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NAME

       sc - spreadsheet calculator

SYNOPSIS

       sc  [-a]  [-c]  [-e]  [-m]  [-n]  [-o] [-q] [-r] [-v] [-x] [-C] [-R] [-P range[/address] |
       /address] [-W range] [file...]

DESCRIPTION

       The spreadsheet calculator sc is  based  on  rectangular  tables  much  like  a  financial
       spreadsheet.   When invoked, it first looks for a file in the user's home directory called
       .scrc and if found, reads that file into  memory.   If  that  file  contains  the  command
       ``set scrc'',  sc  looks  for  a file called .scrc in the current directory, and if found,
       reads that file into memory, too.  Next, it reads the options from the command  line,  and
       finally, it reads in the file or files specified on the command line and presents the data
       in a table organized as rows and columns of cells.  If invoked without  a  file  argument,
       the  table  is  initially empty, unless it is running in a pipeline, in which case it will
       read its data from the standard input.  If more than one  file  is  specified,  all  files
       except  the first one will be merged.  The default filename for saving a file with the Put
       command will be the same as the first file specified, and the other files will be  treated
       as  macros.   If  you want to use advanced macros from the command line, the ``|'' must be
       quoted to prevent it from being expanded by the shell.

       Options begin with -.  However, an argument of a single - will be interpreted to mean that
       spreadsheet  data  will be taken from the standard input.  This is useful for including sc
       in a pipeline if the system supports pipes.  However, if standard input is not a terminal,
       the  - is only necessary if there are multiple files and standard input is not the last to
       be read, since standard input is automatically read in after all other files in such cases
       if it is not specified explicitly, or if there are no other filenames on the command line.
       If sc is included in a pipeline, and a filename of ``-'' is not  specified,  the  standard
       input will be merged in after all of the other named files have been processed.

       The  first  argument  not  beginning with a -, or a single - by itself, and any subsequent
       arguments will all be interpreted as filenames (a filename of - meaning standard input  as
       noted  above).   In addition, an argument of -- may be used to signify that all subsequent
       arguments should be treated as filenames even if they begin with a -,  but  unlike  -,  --
       won't be treated as a filename itself.

       Each  cell  may  have  associated  with  it  a  numeric  value,  a label string, and/or an
       expression (formula) which evaluates to a numeric value or label string,  often  based  on
       other cell values.

       For an online tutorial, type the command:

              sc /usr/share/doc/sc/tutorial.sc

       To print a quick reference card, type the command:

              scqref | [your_printer_commmand]

OPTIONS

       -a     Do not run the autorun macro, if one is specified in the file.

       -c     Start the program with the recalculation being done in column order.

       -e     Start the program with round-to-even (banker's rounding) enabled.

       -m     Start  the  program with automatic recalculation disabled.  The spreadsheet will be
              recalculated only when the ``@'' command is used.

       -n     Start the program in quick numeric entry mode (see below).

       -o     Start the program with automatic optimization of expressions enabled.

       -q     Quit after loading all files, but before becoming interactive.  This is  useful  in
              shell  scripts  for  getting information from a file, for example, or using sc as a
              non-interactive calculator using the eval command.

       -r     Start the program with the recalculation being done in row order (default option).

       -v     When piping data out using the -P option (below), change all expressions to values.
              The  -v  option  must precede the -P option to have an effect.  If the -P option is
              used more than once, there must be a separate -v option for each instance of the -P
              option.

       -x     Cause the Get and Put commands (see below) to encrypt and decrypt data files.

       -C     Start  the  program  with automatic newline action set to increment the column (see
              below).

       -P range[/address]
       -P /address
              Pipe a range to standard output.  The output is similar to that of the Put  command
              (below),  except  that  only  cell data and formatting information for cells in the
              range are output, without all of the colors, range definitions, column  formatting,
              etc.   The  optional /address is used to adjust all addresses in the range to a new
              starting point.  This is  useful  for  copying  data  from  one  file  to  another,
              especially  when  used  in  conjunction with the -v option (above), using something
              like merge "|sc -v -Prange/address filename" (note the pipe symbol).   This  option
              may  be used more than once to specify multiple ranges.  Note, however, that the -v
              option must precede the -P option on the command line, and there must be a separate
              -v  option  for each instance of the -P option.  Any instance of -P not preceded by
              its own -v option will output unevaluated expressions.

              A range of ``%'' may be used to refer to the entire spreadsheet.  If the  range  is
              left  out,  as  shown in the second form above, sc will be started interactively in
              navigate mode, allowing you to navigate the spreadsheet and highlight the range you
              want to output.  Pressing ESC, ^G, or q will terminate without outputting any data.

       -R     Start  the  program  with  automatic  newline  action set to increment the row (see
              below).

       -W     Pipe a range to standard output.  The output is identical  to  that  of  the  Write
              command  (below).   This  option  may  be  used  more than once to specify multiple
              ranges.  A range of ``%'' may be used to refer to the entire spreadsheet.

       All of these options can be changed with the ^T and S commands (see  below)  while  sc  is
       running.  Options specified when sc is invoked override options saved in the data file.

   Personal Initialization File
       When sc first starts, it looks for a file in the user's home directory called .scrc and if
       found, loads it into memory.  The format of this file is the same as any  other  sc  file,
       but  should  be  reserved  for  setting  certain  defaults.   Any  options  set which have
       equivalent command line options may be overridden by  the  command  line.   If  that  file
       contains  the  command  ``set scrc'',  sc  will  then  look for a file called .scrc in the
       current directory, and if found, load that file into memory, too (this is analogous to the
       ``set  exrc''  command  used  by  vi/ex).   These  ``dotfiles'' may be created by any text
       editor.  Several commands exist specifically for setting default file name  extensions  in
       the .scrc file, although they may also be used from macros, ordinary spreadsheet files, or
       from within sc at the command line.  They will not, however, be saved along with the file.
       The  extensions  should  be  quoted,  and  should  not  include  the  preceding `.' (e.g.,
       scext "sc" will add the extension .sc ).  These commands are:

       scext  This is the default extension for normal sc  files  (those  created  with  the  Put
              command).   If  this  command  is  not  used, all sc files will be saved without an
              extension, and any existing extension will not be  removed.   Setting  this  option
              causes  all  sc  files to be saved with the specified extension added, unless it is
              already present.  If the file name already has an extension of .sc, it  will  first
              be removed.  Any other extension will not be removed.

       ascext This  is the default extension for plain text files created with the Write command.
              The file name will first be checked to see if it already has an extension of either
              .sc  or the extension specified with scext above, and if either one exists, it will
              first be removed before adding the new extension.  If this option  is  not  set,  a
              default of .asc will be used.

       tbl0ext
              This is the default extension for files created with the Tbl command if tblstyle is
              set to 0 (default).  The file name will first be checked to see if it  already  has
              an  extension  of  either  .sc  or the extension specified with scext above, and if
              either one exists, it will first be removed before adding the  new  extension.   If
              this option is not set, a default of .cln will be used.

       tblext This is the default extension for files created with the Tbl command if tblstyle is
              set to tbl.  The file name will first be checked  to  see  if  it  already  has  an
              extension  of either .sc or the extension specified with scext above, and if either
              one exists, it will first be removed before adding  the  new  extension.   If  this
              option is not set, a default of .tbl will be used.

       latexext
              This is the default extension for files created with the Tbl command if tblstyle is
              set to latex.  The file name will first be checked to see  if  it  already  has  an
              extension  of either .sc or the extension specified with scext above, and if either
              one exists, it will first be removed before adding  the  new  extension.   If  this
              option is not set, a default of .lat will be used.

       slatexext
              This is the default extension for files created with the Tbl command if tblstyle is
              set to slatex.  The file name will first be checked to see if  it  already  has  an
              extension  of either .sc or the extension specified with scext above, and if either
              one exists, it will first be removed before adding  the  new  extension.   If  this
              option is not set, a default of .stx will be used.

       texext This is the default extension for files created with the Tbl command if tblstyle is
              set to tex.  The file name will first be checked  to  see  if  it  already  has  an
              extension  of either .sc or the extension specified with scext above, and if either
              one exists, it will first be removed before adding  the  new  extension.   If  this
              option is not set, a default of .tex will be used.

   General Information
       The  screen  is  divided  into  four  regions.   The top line is for entering commands and
       displaying cell values.  The second line is for messages from sc.  The third line and  the
       first four columns show the column and row numbers, from which are derived cell addresses,
       e.g.  A0 for the cell in column A, row 0.  Note that column  names  are  case-insensitive:
       you can enter A0 or a0.

       The rest of the screen forms a window looking at a portion of the table.  The total number
       of display rows and columns  available,  hence  the  number  of  table  rows  and  columns
       displayed,  is  set  by  curses(3)  and may be overridden by setting the LINES and COLUMNS
       environment variables, respectively.

       The screen has two cursors: a cell cursor, indicated by either a  highlighted  cell  or  a
       ``<'' on the screen, and a character cursor, indicated by the terminal's hardware cursor.

       If  a cell's numeric value is wider than the column width (see the f command), the cell is
       filled with asterisks.  If a cell's label string is wider than the  column  width,  it  is
       truncated at the start of the next non-blank cell in the row, if any.

       Cursor  control commands and row and column commands can be prefixed by a numeric argument
       which indicates how many times the command is to be executed.  You can type  ^U  before  a
       repeat count if quick numeric entry mode is enabled.

   Changing Options

       ^To    Toggle options.  This command allows you to switch the state of one option selected
              by o.  A small menu lists the choices for o when you  type  ^T.   Unless  otherwise
              noted,  the options selected are saved when the data and formulas are saved so that
              you will have the same setup next time you enter the spreadsheet.

              a      Automatic Recalculation.  When set, each change in  the  spreadsheet  causes
                     the  entire  spreadsheet  be recalculated.  Normally this is not noticeable,
                     but for very large  spreadsheets,  it  may  be  faster  to  clear  automatic
                     recalculation  mode  and update the spreadsheet via explicit ``@'' commands.
                     Default is automatic recalculation on.

              b      Braille enhancement mode.  See the braille section  under  the  Set  command
                     below  for  a  complete description of how to use this mode.  This option is
                     not saved when saving a file, to allow blind and  sighted  users  to  easily
                     share files.  It is intended for use in a user's .scrc file.

              c      Current  cell  highlighting.   If  enabled,  the current cell is highlighted
                     (using the terminal's standout mode, if  available)  and  the  cell  pointer
                     ``<'' is turned off.  This is enabled by default.

              e      External  function execution.  When disabled, external functions (see @ext()
                     below) are not called.  This saves a lot of  time  at  each  screen  update.
                     External  functions  are  disabled  by  default.   If disabled, and external
                     functions are used anywhere, a warning is printed each time  the  screen  is
                     updated,  and  the  result of @ext() is the value from the previous call, if
                     any, or a null string.

              i      Automatic insertion of rows/columns.  If this is enabled and craction is set
                     to move the cell cursor either down or to the right after entering data into
                     a cell, and the last cell in a row/column in  the  scrolling  portion  of  a
                     framed  range  was  just  filled, causing the cell cursor to move outside of
                     this range, a new column/row will be inserted, thus enlarging the range  and
                     allowing   you  to  continue  entering  data  into  the  row/column  without
                     overwriting the frame (which may contain expressions of some sort,  such  as
                     totals).   If  autowrap  is also enabled, it will take precedence, and a new
                     row/column will only be inserted after entering data in the very  last  cell
                     (bottom  right  corner) of the scrolling range.  The default is no automatic
                     insertion.

              w      Automatic wrap to next row/column.  If this is enabled and craction  is  set
                     to move the cell cursor either down or to the right after entering data into
                     a cell, and the last cell in a row/column in  the  scrolling  portion  of  a
                     framed  range  was  just  filled, causing the cell cursor to move outside of
                     this range, the cell cursor  will  move  to  the  first  cell  in  the  next
                     row/column  in  this  range.   If this would also take the cursor out of the
                     scrolling portion of the range, the cursor will remain in last  edited  cell
                     instead,  unless  autoinsert is also enabled, in which case a new row/column
                     will be added so that the cursor can wrap.  The default is no autowrap.

