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ses.texi (The Basics): Mention how to create a new spreadsheet. Mention the

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new three-letter column identifiers.
(More on cell printing): Calculate-cell and truncate-cell are now `c' and
`t' rather than `C-c C-c' and `C-c C-t'.  Mention the stupid error message
when using `c' on an empty default with default printer.
(Buffer-local variables in spreadsheets): `symbolic-formulas' was
renamed to `ses--symbolic-formulas' some time ago.
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2007-10-25 Jonathan Yavner <jyavner@member.fsf.org>
* ses.texi (The Basics): Mention how to create a new spreadsheet.
Mention the new three-letter column identifiers.
(More on cell printing): Calculate-cell and truncate-cell are now `c'
and `t' rather than `C-c C-c' and `C-c C-t'. Mention the stupid error
message when using `c' on an empty default with default printer.
(Buffer-local variables in spreadsheets): `symbolic-formulas' was
renamed to `ses--symbolic-formulas' some time ago.
2007-10-25 Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com>
* calc.texi (Default Simplifications, Making Selections)

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@findex set-mark-command
@findex keyboard-quit
To create a new spreadsheet, visit a nonexistent file whose name ends
with ".ses". For example, @kbd{C-x C-f test.ses RET}.
A @dfn{cell identifier} is a symbol with a column letter and a row
number. Cell B7 is the 2nd column of the 7th row. For very wide
spreadsheets, there are two column letters: cell AB7 is the 28th
column of the 7th row.
column of the 7th row. Super wide spreadsheets get AAA1, etc.
@table @kbd
@item j
@ -658,21 +662,26 @@ SES could get confused by printer results that contain newlines or
tabs, so these are replaced with question marks.
@table @kbd
@item C-c C-t
@item t
Confine a cell to its own column (@code{ses-truncate-cell}). This
allows you to move point to a rightward cell that would otherwise be
covered by a spill-over. If you don't change the rightward cell, the
confined cell will spill over again the next time it is reprinted.
@item C-c C-c
When applied to a single cell, this command displays in the echo area any
formula error or printer error that occurred during
recalculation/reprinting (@code{ses-recalculate-cell}).
@item c
When applied to a single cell, this command displays in the echo area
any formula error or printer error that occurred during
recalculation/reprinting (@code{ses-recalculate-cell}). You can use
this to undo the effect of @kbd{t}.
@end table
When a printer function signals an error, the default printer
When a printer function signals an error, the fallback printer
@samp{"%s"} is substituted. This is useful when your column printer
is numeric-only and you use a string as a cell value.
is numeric-only and you use a string as a cell value. Note that the
standard default printer is ``%.7g'' which is numeric-only, so cells
that are empty of contain strings will use the fallback printer.
@kbd{c} on such cells will display ``Format specifier doesn't match
argument type''.
@node Import and export, Virus protection, More on cell printing, Advanced Features
@ -871,12 +880,12 @@ You can add additional local variables to the list at the bottom of
the data area, such as hidden constants you want to refer to in your
formulas.
You can override the variable @code{symbolic-formulas} to be a list of
You can override the variable @code{ses--symbolic-formulas} to be a list of
symbols (as parenthesized strings) to show as completions for the '
command. This initial completions list is used instead of the actual
set of symbols-as-formulas in the spreadsheet.
For examples of these, see file @file{etc/ses-example.ses}.
For an example of this, see file @file{etc/ses-example.ses}.
If (for some reason) you want your formulas or printers to save data
into variables, you must declare these variables as buffer-locals in