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From: petrilli@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Chris Petrilli)
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Subject: Re: Improv does not cater to the scientific!
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Date: 31 Mar 91 00:25:33 GMT
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Izumi Ohzawa writes:
>I've never seen ANY spread sheet which has graphing format I need.
>Your comments on Improv don't surprise me.
>I've given up on relying on those programs for graphs a long time ago.
>
>What the developers can and should do is to provide hooks
>to which 3-rd party develpers and users can attach
>a custom plotting module.
>Why nobody has such a thing?

I agree... nobody knows what I really need... As to 3-rd party
additions, at the last NeXT UG meeting here, Lotus said that they are
going to provide a "developer's interface" to Improv in the next
release, so that should solve that problem.

Chris



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