              l      Autolabeling.  If enabled, using the define command (rd) causes a  label  to
                     be  automatically  generated  in  the  cell to the left of the defined cell.
                     This is only done if the cell to the left is empty.  Default is enabled.

              n      Quick numeric entry.  If enabled, a typed digit is assumed to be  the  start
                     of a numeric value for the current cell, not a repeat count, unless preceded
                     by ^U.  Also, the `+' and `-' keys will enter insert mode and append  a  `+'
                     or `-' to the existing contents of the cell, allowing the user to easily add
                     to or subtract from the current numeric contents of the  cell.   The  cursor
                     controls  (^P, ^N, or any of the arrow keys) in this mode will end a numeric
                     entry if the entry was started by pressing `+', `-', or a digit.   Switching
                     from  insert  mode  to edit mode will cause the cursor controls to revert to
                     their normal functions.

              o      Automatic optimization of expressions.   If  this  is  enabled,  expressions
                     which  evaluate  to  a constant are automatically optimized upon entry.  For
                     example, if you enter @pow(2,32) into a cell, the value 4294967296  will  be
                     stored  in  that cell, whereas if optimization is turned off, the calculated
                     value will be displayed, but the actual expression will  be  stored  in  the
                     cell instead.  This allows you to edit the expression instead of re-entering
                     it from scratch when you just want to  make  a  minor  change.   Default  is
                     automatic optimization off.

              t      Top  line  display.   If  enabled, the name and value of the current cell is
                     displayed on the top line.  If there is  an  associated  label  string,  the
                     first  character  of  the string value is ``|'' for a centered string, ``<''
                     for a leftstring or  ``>''  for  a  rightstring  (see  below),  followed  by
                     "string"  for  a  constant  string  or  {expr}  for  a string expression.  A
                     constant string may be preceeded with a backslash (`\').  In this  case  the
                     constant  string will be used as a ``wheel'' to fill a column, e.g. "\-" for
                     a line in a column, and "\Yeh " for "Yeh Yeh Ye".  If the cell has a numeric
                     value, it follows as [value], which may be a constant or expression.

              $      Dollar  prescale.  If enabled, all numeric constants (not expressions) which
                     you enter are multipled by 0.01 so you don't have to keep typing the decimal
                     point if you enter lots of dollar figures.

              r      Newline  action.  This is a 3-way toggle which determines which direction to
                     move after pressing the RETURN key to enter data into a cell.   It  has  the
                     same  effect  as  using  the  set  (S) command to set the value of craction.
                     After selecting this option, you will be prompted for the direction you want
                     to   move.   Valid  directions  are  down  (craction=1)  and  to  the  right
                     (craction=2).  Pressing j, ^N, or the cursor-down key will cause the  cursor
                     to  move  down a cell each time you press the RETURN key and pressing l, the
                     cursor-right key, or the space bar will cause the cursor to move one cell to
                     the  right.   Pressing  the  RETURN  key  at  the  prompt  selects no action
                     (craction=0, which means that the cursor will remain in the  current  cell).
                     No  action  is  the  default  unless  sc is started with either the -R or -C
                     option.  This option is ignored if the cell into which data is being entered
                     is not the current cell.

              s      Enable/disable  color  slop.   If  a  cell's  label string is wider than the
                     column width, it will slop over into the next cell to the right if that cell
                     is  empty.   However,  if  that  cell is in a different color range than the
                     first, this slopover will be disabled,  regardless  of  whether  the  colors
                     assigned  to  the  two  ranges  are  different or not.  If cslop is enabled,
                     strings may slop over even if the next cell is in a different  color  range,
                     carrying  their  color  with them, which may cause a ragged boundary between
                     the ranges, but may allow the strings to be seen in their  entirety.   Cslop
                     is disabled by default.

              x      Encryption.  See the -x option.

              z      Set  newline  action  limits.  This option sets limits to the newline action
                     option above.  When this option is  invoked,  the  row  and  column  of  the
                     current  cell  are  remembered.   If  a  later newline action would take the
                     current cell to the right of the remembered column, then the current cell is
                     instead  moved  to  the  first  column of the next row.  If a newline action
                     would take the current cell below the remembered row, then the current  cell
                     is instead moved to the top row of the next column.

              C      Color.   This  option  enables color, and must be set before any other color
                     options, such as colorneg (color negative numbers) or colorerr (color  cells
                     with  errors), will have an effect.  On a slow connection, turning off color
                     can noticeably speed up screen updates.

              E      Color cells with errors.  Setting this option  will  cause  all  cells  with
                     expressions  which evaluate to ERROR or INVALID to be set to color 3.  Color
                     must be enabled for this option to take effect.

              N      Color negative numbers.  When this  option  is  set,  all  cells  containing
                     negative  numbers  will  have  their color number incremented by one.  Cells
                     with color 8 will cycle back to color 1.  Color must  be  enabled  for  this
                     option to take effect.

              The  quick  numeric entry, newline action and set newline action limits options can
              be combined to allow very quick entry of large amounts of data.  If all the data to
              be  entered  is  in a single row or column then setting the quick numeric entry and
              the appropriate newline action will allow the numbers to  be  entered  without  any
              explicit commands to position the current cell or enter a number.

              If  the data entry involves several entries in each row for many rows, then setting
              the quick numeric entry option, setting the newline action to move right after each
              entry and setting the newline action limits on the last column on which data should
              be entered will allow the data to  entered  quickly.   An  alternative  to  setting
              newline  action  limits  is  to enclose the range for entry in a frame (see "Framed
              Ranges" below), and setting the autowrap option.  Setting  autoinsert  will  insert
              new rows as needed if the frame includes data at the bottom.  If necessary, columns
              which do not need data to be entered can be hidden with  the  z  command.   Similar
              arrangements can be made for entering several rows of data in each column.

       S      Set  options.   This command allows you to set various options.  A small menu lists
              the options that cannot be changed through ^T above.

              byrows/bycols
                     Specify the order cell evaluation when updating.  These options also  affect
                     the  order in which cells are filled (see rf) and whether a row or column is
                     cleared by an x command.

              iterations=n
                     Set the maximum number of recalculations  before  the  screen  is  displayed
                     again.  Iterations is set to 10 by default.

              tblstyle=s
                     Control  the  output  of the T command.  s can be: 0 (default) to give colon
                     delimited fields, with no tbl control lines; tbl  to  give  colon  delimited
                     fields,   with   tbl(1)  control  lines;  latex  to  give  a  LaTeX  tabular
                     environment;  slatex  to  give  a  SLaTeX   (Scandinavian   LaTeX)   tabular
                     environment;  tex  to  give a TeX simple tabbed alignment with ampersands as
                     delimiters; and frame to give a tblstyle output for FrameMaker.

              pagesize=n
                     Set the page size for the PageUp, PageDown, J, and K commands.  If set to 0,
                     the  default  is to move up or down half the number of rows displayed on the
                     screen, or if the current cell is in a framed  range,  half  the  number  of
                     displayed rows in the scrolling region of that range.

              Other  Set options are normally used only in sc data files since they are available
              through ^T.  You can also use them interactively.

              autocalc/!autocalc
                     Set/clear auto recalculation mode.

              autoinsert/!autoinsert
                     Set/clear automatic insertion mode.

              autowrap/!autowrap
                     Set/clear autowrap mode.

              optimize/!optimize
                     Set/clear auto optimize mode.

              numeric/!numeric
                     Set/clear numeric mode.

              prescale/!prescale
                     Set/clear numeric prescale mode.

              extfun/!extfun
                     Enable/disable external functions.

              toprow/!toprow
                     Set/clear top row display mode.

              rndtoeven/!rndtoeven
                     Default: *.5 will be rounded up to the next integer; doing a 'set rndtoeven'
                     will cause it to be rounded to the closest even number instead (aka banker's
                     rounding).  Round-to-even has advantages over the default rounding for  some
                     applications.   For  example, if X+Y is an integer, then X+Y = rnd(X)+rnd(Y)
                     with round-to-even, but not always  with  the  defaulting  rounding  method.
                     This  could be an advantage, for example, when trying to split an odd amount
                     of money evenly between two people (it would determine who  gets  the  extra
                     penny).  Note: rndtoeven only effects the @rnd and @round functions.  It has
                     no effect on how a number is rounded to fit the display format of a cell.

              craction=n
                     Set the newline action.  n can be: 0 (default) to give no action; 1 to  move
                     down after each entry; or 2 to move right after each entry.

              rowlimit=n
                     Set  the  remembered  limit for the maximum row below which the current cell
                     will be moved to the top of the next column if the newline action is set  to
                     move the current cell down.  n can be -1 (default) to disable this facility.

              collimit=n
                     Set  the  remembered  limit for the maximum column to the right of which the
                     current cell will be moved to the left of the next row if the newline action
                     is  set  to  move  the current cell right.  n can be -1 (default) to disable
                     this facility.

              color/!color
                     Enable color.  This option must be set for any other color options, such  as
                     colorneg  or  colorerr,  to  take effect.  On a slow connection, turning off
                     color can noticeably speed up screen updates.

              colorneg/!colorneg
                     Color negative numbers.  When this  option  is  set,  all  cells  containing
                     negative  numbers will have their color number increased by one.  Cells with
                     color 8 will cycle back to color 1.  Color must be enabled for  this  option
                     to take effect.

              colorerr/!colorerr
                     Color  cells  with  errors.   Setting  this option will cause all cells with
                     expressions which evaluate to ERROR or INVALID to be set to color 3.   Color
                     must be enabled for this option to take effect.

              cslop/!cslop
                     Enable color slop.  If a cell's label string is wider than the column width,
                     it will slop over into the next cell to the right if  that  cell  is  empty.
                     However,  if  that  cell  is in a different color range than the first, this
                     slop over will be disabled, regardless of whether the colors assigned to the
                     two ranges are different or not.  If cslop is enabled, strings may slop over
                     even if the next cell is in a different color range,  carrying  their  color
                     with  them,  which  may  cause a ragged boundary between the ranges, but may
                     allow the strings to be seen  in  their  entirety.   Cslop  is  disabled  by
                     default.

              The  following  Set  options  are  considered personal preferences, or are terminal
              dependent, and are therefore not saved when saving a file, but are instead intended
              for use in a user's .scrc file.

              braille/!braille
                     Set/clear  braille  enhancement mode.  When braille enhancement mode is set,
                     the cursor behaves in a manner that makes the use of  sc  much  easier  when
                     using  a  braille  display.  In spite of its name, this mode also works well
                     with screen readers such as SpeakUp, and can even be used by  sighted  users
                     to make cutting and pasting using the screen program much easier.

                     There  are actually two different braille modes.  When the braille option is
                     set, the C command, which is normally  used  to  set  colors,  will  instead
                     change  from  one braille mode to the other.  If it is desired to set/change
                     colors so you can share files with  others  not  using  a  braille  display,
                     braille  mode  will  have  to be switched off temporarily, and then switched
                     back on after the color operation is done.

                     When the braille option is set, the default  braille  mode  will  cause  the
                     cursor  to  be  positioned  at  the left edge of the current cell, while the
                     alternate braille mode will cause the cursor to be placed at  the  beginning
                     of  the  top  line,  which will contain information such as the current cell
                     address, contents of the  cell,  and  column  formatting  information.   The
                     column names will also be moved to the left edge of their respective columns
                     in order to remain aligned with the cursor as  it  moves  up  and  down  the
                     column.

                     In  either  mode,  the  cursor will be placed in the top line when editing a
                     line, except when switching to navigate mode, in which case the cursor  will
                     be  placed  in  either the current cell (default braille mode) or the second
                     line, where the cell address or default range will be  displayed  (alternate
                     braille mode).

