We are fine with people using other software to complement their workflow. LibreOffice doesn’t want to be the One Application to Rule Them All. If TreeSheets works for you, that’s great.