                     Whenever a message is displayed on the second line, such as an error message
                     or prompt for further information, both modes will cause the  cursor  to  be
                     placed  at the beginning of that message.  After this message goes away, the
                     cursor will revert to its former behavior.  The easiest  way  to  make  this
                     message  go away without effecting anything, except in the cases where it is
                     asking the user for more information, is  to  press  CC,  which  effectively
                     changes modes twice, with a net effect of leaving sc in the original mode.

              locale/!locale
                     If  locale  support  is  compiled  into  sc,  this option will cause certain
                     locale-dependent  behaviors,  such  as  the  display  of  numbers  and   the
                     determination  of  word  boundaries  for some operations in edit mode.  Note
                     that  if  this  option  is  set  and  the  environment  variable  LC_ALL  is
                     unrecognized,  unset,  or set to either ``POSIX'' or ``C'', commas in format
                     commands will be ignored.

              cellcur/!cellcur
                     Set/clear current cell highlighting mode.   This  option  is  included  here
                     because  it is likely to be terminal dependent and/or a user preference, and
                     therefore is not saved when saving a file.

              scrc   It tells sc to also read the  file  .scrc  in  the  current  directory  when
                     starting.   Settings in this file will override those in $HOME/.scrc but may
                     themselves be overridden by command line options.  Setting this could  be  a
                     potential  security  risk,  since  starting  sc  with an unknown .scrc could
                     potentially execute arbitrary commands.  This risk is probably very  slight,
                     since  a  spreadsheet program is not likely to be run in just any directory,
                     and should never be run as root.

   Cursor Control Commands

       ^A     Go to cell A0 (same as HOME).

       ^P     Move the cell cursor up to the previous row.

       ^N     Move the cell cursor down to the next row.

       ^H     Move the cell cursor backward one column.

       SPACE  Move the cell cursor forward one column.  When in navigate  mode,  if  a  range  is
              highlighted,  insert  the  highlighted  range  into the command line, followed by a
              space, while remaining in navigate mode.  This is useful when entering copy,  move,
              or frame commands, for example, which accept more than one range argument.

       h, j, k, l
              These  are  alternate,  vi-compatible cell cursor controls (left, down, up, right).
              Space is just like l (right).

       H, J, K, L
              These move the cursor by half pages  (left,  down,  up,  right).   If  pagesize  is
              nonzero, up/down paging will be by pagesize rows, instead.

       ^F, ^B Same as J and K above.

       PAGE-DOWN PAGE-UP
              Same as J and K above.

       TAB    If  the  character cursor is on the top line, TAB tries to complete a range name if
              the character immediately preceding it is alphanumeric or ``_'', and starts a range
              if not (see below).  Otherwise, move the cell cursor forward one column.

       HOME   Go to cell A0.

       END    Same as ^E (see below).

       Arrow Keys
              The  terminal's arrow keys provide another alternate set of cell cursor controls if
              they exist and are supported in the appropriate termcap entry.  Some terminals have
              arrow  keys  which  conflict with other control key codes.  For example, a terminal
              might send ^H when the back arrow key is pressed.  In these cases, the  conflicting
              arrow key performs the same function as the key combination it mimics.

       ^      Move the cell cursor up to row 0 of the current column.

       #      Move the cell cursor down to the last valid row of the current column.

       0      Move the cell cursor backward to column A of the current row.  This command must be
              prefixed with ^U if quick numeric entry mode is enabled.

       $      Move the cell cursor forward to the last valid column of the current row.

       b      Scan the cursor backward (left and up) to the previous valid cell.

       w      Scan the cursor forward (right and down) to the next valid cell.

       g      Go to a cell.  sc prompts for a cell's name, a  regular  expression  surrounded  by
              quotes, or a number.  If a cell's name such as ae122 or the name of a defined range
              is given, the cell cursor  goes  directly  to  that  cell.   If  a  quoted  regular
              expression  such  as  " Tax Table " or " ^Jan [0-9]*$ " is given, sc searches for a
              cell containing a string matching the regular expression.  See  regex(3)  or  ed(1)
              for more details on the form of regular expressions.

              You  can  also search formatted numbers or expressions using regular expressions by
              preceding the opening quotes of the regular expression with a ``#'' (for  formatted
              numbers)  or  a  ``%''  (for expressions).  These are handy for searching for dates
              within a specified range or cells  which  reference  a  given  cell,  for  example,
              although  they  are  somewhat slower than searching through ordinary strings, since
              all numbers must be formatted or expressions  decompiled  on  the  fly  during  the
              search.

              If  a  number is given, sc will search for a cell containing that number.  Searches
              for either strings or numbers proceed forward from the current cell, wrapping  back
              to  a0  at the end of the table, and terminate at the current cell if the string or
              number is not found.  You may also go to a cell with an ERROR (divide by zero, etc.
              in  this  cell)  or  INVALID (references a cell containing an ERROR).  g error will
              take you to the next ERROR, while g invalid take you to the next INVALID.  The last
              g  command  is  saved,  and  can  be re-issued by entering g<return>.  You can also
              repeat the last search by pressing n.

              An optional second argument is available whose meaning depends  on  whether  you're
              doing  a  search  or  jumping  to a specific cell.  When doing a search, the second
              argument specifies a range to search.  When jumping to a specific cell, the  second
              argument specifies which cell should be in the upper lefthand corner of the screen,
              if possible, which allows you to position the destination cell where you want it on
              the screen.

       ^Ed    Go  to  end  of range.  Follow ^E by a direction indicator such as ^P or j.  If the
              cell cursor starts on a non-blank cell, it goes in the  indicated  direction  until
              the  last  non-blank  adjacent cell.  If the cell cursor starts on a blank cell, it
              goes in the indicated direction until the first non-blank cell.   This  command  is
              useful  when  specifying  ranges of adjacent cells (see below), especially when the
              range is bigger than the visible window.

              If ^E is pressed twice in succession, or if it is pressed after another ^E or a ^Y,
              it  will  cause  the screen to scroll up without moving the cell cursor, unless the
              cell cursor is already at the top of the screen, in which case, it will  remain  at
              the top of the visible screen.

       ^Y     Causes  the  screen  to scroll down without moving the cell cursor, unless the cell
              cursor is already at the bottom of the screen, in which case, it will remain at the
              bottom of the visible screen.

       mx     Mark  the current cell.  sc will prompt for a lowercase letter to be used as a mark
              specifier.  Marked cells may be used as the source for the c (copy a  marked  cell)
              command,  or as the target of a ` or ' (go to marked cell) command.  In addition to
              cells marked with lowercase letters, sc also  automatically  marks  the  last  nine
              cells that have been edited with the numbers 1-9, and the current cell being edited
              with the number 0.  When not editing a cell, marks 0 and 1  usually  refer  to  the
              same  cell,  unless  the  last edit was begun in one cell, but the cell address was
              changed before pressing the RETURN key, or the last edit was aborted prematurely.

       `x     Jump to a previously marked cell.  If the target cell is currently on  the  screen,
              sc  will  simply  jump  to  the target cell, making it current.  Otherwise, sc will
              attempt to center the cell  on  the  screen,  if  possible.   As  a  special  case,
              following  the  ` with another ` will return you to the cell you were in before the
              last g, ', `, *, or ^E (or END key) was used to jump to another cell.

       'x     Jump to a previously marked cell.  ' works just like ` , except that ' will attempt
              to  restore  the  marked  cell  to  the  same position on the screen as when it was
              marked.  It does this by remembering which cell was in the upper left  hand  corner
              of the screen at the time the mark was set, and restoring that cell to its original
              position.  As a special case, following the ' with another ' will return you to the
              cell you were in before the last g, ', `, *, or ^E (or END key) was used to jump to
              another cell, and will also try to position that cell on the  screen  in  the  same
              position as when you left it.

       z<RETURN>
              Move  the  current row to the top of the screen.  If the current row is in a framed
              range, move the current row to the top of the scrolling region.

       z.     Move the current row to the center of the screen.

       z|     Move the current column to the center of the screen.

       zc     Center the current cell both horizontally and vertically.

   Cell Entry and Editing Commands
       Cells can contain both a numeric value and a string value.  Either value can be the result
       of  an  expression,  but  not  both  at  once, i.e. each cell can have only one expression
       associated with it.  Entering a  valid  numeric  expression  alters  the  cell's  previous
       numeric value, if any, and replaces the cell's previous string expression, if any, leaving
       only the previously computed constant label string.  Likewise,  entering  a  valid  string
       expression  alters  the  cell's the previous label string, if any, and replaces the cell's
       previous numeric expression, if any, leaving only the previously computed constant numeric
       value.

       =      Enter  a  numeric constant or expression into the current cell.  sc prompts for the
              expression on the top line.  The usual way to enter a number into a cell is to type
              ``='',  then enter the number in response to the prompt on the top line.  The quick
              numeric entry option, enabled through the -n option or ^T command, shows the prompt
              when  you  enter  the  first digit of a number (you can skip typing ``='').  If you
              want to begin entering an expression in the current cell, but you want to start out
              in  navigate mode (e.g. to enter cell addresses, or sums of ranges using ``@sum''),
              use the ``+'' command instead (see below).

       <      Enter a label string into the current cell to be flushed left against the left edge
              of the cell.

       \      Enter a label string into the current cell to be centered in the column.

       >      Enter  a  label  string into the current cell to be flushed right against the right
              edge of the cell.

       {      Left justify the string in the current cell.

       |      Center the string in the current cell.

       }      Right justify the string in the current cell.

       F      Enter a format string into the current cell.   This  format  string  overrides  the
              precision  specified  with the f command unless & is present in the fractional part
              of the format string (see below).  The  format  only  applies  to  numeric  values.
              There  are  two types of format strings allowed: standard numeric and date.  (Note:
              these format strings may also be used with the f  command  to  create  user-defined
              format  types.)   The  following characters can be used to build a standard numeric
              format string:

              #      Digit placeholder.  If the number has fewer digits on  either  side  of  the
                     decimal  point  than  there  are `#' characters in the format, the extra `#'
                     characters are ignored.  The number  is  rounded  to  the  number  of  digit
                     placeholders  as  there are to the right of the decimal point.  If there are
                     more digits in the number than there are digit placeholders on the left side
                     of the decimal point, then those digits are displayed.

              0      Digit  placeholder.   Same  as for `#' except that the number is padded with
                     zeroes on either side of the decimal point.  The number of  zeroes  used  in
                     padding  is determined by the number of digit placeholders after the `0' for
                     digits on the left side of the decimal point and  by  the  number  of  digit
                     placeholders  before  the  `0'  for  digits on the right side of the decimal
                     point.

              .      Decimal point.  Determines how many digits are placed on the right and  left
                     sides  of  the  decimal  point in the number.  If locale is set, the decimal
                     point for the user's current locale will be used when formatting  a  number.
                     Note that numbers smaller than 1 will begin with a decimal point if the left
                     side of the decimal point contains only a `#' digit placeholder.  Use a  `0'
                     placeholder to get a leading zero in decimal formats.

              %      Percentage.   For  each  `%' character in the format, the actual number gets
                     multiplied by 100 (only for purposes of formatting -- the original number is
                     left  unmodified) and the `%' character is placed in the same position as it
                     is in the format.

              ,      Thousands separator.  The presence of a `,' in the format  (multiple  commas
                     are  treated  as  one)  will  cause  the  number  to be formatted with a `,'
                     separating each set of three digits in the integer part of the  number  with
                     numbering  beginning  from  the right end of the integer.  If locale is set,
                     the thousands separator for the user's current locale will be used in  place
                     of the comma.  If the environment variable LC_ALL is unset, unrecognized, or
                     is set to ``POSIX'' or ``C'',  any commas  in  the  format  string  will  be
                     ignored.

              &      Precision.   When  this  character  is present in the fractional part of the
                     number, it is equivalent to a number of 0's equal to the precision specified
                     in  the  column  format command.  For example, if the precision is 3, `&' is
                     equivalent to `000'.

              \      Quote.  This character causes the next character to  be  inserted  into  the
                     formatted string directly with no special interpretation.

              E- E+ e- e+
                     Scientific  format.   Causes  the  number  to  be  formatted  in  scientific
                     notation.  The case of the `E' or `e' given is  preserved.   If  the  format
                     uses  a  `+',  then the sign is always given for the exponent value.  If the
                     format uses a `-', then the sign is only given when the  exponent  value  is
                     negative.   Note  that if there is no digit placeholder following the `+' or
                     `-', then that part of the formatted number is left out.  In general,  there
                     should be one or more digit placeholders after the `+' or `-'.

              ;      Format  selector.   Use  this  character  to  separate  the  format into two
                     distinct formats.  The format to the left of the `;' character will be  used
                     if the number given is zero or positive.  The format to the right of the `;'
                     character is used if the number given is negative.

              Some example formats are integer (``0'' or  ``#''),  fixed  (``0.00''),  percentage
              (``0%''     or     ``0.00%''),     scientific    (``0.00E+00''),    and    currency
              (``$#,0.00;($#,0.00)'').

              Date format strings are identified by the presence of a ^D in the first  postition.
              If  this  is  present,  the  remainder  of  the  string is passed to the strftime()
              function, and therefore uses the same conversion  specifiers  as  strftime().   For
              more information on conversion specifiers for date format strings, see the man page
              for strftime(3).

       Strings you enter must start with ".  You can leave off the trailing " and sc will add  it
       for  you.  You can also enter a string expression by backspacing over the opening " in the
       prompt.

       e      Edit the value associated with the current cell.  This is identical to ``='' except
              that  the  command  line  starts out containing the old numeric value or expression
              associated with the cell.  The editing in this mode is vi-like.

              ^H     Move back a character

              ^V, v  Enter navigate mode.  This mode allows you to navigate the spreadsheet while
                     editing  a  command.  When in navigate mode, v will insert the numeric value
                     of the current cell, if any, into the command line, instead, while  ^V  will
                     return to the previous mode (like the ESCAPE key).

              ^W     Insert  the  expression  attached to the current cell into the command line.
                     If there is none, the result is ``?''.  This only works  while  in  navigate
                     mode.

              ^A     In  navigate  mode,  go  to cell A0.  When not in navigate mode, jump to the
                     beginning of the line instead.

              ^E     Jump to the end of the line.  Unlike ``$'' (below), this can  also  be  used
                     from insert mode.

              TAB    If  the character immediately preceding the cursor is alphanumeric or ``_'',
                     TAB tries to find a match in the list of range names, and if one  is  found,
                     the  name  will  be  completed  on  the command line.  If there are multiple
                     matches, pressing TAB repeatedly without any  other  intervening  keys  will
                     cycle  through  all  of  the  valid  matches.   If the character immediately
                     preceding the cursor is not alphanumeric or ``_'', TAB defines  a  range  of
                     cells  via  the  cursor  control  commands  or the arrow keys.  Pressing TAB
                     automatically switches sc to navigate mode if you haven't  already  done  so
                     using  the  ^V  command,  and the range is highlighted, starting at the cell
                     where you typed TAB, and continuing through the current cell.  Pressing  TAB
                     again causes the highlighted range to be inserted into the command line, the
                     highlighting to be turned off, and the previous mode to be  restored.   This
                     is  most  useful  for defining ranges to functions such as @sum().  Pressing
                     ``)'' acts just like typing the TAB key the second time and adds the closing
                     ``)''.   Note  that  when you give a range command, if the first argument to
                     the command is a range, you don't need to  press  the  first  TAB  to  begin
                     defining a range starting with the current cell.

              :      Synonym for TAB, when in navigate mode.

              ` '    In navigate mode, go to marked cell.

              *      In navigate mode, go to note linked to current cell.

              +      Forward through history (same as j)

              -      Backward through history (same as k)

              ESC    Done editing

              CR     Save.   When  in navigate mode, insert the name of the current cell (the one
                     at the cell cursor) into the command line.  This  is  useful  when  entering
                     expressions which refer to other cells in the table.

              $      Goto last column

              %      Goto matching parenthesis

              .      Insert  current  dot buffer.  When in navigate mode, this is a synonym for :
                     or TAB.

              ;      Repeat the last f, F, t, or T command.

              ,      Repeat the last f, F, t, or T command, but in the reverse direction.

              ~      Change the case of the character under the cursor.

              /      Search backwards for a string in the history
                     ESC  edit the string you typed
                     CR   search
                     ^H   backspace

              ?      Search forward for a string in the history (see ``/'' above)

              0      Goto column 0

              B      Move back a word.  Like b, except words are space delimited only.

              C      Change to end of line (delete first, then enter insert mode)

              D      Delete to end of line

              F      Find the next char typed, moving backwards in the line

              G      Go to the end of history, i.e., to the line being currently entered

              I      Insert at column 0; ESC revert back to edit mode

              N      Repeat the last search in the opposite direction

              P      Insert the most recently deleted text before the cursor

              R      Replace mode; ESC revert back to edit mode

              T      Goto a char, moving backwards in the line

              W      Forward a word.  Like w, except words are space delimited only.

              X      Delete the char to the left

              a      Append after cursor; ESC revert back to edit mode

              b      Move back a word

              c      Change mode; ESC revert back to edit mode.  In navigate mode,  insert  color
                     range which includes the current cell.

              d      Delete ...
                     0    delete to beginning of line
                     $    delete to end of line
                     b    back word
                     e    delete to end of word
                     f    forward (right)
                     h    back char
                     l    forward
                     t    delete forward up to a given char (next char typed)
                     w    delete next word forward

              e      Forward to next end-of-word

              f      Find  the  next  char typed.  In navigate mode, insert the outer frame range
                     which includes the current cell.

              g      In navigate mode, allows you to `goto'  a  cell  or  range,  just  like  the
                     regular goto command.  Ignored in edit, insert or replace modes.

              h      Move left a char

              i      Insert before cursor; ESC revert back to edit mode

              j      Forward through history (same as +)

              k      Backward through history (same as -)

              l      Move right a char

              n      Repeat the last search (find the next match)

              o      When  highlighting  a range in navigate mode, move to the opposite corner of
                     the highlighted range.

              p      Insert the most recently deleted text after the cursor

              q      Stop editing

              r      Replace char.  In navigate mode, insert the inner frame range which includes
                     the current cell.

              s      Delete current char and enter insert mode (stands for substitute)

              t      Goto a char

              u      Undo

              w      Forward a word

              x      Delete the current char (moving to the right)

              y      Copies to the delete buffer without deleting.  Use like d (above).

       E      Edit  the  string  associated  with  the current cell.  This is identical to ``<'',
              ``\'', or ``>'' except that the command line starts out containing the  old  string
              value or expression associated with the cell.  SEE e ABOVE.

       To  enter  and  edit a cell's number part, use the ``='', ``+'', and e commands.  To enter
       and edit a cell's string part, use the ``<'', ``\'',  ``>'',  and  E  commands.   See  the
       sections below on numeric and string expressions for more information.

       Note  that  the descriptions of the ``+'' and ``-'' commands below may seem very confusing
       at first, but once they're understood, they can facilitate the rapid entry of  expressions
       which  add  and  subtract large numbers of cells and sums of ranges of cells, so read them
       over carefully several times until you understand them.

       "      Specify a named buffer for the next yank/delete/pull command.   Buffers  are  named
              with  a single character.  Buffers ``a'' through ``z'' are general purpose buffers,
              buffers ``1'' through ``9'' hold the last nine deletions, with buffer  ``1''  being
              the  most  recent,  and  buffer  ``0'' holds the last cell or range yanked.  Buffer
              ``"'' is the default buffer, which holds the last cell or range that was deleted or
              yanked.

       x      Clear the current cell.  Deletes the numeric value, label string, and/or numeric or
              string expression.  You can prefix this command with a count of the number of cells
              on  the  current  row to clear.  The current column is used if column recalculation
              order is set.  Cells cleared with this command may be recalled with any of the pull
              commands (see below).

       mx     Mark  the current cell.  sc will prompt for a lowercase letter to be used as a mark
              specifier.  Marked cells may be used as the source for the copy command, or as  the
              target of a ` or ' (go to marked cell) command.

       cx     Copy  a marked cell to the current cell, adjusting row and column references in its
              numeric or string expression, if any.  sc will prompt for the name of the  cell  to
              be copied, which may be a lowercase letter specified previously with the m command,
              a digit 1-9 to reference one of the last nine edited cells (0  will  reference  the
              last  cell in which an edit was begun, regardless of whether the edit was completed
              or not), or ``.''  to reference the current cell, which, as a special case,  is  to
              be  used  as  a  source rather than a destination, and is to be copied into a range
              which includes the current cell.  When ``.''  is specified, the current cell is set
              as  the  default  source  range  for the range copy (rc) command, and then the copy
              command is entered into the command line and sc switches to navigate mode.   Moving
              the cell cursor will then highlight the destination range.  After the desired range
              is highlighted, press RETURN to execute the copy.

       +      If not in numeric mode, add the current numeric argument (default 1) to  the  value
              of  the current cell.  The current value of the cell must not be an expression.  In
              numeric mode, + switches to  insert  mode  and  appends  a  ``+''  to  the  current
              expression or value, if any, which makes it easy to add to existing data.

              In  navigate  mode,  +  inserts the current cell address into the line, followed by
              another +, and sc remains in navigate mode, unless a range is  highlighted.   If  a
              range  is highlighted and the character immediately preceding the cursor is a ``+''
              or ``-'', or the cursor is at the beginning of an  empty  ``let''  expression,  the
              string  ``@sum(''  will be inserted, followed by the highlighted range, followed by
              ``)+''.  If a range is highlighted and  the  character  immediately  preceding  the
              cursor  is not a ``+'' or ``-'', and the cursor is not at the beginning of an empty
              ``let'' expression, the highlighted range will be inserted, followed by  ``)+''.

       -      If not in numeric mode, subtract the current numeric argument (default 1) from  the
              value  of  the  current  cell.   The  current  value  of  the  cell  must not be an
              expression.  In numeric mode, - switches to insert mode and appends a ``-'' to  the
              current  expression or value, if any, which makes it easy to subtract from existing
              data.

              In navigate mode, - inserts the current cell address into  the  line,  followed  by
              another  -,  and  sc remains in navigate mode, unless a range is highlighted.  If a
              range if highlighted and the character immediately preceding the cursor is a  ``+''
              or  ``-'',  or  the  cursor is at the beginning of an empty ``let'' expression, the
              string ``@sum('' will be inserted, followed by the highlighted range,  followed  by
              ``)-''.   If  a  range  is  highlighted and the character immediately preceding the
              cursor is not a ``+'' or ``-'', and the cursor is not at the beginning of an  empty
              ``let'' expression, the highlighted range will be inserted, followed by  ``)-''.

       RETURN If  you  are  not  editing a cell (top line is empty), pressing RETURN will make sc
              enter insert mode.  At this point you may type any valid command or press ESC  once
              to edit.

   File Commands

       G      Get  a  new  database from a file.  If encryption is enabled, the file is decrypted
              before it is loaded into the spreadsheet.

       P      Put the current database into a file.   If  encryption  is  enabled,  the  file  is
              encrypted before it is saved.

       ZZ     Save the current database into a file if it has been modified, and then quit.  This
              is like the P command followed by the q command, except that the  default  filename
              will  be  used instead of prompting you for one, and the file will only be saved if
              it was modified.  If there is  no  default  filename,  an  error  message  will  be
              displayed, and no action taken.

       W      Write  a  listing  of  the  current database into a file in a form that matches its
              appearance on the screen.  This differs from the Put command in that its files  are
              intended  to  be  reloaded with Get, while Write produces a file for people to look
              at.  Hidden rows or columns are not shown when the data is printed.

       T      Write a listing of the current database to a file, but include delimiters  suitable
              for  processing  by  the  tbl,  LaTeX, or TeX table processors.  The delimiters are
              controlled by the tblstyle option.  See Set above.  The delimiters are a  colon (:)
              for style 0 or tbl and an ampersand (&) for style latex or tex.

       With  the  Put,  Write, and Table commands, the optional range argument writes a subset of
       the spreadsheet to the output file.

       With the Write and Table commands, if you try to write to the last file used with the  Get
       or  Put  commands,  or the file specified on the command line when sc was invoked, you are
       asked to confirm that the (potentially) dangerous operation is really what you want.

       The three output commands, Put, Write, and Table, can pipe their (unencrypted only) output
       to  a  program.   To  use  this  feature,  enter  ``| program'' to the prompt asking for a
       filename.  For example, to redirect the output of the Write command to  the  printer,  you
       might enter ``| lpr -p''.

       M      Merge  the  database  from  the  named  file into the current database.  Values and
              expressions defined in the  named  file  are  read  into  the  current  spreadsheet
              overwriting the existing entries at matching cell locations.

       R      Run  macros.   There  are  two  different kinds of macros that can be used with sc:
              simple macros, which are stored in plain text files, and advanced macros, which are
              executable  files,  and  which  can  be  written  in  the  language of your choice.
              Advanced macros are only available on systems that support pipes.

              Simple macros are interpreted by sc's internal parser, and use  the  same  commands
              used  to  enter  data  and  perform  other  operations (the single key commands are
              shortcuts which switch to input mode after first entering the beginning of the full
              command  for you).  These are also the same commands found in sc files created with
              the Put command.  Since sc files are saved as ASCII files, it is  possible  to  use
              them as primitive macro definition files.  The Run command makes this easier.  It's
              like the Merge command, but prints a saved path name as the start of  the  filename
              to  merge  in.  The string to use is set with the Define command.  To write macros,
              you must be familiar with the file format written by the Put command.

              Advanced macros use executable files that are started by sc as a child process with
              stdin  and  stdout  redirected back to sc for bidirectional communication.  Special
              commands are available for requesting information such as cell contents, formatting
              information,  or  the current location of the cell cursor.  Commands are written to
              stdout, and responses are read from stdin.  To use advanced  macros,  the  filename
              must be preceded by a | (the pipe symbol), and the file must be executable.  If the
              pathname set with the Define command begins with a |, all files in that  path  will
              be  executed as advanced macros.  It is also possible to include a filename as part
              of the path when using advanced macros, which allows you to put multiple macros  in
              a  single file, and use the Run command to add command line arguments or options to
              determine which macro should be run.   Advanced  macros  are  relatively  new,  and
              documentation  is  still  incomplete.   This  feature  will probably be enhanced in
              future releases.

       A      Specify a macro to be automatically run whenever the current sheet is reloaded from
              a file.

       D      Define a path for the Run command to use (see above).

       All  file  operations take a filename as the first argument to the prompt on the top line.
       The prompt supplies a " to aid in typing in  the  filename.   The  filename  can  also  be
       obtained  from  a  cell's  label  string  or  string expression.  In this case, delete the
       leading " with the backspace key and enter a cell  name  such  as  a22  instead.   If  the
       resulting  string  starts  with  ``|'',  the  rest  of the string is interpreted as a UNIX
       command, as above.

   Row and Column Commands
       These are two-letter commands which can be used on either rows or columns.  The exceptions
       are  the  f  command,  which only works on columns, and therefore doesn't require a second
       letter, and the p command which, in addition to operating on rows or columns, has  several
       other  options  for  merging the data in directly, without opening up a new row or column.
       There are also a few special cases where pressing the same letter twice will  affect  only
       the  current  cell  instead of a row or column (except for ZZ, which is a special case all
       its own).

       In all of the remaining cases, the second letter of the command will be  either  r  or  c,
       depending  on  whether  the operation should be performed on rows or columns, respectively
       (additional options for the p command and the double letter cases are  listed  below).   A
       small  menu  lists the choices for the second letter when you type the first letter of one
       of these commands.

       Alternatively, you may define a range of rows or columns by moving the cell cursor, either
       a  cell  at  a  time, or by pages (roughly 1/2 screen, unless the pagesize option has been
       set), but this only works for the d, y, and Z commands.   Vertical  cursor  movement  will
       begin  highlighting  rows,  and  horizontal movement will highlight columns.  Pressing the
       RETURN key will then perform the chosen operation on the specified rows/columns.

       Commands which copy cells also modify the row  and  column  references  in  affected  cell
       expressions.   The  references  may  be frozen by using the @fixed operator or using the $
       character in the reference to the cell (see below).  Commands which  create  new  rows  or
       columns  will include all newly created cells in the same ranges (named, framed, color, or
       those used in expressions) as their counterparts in the current row or column.   This  can
       sometimes be a significant factor when deciding whether to use ir/ic or or/oc.

       ir, ic Insert  a  new  row (column) by moving the row (column) containing the cell cursor,
              and all following rows (columns), down (right)  one  row  (column).   The  new  row
              (column)  is empty.  Inserting rows while the cell cursor is in a framed range will
              only effect rows in that range, leaving all rows to the left and right untouched.

       or, oc Open a new row (column).  These commands work like the ir and ic  commands,  except
              that  the  new row (column) will be inserted after the current row (column) instead
              of before it.

       ar, ac Append a new row (column) immediately following the current row  (column).   It  is
              initialized  as a copy of the current one.  Appending rows while the cell cursor is
              in a framed range will only effect rows in that range, leaving all rows to the left
              and right untouched.

       dr, dc, dd
              Delete  the  current  row  (column).   dd  deletes  the current cell (i.e., it is a
              synonym for x).  Deleting rows while the cell cursor is in a framed range will only
              effect rows in that range, leaving all rows to the left and right untouched.

       yr, yc, yy
              Yank  a  copy  of  the current row (column) into the delete buffer without actually
              deleting it.  yy yanks the  current  cell  (similar  to  x,  but  without  actually
              deleting  the  contents  of  the cell).  Yanking rows while the cell cursor is in a
              framed range will only copy the portion of each row contained in that range,  while
              ignoring everything outside the range.

       pr, pc, pp, pm, px, pt, pC, p.
              Pull  deleted  rows/columns/cells back into the spreadsheet.  The last set of cells
              that was deleted or yanked  is  put  back  into  the  spreadsheet  at  the  current
              location.   pr  inserts enough rows to hold the data.  pc inserts enough columns to
              hold the data.  pp (paste) does not insert rows or columns; it overwrites the cells
              beginning  at  the current cell cursor location.  pm (merge) merges the cells in at
              the current cell cursor location, but does not erase the  destination  range  first
              like pp.  The difference between pp and pm is similar to the difference between the
              Get and Merge commands.  pf (format) works like pm except that only cell formatting
              information is merged in, leaving the actual data untouched.  This makes it easy to
              copy cell formats from one part  of  the  spreadsheet  to  another,  such  as  when
              expanding  an  existing spreadsheet file.  px (exchange) copies the contents of the
              delete buffer into the range beginning at the current cell cursor  location,  while
              simultaneously  copying  the  contents  of  this range back into the delete buffer,
              replacing its current contents.  pt (transpose) overwrites the cells  beginning  at
              the  current cell cursor location like pp, but transposes rows for columns and vice
              versa.  pC (copy) works like pp, except that all cell references  are  adjusted  in
              the  same  way  that  they are for the copy command.  p.  is the same as pC, except
              that it switches to navigate mode and allows you to define the destination range to
              be  used.   This  works  like  the  copy  command  in that if the source range (the
              contents of the delete buffer) is a single row, column, or  cell,  multiple  copies
              may be made.

       vr, vc, vv
              Remove  expressions from the affected rows (columns), leaving only the values which
              were in the cells before the command was executed.  When used in a framed range, vr
              only  affects  the portion of the the row inside the range, leaving the rest of the
              row unchanged.  vv only affects the contents of the current cell.

       Zr, Zc, ZZ
              Hide (``zap'') the current row (column).  This keeps  a  row  (column)  from  being
              displayed  but  keeps  it  in the data base.  The status of the rows and columns is
              saved with the data base so hidden rows and columns will still be hidden  when  you
              reload  the  spreadsheet.  Hidden rows or columns are not printed by the W command.
              The ZZ command is a special case.  It does not hide anything.   Instead,  the  file
              will be saved, if modified, and sc will exit.  See ZZ above, under File Commands.

       sr, sc Show  hidden  rows (columns).  Enter a range of rows (columns) to be revealed.  The
              default is the first range  of  rows  (columns)  currently  hidden.   This  command
              ignores the repeat count, if any.

       f      Set  the  output  format to be used for printing the numeric values in each cell in
              the current column.  This command has only a column  version  (no  second  letter).
              You  may change the column width by pressing the h, <, or cursor left key to reduce
              it, or the l, >, or cursor right key to increase it.  Likewise, you may change  the
              precision  (the number of digits to follow decimal points) by pressing the j, -, or
              cursor down key to reduce it, or the k, +, or cursor up key to  increase  it.   You
              may  also  change  the  format type for the column by pressing any digit.  If the f
              command is preceded by a numeric argument, that argument will  determine  how  many
              columns  should  be  changed, beginning with the current column, and in the case of
              incrementing or decrementing the width or precision of  the  columns,  each  column
              will  be  incremented  or decremented separately, regardless of its initial values.
              Several  formatting  operations  may  be  performed  in  sequence.   To  leave  the
              formatting command, simply press ESC, ^G, q, or RETURN .

              Alternatively,  you  may  press SPACE to get the format command in the top line and
              enter all three  values  directly.   In  order,  these  are:  the  total  width  in
              characters  of  the column, the precision, and the format type.  Format types are 0
              for fixed point, 1 for scientific notation, 2 for engineering notation, 3 for dates
              with  a two digit year, and 4 for dates with a four digit year.  Values are rounded
              off to the least significant digit  displayed.   The  total  column  width  affects
              displays  of  strings  as well as numbers.  A preceding count can be used to affect
              more than one column.

              You can also create your own format types  by  pressing  =  after  the  f  command,
              followed  by  any  digit  (see  the  F  command  above under Cell Entry and Editing
              Commands for a description of how to build a  format  string).   Format  numbers  0
              through  4 will supersede the built-in format types, while numbers 5 through 9 will
              supplement them.  User defined format types may be used in  the  same  way  as  the
              built-in types.  For example, the command

                     format 5 = "#,0.& ;(#,0.&)"

              will  define a currency format which may then be assigned to column C, for example,
              with the command

                     format C 10 2 5

       @myrow, @mycol
              Are functions that return the row or column of the current cell respectively.   ex:
              The  cell  directly  above  a  cell  in  the  D  column  could  then be accessed by
              @nval("d",@myrow-1).  NOTE: @myrow and @mycol can't be used in specifying ranges.

       @lastrow, @lastcol
              These return the last row and column of the spreadsheet,  respectively.   They  are
              useful for macros designed to default to the whole spreadsheet.

   Range Commands
       Range  operations  affect a rectangular region on the screen defined by the upper left and
       lower right cells in the region.  All of the commands in this class begin with ``r'';  the
       second  letter of the command indicates which command.  A small menu lists the choices for
       the second letter when you type ``r''.  sc prompts for needed parameters for each command.
       Phrases  surrounded  by  square  brackets  in the prompt are informational only and may be
       erased with the backspace key.

       Prompts requesting variable names may be satisfied with either an explicit variable  name,
       such  as  A10,  or  with  a  variable name previously defined in a rd command (see below).
       Range name prompts require either an explicit range such  as  A10:B20,  or  a  range  name
       previously defined with a rd command.  A default range shown in the second line is used if
       you omit the range from the command or press the TAB key (see below).  The  default  range
       can  be changed by moving the cell cursor via the control commands (^P or ^N) or the arrow
       keys.  The cells in the default range are highlighted (using the terminal's standout mode,
       if available).

       rx     Clear a range.  Cells cleared with this command will be saved in the delete buffer,
              and may be recalled with any of the pull commands.

       ry     Yank a range.  Like rx, cells yanked with this command will be saved in the  delete
              buffer,  and  may  be recalled with any of the pull commands.  This command differs
              from rx, however, in that the original cells will not be  cleared.   Although  this
              command  may  be  used to copy a range of cells, it treats all references as fixed.
              Use rc if you want references to be relative to the cell which contains them unless
              specified  otherwise,  either  with the @fixed operator or using the $ character in
              the reference to the cell.

       rc     Copy a source range to a destination range.  The  source  and  destination  may  be
              different  sizes.   The  result  is  always  one or more full copies of the source.
              Copying a row to a row yields a row.  Copying a column to a column yields a column.
              Copying  a range to anything yields a range.  Copying a row to a column or a column
              to a row yields a range with as many copies of the source as there are cells in the
              destination.   This  command  can  be used to duplicate a cell through an arbitrary
              range by making the source a single cell range such as b20:b20.

              If the source range is omitted (second argument), the source range  from  the  last
              copy  command  will be used, unless a range is currently highlighted, in which case
              the highlighted range will be  copied  instead.   If  both  the  source  range  and
              destination  range  are  omitted, the current cell will be used as the destination,
              unless a range is currently highlighted, in which case the highlighted  range  will
              serve  as  the destination, and the source range from the last copy command will be
              copied into that destination.

       rm     Move a source range to a destination range.  This differs  from  deleting  a  range
              with  rx  and  pulling  it back in with pm in that any expressions that reference a
              cell in the range to be moved will reference the cell at its new address after  the
              move.   Unlike  the  rc  command, the destination of a move is a single cell, which
              will be the upper lefthand corner of the source range after the move.

       rv     Values only.  This command removes the expressions from a range of  cells,  leaving
              just the values of the expressions.

       rs     Sort a range.  The rows in the specified range will be sorted according to criteria
              given in the form of a string of  characters.   This  string,  enclosed  in  double
              quotes, may comprise a single criterion or multiple criteria in decreasing order of
              precedence.  Each criterion has three parts, all of which are mandatory.  The first
              part  is  a  single character, which must be either + or -, which specifies whether
              the sort should be done in ascending or descending order, respectively.  The second
              part,  which  is  also  a  single  character, must be either # or $, and is used to
              specify whether the sort should be based on  the  numeric  portion  or  the  string
              portion,  respectively, of the cells being used for the comparison.  The third part
              may be either one or two characters, and must be alphabetic (case insensitive), and
              specifies  the  column to be used when making the comparisons.  This column must be
              in the range being sorted.  Any number of criteria may be concatenated, and will be
              used in the order specified.  If no criteria are specified, the default behavior is
              to sort in ascending order, first by string and then by number, using the  leftmost
              column  of  the  range  being  sorted.   This  is equivalent to specifying the sort
              criteria to be " +$a+#a ", where both a's are replaced by the name of the  leftmost
              column of the range being sorted.

       rf     Fill  a  range with constant values starting with a given value and increasing by a
              given increment.  Each row is filled before moving on to the next row if row  order
              recalculation is set.  Column order fills each column in the range before moving on
              to the next column.  The start and increment numbers may be positive  or  negative.
              To fill all cells with the same value, give an increment of zero.

       r{     Left justify all strings in the specified range.

       r}     Right justify all strings in the specified range.

       r|     Center all strings in the specified range.

       rd     Use  this command to assign a symbolic name to a single cell or a rectangular range
              of cells on the screen.  The parameters are the name, surrounded by "", and  either
              a  single  cell  name such as A10 or a range such as a1:b20.  Names defined in this
              fashion are used by the program in future prompts, may be entered  in  response  to
              prompts  requesting  a  cell  or  range name, and are saved when the spreadsheet is
              saved with the Put command.  Names defined may be any combination  of  alphanumeric
              characters and `_' as long as the name isn't a valid cell address.  Thus, x, H2SO4,
              and 3rdDay are all valid names, but H2 is not.

       rl     Use this command to lock the current cell or a  range  of  cells,  i.e.  make  them
              immune  to any type of editing.  A locked cell can't be changed in any way until it
              is unlocked.

       rU     This command is the opposite of the rl command and thus unlocks a locked  cell  and
              makes it editable.

       rS     This  command  shows lists of the currently defined range names, framed ranges, and
              color definitions and ranges, one after the other.  The output of this command will
              be  piped  to less.  If the environment variable PAGER is set, its value is used in
              place of less.

       ru     Use this command to undefine a previously defined range name.

       rF     Use this command to assign a value format string (see the ``F'' cell entry command)
              to a range of cells.

       rr     This command is used for creating, modifying, and deleting framed ranges.  A framed
              range, is one which has a number of rows or columns specified at the  top,  bottom,
              left,  and/or right (the frame) which must remain onscreen whenever the cell cursor
              is within that range.  In other words, a frame consists of an outer  range  and  an
              inner  range,  where  the  inner range is allowed to scroll within the outer range.
              Once a frame is defined, the inner range  may  be  resized,  but  the  outer  range
              remains fixed unless rows or columns are added or deleted within the range.

              When  this  command  is invoked, you will be prompted for the type of frame-related
              action you would like to perform.  You may select an option from the list by typing
              its first letter.

              The  options  are  top,  bottom, left, right, all, and unframe.  If you choose top,
              bottom,  left,  or  right,  you  will  be  prompted  for  a  range  and  number  of
              rows/columns.   The  range  may  be  omitted  if the cell cursor is in a previously
              defined framed range, in which case that range's outer range will be used  instead.
              The  number  of rows/columns will set or adjust the width of the corresponding side
              of the frame.  If all of these widths are set to zero, the frame will be  undefined
              (same as the unframe command).

              If  you  choose all, you will be prompted for an outer range and an inner range, in
              which case the inner range will scroll within the outer  range,  and  any  rows  or
              columns  outside of the inner range, but inside the outer range will be part of the
              ``frame'' that is to remain onscreen.  The outer range may be omitted if  the  cell
              cursor  is  in  a  previously  defined  framed  range, in which case the previously
              defined outer range will be used.  However, if a single range is specified  on  the
              command   line,   while  another  range  wholly  contained  within  this  range  is
              highlighted, the specified  range  will  be  used  as  the  outer  range,  and  the
              highlighted range will be used as the inner range.  If no range is specified on the
              command line, but a range is highlighted,  and  the  highlighted  range  is  wholly
              contained  within  a previously defined framed range, the highlighted range will be
              used as the inner range, and the previously defined outer range will be used as the
              outer range.

              If  you choose unframe, you will be prompted for a range, and if the range is found
              in the list of frames, the frame will be deleted, and the framing will no longer be
              active (the specified range must be the outer range of the previously defined frame
              to be deleted).  The range may be omitted if the cell cursor  is  in  a  previously
              defined framed range, in which case that range will be used by default.

              Framed  ranges may not be nested or overlapping.  If you try to define a range that
              contains any cells in common with a  previously  defined  framed  range,  an  error
              message will be issued, and the frame will not be created.

       rC     This  command  defines a color range, and specifies a foreground/background pair to
              be used for that range.  See "Color Commands" below for more information.

   Note Commands
       A note is a cell or range of cells that can be jumped to  quickly  from  another  cell  by
       creating  a  special link in that cell.  The note may contain text explaining the contents
       of the cell containing the link, similar to a footnote, or it may simply be  another  part
       of  the  spreadsheet that is related to the cell in some way.  When you press the `n' key,
       you will get a short prompt asking you whether you want to add or delete  a  note,  or  to
       ``show'' (by highlighting) which cells on the screen have attached notes.

       If  a cell with an attached note contains numeric data, it will be preceded with an ``*''.
       If color is available and turned on, the ``*'' will be displayed with color 4.  Also,  the
       note address will be displayed in curly braces on the top line, preceded by an ``*'', when
       the cell is current (e.g.  {*AC30:AE43} or {*note1} for a named range).  You may also  use
       the  *s  (Note/Show)  command  to  highlight all cells on the current screen with attached
       notes.

       *a     Add a note.  This will bring up the addnote command in the top  line,  followed  by
              the  target address of the cell where you want the note added.  You must then enter
              the cell or range where the note resides to add the note.  If  you  omit  the  note
              address  or  range,  the  currently  highlighted  range,  if  any,  will  be  used.
              Otherwise, the current cell will be used (you would, of course, want to  move  away
              from the cell in which the addnote command was invoked in the latter case).

       *d     Delete  a  note.  If there is a note attached to the current cell, the link will be
              removed (deleted).  The note itself will not be removed from the  spreadsheet.   If
              it is no longer needed, it must be deleted in a separate step.

       *s     Show  all  notes  on  the  current  screen.   If there are any cells on the visible
              portion of the spreadsheet which contain attached notes, they will  be  highlighted
              until  the  next  screen  change, no matter how minor.  Simply moving to a new cell
              will be enough to turn off the highlighting.

       **     Jump to a note.  If there is a note attached to  the  current  cell,  you  will  be
              immediately  transported  to  that cell.  You may return from the note to where you
              were by pressing ` twice.

   Color Commands
       Color may be enabled by setting the color option (``set color''), or by toggling  it  with
       ^TC  (control-T  followed  by  an uppercase C).  If color is enabled, you may define up to
       eight color pairs, each consisting of a foreground color and a background color.  Each  of
       these  colors may be defined by an expression which is evaluated at the same time the rest
       of the spreadsheet is evaluated.  Color expressions  may  be  simple,  specifying  only  a
       foreground  color  and a background color, or they may be arbitrarily complex, causing the
       colors to change based upon other data in the spreadsheet, for example.  Color ranges  may
       then be defined using the rC command, with a color number (1-8) assigned to the range (see
       below).

       Some of the color numbers may have special meaning under certain  circumstances,  but  may
       also  be used explicitly at the same time.  For example, color 1 is the default color pair
       if color is enabled but no color has been defined for a given cell.  It is also the  color
       used  for  the  column and row labels and the top two lines of the display, which are used
       for prompts, input, error messages, etc.  Color 2,  while  not  explicitly  used  for  all
       negative  numbers,  will  be  used for negative numbers in cells which have no other color
       defined when colorneg is turned on (``set colorneg'' or ^TN).  This  is  because  colorneg
       causes  all  cells  with  negative  numbers  to have their color number incremented by one
       (cycling back to color 1 if the cell is defined as using color 8).  Color 3  is  used  for
       all  cells  with  errors (ERROR or INVALID), if colorerr is set (``set colorerr'' or ^TE),
       regardless of which color they have been defined to use, or whether they have been defined
       to  use  any  color at all.  Color 4 is used to highlight the ``*'' which signifies that a
       cell has a note attached.

       If two color ranges are nested or overlapping, any cell that is common  to  both  will  be
       displayed  using  the  color  of  the most recently defined color range.  You can list all
       color definitions and color ranges with the rS (show) command (see below).

       C      This command first prompts you for the color number you would like  to  define  (or
              redefine).   After  selecting  a  number  (1-8),  you may enter an expression which
              defines the foreground and background colors.  If the chosen color  has  previously
              been  defined, the old definition will be presented for editing.  The syntax of the
              color command is:

                     color number = expression

              where number is the number of the color pair you want to define, and expression  is
              the  definition.   If the expression is missing, the specified color number will be
              unset (it  will  revert  to  its  default  start-up  colors).   Unlike  setting  it
              explicitly  to its original value, this will not cause the expression to be written
              to the file when saved.  See below for an explanation of  the  format  of  a  color
              expression.

       rC     This  command  defines a color range, and specifies a foreground/background pair to
              be used for that range.  Although this command also uses  the  color  command,  the
              syntax is different from that used for defining a color pair.  This syntax is:

                     color range number

       rS     This  command  shows lists of the currently defined range names, framed ranges, and
              color definitions and ranges, one after the other.  The output of this command will
              be  piped  to less.  If the environment variable PAGER is set, its value is used in
              place of less.

       Color expressions are exactly like any other  numeric  expression,  and  may  contain  any
       function  or  operator  that is valid in any other numeric expression.  There are, however
       special functions designed specifically for defining colors.  These functions are:

               @black
               @red
               @green
               @yellow
               @blue
               @magenta
               @cyan
               @white

       Although these function names are intended to reflect the color they produce, and use  the
       same  names as the curses colors, @yellow may appear as brown on many displays, especially
       those based on the VGA standard.

       In addition to special functions for specifying colors, there is also a  special  operator
       for combining two such colors into a single number which specifies both a foreground and a
       background color.  This operator is the semicolon (;).  For example, the command

              color 1 = @white;@green

       will set the foreground color to white and the background color to green for any  cell  or
       range  of  cells defined to use color 1, or which have no color defined.  If the semicolon
       operator is not used, and only one color is specified, that color will  be  used  for  the
       foreground, and the background will default to black.

       Although the above example is the easiest way to specify foreground and background colors,
       and will probably meet most people's needs, sc allows much  more  power  and  flexibility,
       should  the  need arise, due to the fact that any color can be specified by an expression.
       For example,

              color 5 = B23<E75?(@black;@cyan):(@white;@magenta)

       will cause all cells defined with color 5  to  be  displayed  as  black  text  on  a  cyan
       background  if  the  numeric value in cell B23 is less than the numeric value in cell E75;
       otherwise, they will be displayed as white text on a magenta background.  If you prefer to
       have  the  foreground  and background colors dependent on different criteria, you could do
       something like this:

              color 5 = (B23<E75?@white:@cyan);(D5%2?@red:@blue)

       This will cause the text color for color 5 to be either white or cyan,  depending  on  the
       numeric  values in cells B23 and E75, as in the previous example, and the background color
       to be either red or blue, depending on whether the numeric value in  cell  D5  is  odd  or
       even.

       Note that although a color expression may contain any function which is valid in any other
       numeric expression, the @myrow and @mycol functions will always evaluate to  0.   This  is
       because  a  color  expression is not tied to any particular cell, but is instead evaluated
       once, and the result used for all cells defined to use that color.

       Also note that if a color expression results in an error, the color will default to  black
       text  on  a  black  background.  If color 1 results in an error, color will be disabled so
       that you can see the input line to correct the error, after which color will  need  to  be
       reenabled manually.

       Default colors are in effect for all colors until defined otherwise.  These default colors
       are as follows:

               color 1 = @white;@blue
               color 2 = @red;@blue
               color 3 = @white;@red
               color 4 = @black;@yellow
               color 5 = @black;@cyan
               color 6 = @red;@cyan
               color 7 = @white;@black
               color 8 = @red;@black

   Miscellaneous Commands

       Q
       q
       ^C     Exit from sc.  If you made any changes since the last Get or  Put,  sc  asks  about
              saving your data before exiting.

       ^G
       ESC    Abort entry of the current command.

       ?      Enter  an  interactive help facility.  Lets you look up brief summaries of the main
              features of the program.  The help facility is structured like this manual page  so
              it  is  easy to find more information on a particular topic, although it may not be
              completely up-to-date.

       !      Shell escape.  sc prompts for a shell command to run.  End the  command  line  with
              the  RETURN  key.  If the environment variable SHELL is defined, that shell is run.
              If not, /bin/sh  is  used.   Giving  a  null  command  line  starts  the  shell  in
              interactive mode.  A second ``!'' repeats the previous command.

       ~      Abbreviations.  You may set abbreviations to speed up the entry of repetitive data.
              Abbreviations work much like abbreviations in vi,  except  that  when  defining  an
              abbreviation,  both the abbreviation and the expanded text must be contained within
              quotes, separated by a  single  space.   If  more  than  one  space  separates  the
              abbreviation  from  the  expanded text, it will be included as part of the expanded
              text.

              There are three types of abbreviations available in sc.  In  the  first  type,  all
              characters  must  be  either  alphanumeric  or ``_''.  In the second type, the last
              character must be alphanumeric or ``_'', but  all  other  characters  must  not  be
              alphanumeric  or  ``_''.   Neither  type  may  contain  spaces.   The third type of
              abbreviation is a single character, and must be alphanumeric or ``_''.

              When using abbreviations, the first type must be at the beginning of the  line,  or
              must  be  preceded by any character which is not alphanumeric or ``_''.  The second
              type must be at the beginning of the  line,  or  must  be  preceded  either  by  an
              alphanumeric  character, ``_'', or a space.  Single character abbreviations must be
              at the beginning of the line or preceded by a space.

              Abbreviations will be automatically expanded as soon as the space bar or return key
              is  pressed,  or when pressing the ESC key at the end of the abbreviation to switch
              to edit mode.  You can also force an abbreviation to be expanded  by  following  it
              with  a  ^],  which  won't  be  inserted  into  the  line.   If  you  don't want an
              abbreviation to be expanded, you must either press ^V twice or switch to edit  mode
              and  back  again  somewhere within the abbreviation (pressing ^V twice also has the
              effect of switching to navigate mode and back again).

              If the string in the abbreviation command contains no  spaces,  the  entire  string
              will  be  looked up in the list of abbreviations, and if found, the definition will
              be displayed in the form of the original abbreviation command used  to  define  it.
              When  looking  up  an  abbreviation in this manner, be sure to disable abbreviation
              expansion, as described above, or the results may not be what you expect.

              If the string is empty,  a  list  of  all  abbreviations  and  their  corresponding
              expanded  text will be output to your pager.  Note that abbreviations are not saved
              with the file.  This allows each user to create his own file of  abbreviations  and
              either  merge  them in or include them in his own .scrc file, rather than force all
              users who access a file to use the same list of abbreviations.

       ^L     Redraw the screen.

       ^R     Redraw the screen with special highlighting of cells to  be  filled  in.   This  is
              useful  for  finding  values you need to provide or update in a form with which you
              aren't familiar or of which you have forgotten the details.

              It's also useful for checking a form you are creating.   All  cells  which  contain
              constant  numeric  values  (not the result of a numeric expression) are highlighted
              temporarily, until the next screen change, however minor.  To avoid ambiguity,  the
              current range (if any) and current cell are not highlighted.

       ^X     This  command  is  similar  to ^R, but highlights cells which have expressions.  It
              also displays the expressions in the highlighted  cells  as  left-flushed  strings,
              instead  of  the  numeric values and/or label strings of those cells.  This command
              makes it easier to check expressions, at least when they fit in their cells or  the
              following  cell(s) are blank so the expressions can slop over (like label strings).
              In the latter case, the slop over is not cleared on the next screen update, so  you
              may want to type ^L after the ^X in order to clean up the screen.

       @      Recalculates the spreadsheet.

   Variable Names
       Normally,  a  variable  name  is  just  the name of a cell, such as K20.  The value is the
       numeric or string value of the cell, according to context.

       When a cell's expression (formula) is copied to another location via copy  or  range-copy,
       variable  references  are  by default offset by the amount the formula moved.  This allows
       the new formula to work on new data.  If cell references are not to change, you can either
       use the @fixed operator (see below), or one of the following variations on the cell name.

       K20    References cell K20; the reference changes when the formula is copied.

       $K$20  Always refers to cell K20; the reference stays fixed when the formula is copied.

       $K20   Keeps the column fixed at column K; the row is free to vary.

       K$20   Similarly, this fixes the row and allows the column to vary.

       These  conventions  also  hold  on  defined  ranges.   Range references vary when formulas
       containing them are copied.  If the range is defined with fixed variable  references,  the
       references do not change.

       @fixed To  make a variable not change automatically when a cell moves, put the word @fixed
              in front of the reference, for example: B1 ∗ @fixed C3.

   Numeric Expressions
       Numeric expressions used with the ``='' and e commands have a fairly conventional  syntax.
       Terms  may  be  constants,  variable  names, parenthesized expressions, and negated terms.
       Ranges may be operated upon  with  range  functions  such  as  sum  (@sum())  and  average
       (@avg()).  Terms may be combined using binary operators.

       -e     Negation.

       e+e    Addition.

       e-e    Subtraction.

       ee    Multiplication.

       e/e    Division.

       e1%e2  e1 mod e2.

       e^e    Exponentiation.

       e<e
       e<=e
       e=e
       e!=e
       e>=e
       e>e    Relationals:  true (1) if and only if the indicated relation holds, else false (0).
              Note that ``<='', ``!='', and ``>='' are converted to their ``!()'' equivalents.

       ~e     Boolean operator NOT.

       e&e    Boolean operator AND.

       e|e    Boolean operator OR.

       @if(e,e,e)
       e?e:e  Conditional: If the first expression is true  then  the  value  of  the  second  is
              returned, otherwise the value of the third.

       Operator precedence from highest to lowest is:

              -, ~, !
              ^
              ∗, /
              +, -
              <, <=, =, !=, >=, >
              &
              |
              ?:

   Built-in Range Functions
       These  functions  return  numeric  values.  The @sum, @prod, @avg, @count, @max, @min, and
       @stddev functions may take an optional second argument which is an expression that  is  to
       be  evaluated  for each cell in the specified range to determine which cells to include in
       the function.  Only those cells for which the expression evaluates to true (non-zero) will
       be  used  in  calculating the value of the function.  Before evaluation for each cell, the
       expression is first converted as if it was being copied from the cell in the  upper  left-
       hand  corner  of  the  range  into  the cell under consideration, with all cell references
       adjusted accordingly.  Because the parts of the expression that should remain fixed during
       the  evaluation  of  the  function  may  not necessarily be the same as those which should
       remain fixed during an actual copy operation, the  rules  for  adjusting  cell  references
       during  a  copy  operation are slightly different than normal.  In particular, these rules
       differ in two different ways.

       The first difference is that the @fixed operator is ignored during a copy operation unless
       it  is  enclosed  in  parentheses.   This is so that selected cells whose addresses should
       remain fixed during any given evaluation of a range function can be adjusted  relative  to
       the  cell  containing  the  range  function when copied (the $ prefix is still honored for
       these cells when copying).  Enclosing the @fixed operator in  parentheses  will  have  the
       opposite  effect.  That is, it will cause cell references to be fixed while copying, while
       allowing them to be adjusted when the function  is  being  evaluated,  subject  to  any  $
       prefixes  present.   Note  that  only  the  @fixed  operator  itself should be enclosed in
       parentheses for this to work properly.

       The second difference is that any references in the expression that refer to cells in  the
       range  in  the  first argument of the range function will have any $ prefixes ignored, and
       the references will be treated instead as if they had the same $ prefixes as the left side
       of  the  range  argument.   For  example, if the left side of the range argument (the cell
       address on the left side of the colon) has a fixed row, but does not have a fixed  column,
       any cell references that refer to cells in that range will also have a fixed row, but will
       not have a fixed column.  This is so that if  the  range  reference  moves  when  copying,
       references to any cells in that range will also move accordingly.

       Note  that  the  test expression will be evaluated once for every cell in the range, which
       means that excessive use of these functions with the optional test expression, or the  use
       of  overly  complex  test  expressions or with very large ranges can greatly slow down the
       recalculation of a spreadsheet, and may require turning off autocalc for speed,  and  then
       manually recalculating with the @ command.

       @sum(r)
       @sum(r,e)         Sum  all  valid  (nonblank)  entries in the region whose two corners are
                         defined by the two variable names  (e.g.   c5:e14)  or  the  range  name
                         specified.   The  optional second argument is an expression which can be
                         used to determine which cells in the range to sum (see above).

       @prod(r)
       @prod(r,e)        Multiply together all valid (nonblank) entries in the specified  region.
                         The  optional  second  argument  is  an  expression which can be used to
                         determine which cells in the range to multiply (see above).

       @avg(r)
       @avg(r,e)         Average all valid (nonblank)  entries  in  the  specified  region.   The
                         optional second argument is an expression which can be used to determine
                         which cells in the range to average (see above).

       @count(r)
       @count(r,e)       Count all  valid  (nonblank)  entries  in  the  specified  region.   The
                         optional second argument is an expression which can be used to determine
                         which cells in the range to count (see above).

       @max(r)
       @max(r,e)         Return the maximum value in the specified region.  The  optional  second
                         argument is an expression which can be used to exclude specific cells in
                         the range when determining this maximum value (see above).  See also the
                         multi argument version of @max below.

       @min(r)
       @min(r,e)         Return  the  minimum value in the specified region.  The optional second
                         argument is an expression which can be used to exclude specific cells in
                         the range when determining this minimum value (see above).  See also the
                         multi argument version of @min below.

       @stddev(r)
       @stddev(r,e)      Return the sample standard deviation  of  the  cells  in  the  specified
                         region.  The optional second argument is an expression which can be used
                         to exclude specific cells in the range  when  calculating  the  standard
                         deviation (see above).

       @rows(r)          Return the number of rows in the specified range.

       @cols(r)          Return the number of columns in the specified range.

       @lookup(e,r)
       @lookup(r,e)
       @lookup(se,r)
       @lookup(r,se)     Evaluates  the  expression  then  searches  through  the  range  r for a
                         matching value.  The range should be either a single  row  or  a  single
                         column.   The  expression can be either a string expression or a numeric
                         expression.  If it is a numeric expression, the range  is  searched  for
                         the  the  last  value  less  than or equal to e.  If the expression is a
                         string expression, the string portions of the cells  in  the  range  are
                         searched  for  an exact string match.  The value returned is the numeric
                         value from the next row and the same column as the match, if  the  range
                         was  a single row, or the value from the next column and the same row as
                         the match if the range was a single column.

       @hlookup(e,r,n)
       @hlookup(r,e,n)
       @hlookup(se,r,n)
       @hlookup(r,se,n)  Evaluates the expression then searches through  the  first  row  in  the
                         range  r  for  a  matching value.  The expression can be either a string
                         expression or a numeric expression.  If it is a numeric expression,  the
                         row  is searched for the the last value less than or equal to e.  If the
                         expression is a string expression, the string portions of the  cells  in
                         the  row  are searched for an exact string match.  The value returned is
                         the numeric value from the same column n rows below the match.

       @vlookup(e,r,n)
       @vlookup(r,e,n)
       @vlookup(se,r,n)
       @vlookup(r,se,n)  Evaluates the expression then searches through the first column  in  the
                         range  r  for  a  matching value.  The expression can be either a string
                         expression or a numeric expression.  If it is a numeric expression,  the
                         column  is  searched for the the last value less than or equal to e.  If
                         the expression is a string expression, the string portions of the  cells
                         in  the  column  are  searched  for  an  exact  string match.  The value
                         returned is the numeric value from the same row n columns to  the  right
                         of the match.

       @index(e1,r)
       @index(r,e1)
       @index(r,e1,e2)   Use  the  values of expressions e1 and (optionally) e2 to index into the
                         range r.  The numeric value at that  position  is  returned.   With  two
                         arguments,  the  range should be either a single row or a single column.
                         An expression with the value 1 selects the first item in  the  range,  2
                         selects the second item, etc.  With three arguments, the range must come
                         first, and the second and third arguments will then  be  interpreted  as
                         row and column, respectively, for indexing into a two-dimensional table.

       @stindex(e1,r)
       @stindex(r,e1)
       @stindex(r,e1,e2) Use  the  values of expressions e1 and (optionally) e2 to index into the
                         range r.  The string value at  that  position  is  returned.   With  two
                         arguments,  the  range should be either a single row or a single column.
                         An expression with the value 1 selects the first item in  the  range,  2
                         selects the second item, etc.  With three arguments, the range must come
                         first, and the second and third arguments will then  be  interpreted  as
                         row and column, respectively, for indexing into a two-dimensional table.

   Built-in Numeric Functions
       All  of  these  functions  operate  on floating point numbers (doubles) and return numeric
       values.  Most of them are standard system functions more fully described in math(3).   The
       trig functions operate with angles in radians.

       @sqrt(e)          Return the square root of e.

       @exp(e)           Return the exponential function of e.

       @ln(e)            Return the natural logarithm of e.

       @log(e)           Return the base 10 logarithm of e.

       @floor(e)         Return the largest integer not greater than e.

       @ceil(e)          Return the smallest integer not less than e.

       @rnd(e)           Round  e to the nearest integer.  default: *.5 will be rounded up to the
                         next integer; doing a 'set rndtoeven' will cause it to be rounded to the
                         closest  even  number  instead  (aka banker's round).  Round-to-even has
                         advantages  over  the  default  rounding  for  some  applications.   For
                         example,  if  X+Y is an integer, then X+Y = rnd(X)+rnd(Y) with round-to-
                         even, but not always with the defaulting rounding method.  This could be
                         an  advantage,  for example, when trying to split an odd amount of money
                         evenly between two people (it would determine who gets the extra penny).

       @round(e,n)       Round e to n decimal places.  n may be positive to round off  the  right
                         side of the decimal or negative to round off the left side.  See @rnd(e)
                         above for rounding types.

       @abs(e)
       @fabs(e)          Return the absolute value of e.

       @pow(e1,e2)       Return e1 raised to the power of e2.

       @hypot(e1,e2)     Return  sqrt(e1∗e1+e2∗e2),  taking   precautions   against   unwarranted
                         overflows.

       @pi               A constant quite close to pi.

       @dtr(e)           Convert e in degrees to radians.

       @rtd(e)           Convert e in radians to degrees.

       @sin(e)
       @cos(e)
       @tan(e)           Return  trigonometric  functions  of radian arguments.  The magnitude of
                         the arguments are not checked to assure meaningful results.

       @asin(e)          Return the arc sine of e in the range -pi/2 to pi/2.

       @acos(e)          Return the arc cosine of e in the range 0 to pi.

       @atan(e)          Return the arc tangent of e in the range -pi/2 to pi/2.

       @atan2(e1,e2)     Returns the arc tangent of e1/e2 in the range -pi to pi.

       @max(e1,e2,...)   Return the maximum of the  values  of  the  expressions.   Two  or  more
                         expressions may be specified.  See also the range version of @max above.

       @min(e1,e2,...)   Return  the  minimum  of  the  values  of  the expressions.  Two or more
                         expressions may be specified.  See also the range version of @min above.

       @ston(se)         Convert string expression se to a numeric value.

       @eqs(se1,se2)     Return 1  if  string  expression  se1  has  the  same  value  as  string
                         expression se2, 0 otherwise.

       @nval(se,e)       Return  the numeric value of a cell selected by name.  String expression
                         se must evaluate to a column name (``A''-``AE'') and e must evaluate  to
                         a  row  number (0-199).  If se or e is out of bounds, or the cell has no
                         numeric value, the result is 0.  You  can  use  this  for  simple  table
                         lookups.  Be sure the table doesn't move unexpectedly!  See also @sval()
                         below.

       @err              Force an error.  This will force the expression  which  contains  it  to
                         result in an error.

   String Expressions
       String  expressions  are  made  up  of  constant  strings (characters surrounded by double
       quotation marks), variables (cell names, which refer  to  the  cells's  label  strings  or
       expressions),  and  string  functions.  Note that string expressions are only allowed when
       entering a cell's label string, not its numeric part.  Also note  that  string  expression
       results  may  be  left  or  right flushed or centered, according to the type of the cell's
       string label.

       #      Concatenate strings.  For example, the string expression

                   A0 # "zy dog"

              displays the string ``the lazy dog'' in the cell if the value  of  A0's  string  is
              ``the la''.

   Built-in String Functions

       @filename(e)      Return  the  current  default  filename,  as specified when the file was
                         first loaded or created, or during the last save, with the Put  command.
                         If  e  is  0,  only  the actual filename will be returned, with any path
                         removed.  If non-zero, the full path specified on the command line or in
                         the  last  Get or Put command will be returned.  If the path begins with
                         ``~'', it will be expanded to the appropriate users home directory.

       @substr(se,e1,e2) Extract and return from string expression se the  substring  indexed  by
                         character number e1 through character number e2 (defaults to the size of
                         se if beyond the end of it).  If e1 is less than 1 or greater  than  e2,
                         the result is the null string.  For example,

                              @substr ("Nice jacket", 4, 8)

                         returns the string ``e jac''.

       @fmt(se,e)        Convert a number to a string.  The argument se must be a valid printf(3)
                         format string.  e is converted according to  the  standard  rules.   For
                         example, the expression

                              @fmt ("∗∗%6.3f∗∗", 10.5)

                         yields  the string ``∗∗10.500∗∗''.  e is a double, so applicable formats
                         are e, E, f, g, and G.  Try ``%g'' as a starting point.

       @sval(se,e)       Return the string value of a cell selected by name.   String  expression
                         se  must evaluate to a column name (``A''-``AE'') and e must evaluate to
                         a row number (0-199).  If se or e is out of bounds, or the cell  has  no
                         string  value,  the  result  is  the  null string.  You can use this for
                         simple table lookups.  Be sure the table doesn't move unexpectedly!

       @upper(se)
       @lower(se)        will case the string expression to upper or lower.

       @capital(se)      will convert the first letter of words in a string into upper  case  and
                         other letters to lower case (the latter if all letters of the string are
                         upper case).

       @ext(se,e)        Call an external function (program or script).  The purpose is to  allow
                         arbitrary  functions  on  values, e.g. table lookups and interpolations.
                         String expression se is a command or command line to call with popen(3).
                         The value of e is converted to a string and appended to the command line
                         as an argument.  The result of  @ext()  is  a  string:  the  first  line
                         printed  to  standard  output  by  the command.  The command should emit
                         exactly one output line.   Additional  output,  or  output  to  standard
                         error, messes up the screen.  @ext() returns a null string and prints an
                         appropriate warning if external functions are disabled, se is  null,  or
                         the attempt to run the command fails.

                         External functions can be slow to run, and if enabled are called at each
                         screen update, so they are disabled by default.   You  can  enable  them
                         with ^T when you really want them called.

                         A simple example:

                              @ext ("echo", a1)

                         You  can use @ston() to convert the @ext() result back to a number.  For
                         example:

                              @ston (@ext ("form.sc.ext", a9 + b9))

                         Note that you can build a command line (including more argument  values)
                         from  a  string  expression with concatenation.  You can also "hide" the
                         second argument by ending the command line (first argument) with ``  #''
                         (shell comment).

       @coltoa(e)        Returns  a  string  name  for  a  column from the numeric argument.  For
                         example:

                              @coltoa(@mycol-1)      @nval(coltoa(@mycol-1), @myrow+1)

   Built-in Financial Functions
       Financial functions compute the mortgage (or loan) payment, future value, and the  present
       value  functions.   Each  accepts  three  arguments,  an  amount,  a rate of interest (per
       period), and the number of periods.  These functions are the same as those commonly  found
       in other spreadsheets and financial calculators

       @pmt(e1,e2,e3)    @pmt(60000,.01,360)  computes the monthly payments for a $60000 mortgage
                         at 12% annual interest (.01 per month) for 30 years (360 months).

       @fv(e1,e2,e3)     @fv(100,.005,36) computes the future value for 36  monthly  payments  of
                         $100  at  6%  interest  (.005 per month).  It answers the question: "How
                         much will I have in 36 months if I deposit $100 per month in  a  savings
                         account paying 6% interest compounded monthly?"

       @pv(e1,e2,e3)     @pv(1000,.015,36)  computes  the present value of an ordinary annuity of
                         36 monthly payments of $1000 at 18% annual  interest.   It  answers  the
                         question:  "How  much can I borrow at 18% for 3 years if I pay $1000 per
                         month?"

   Built-in Date and Time Functions
       Time for sc follows the system standard: the number of  seconds  since  the  beginning  of
       1970.  All date and time functions except @date() return numbers, not strings.

       @now              Return  the  current  time  encoded  as  the number of seconds since the
                         beginning of the epoch (December 31, 1969, midnight, GMT).

       @dts(e1,e2,e3)    Convert a date to the number of seconds from  the  epoch  to  the  first
                         second  of  the  specified  date, local time.  Dates may be specified in
                         either (m,d,y) or (y,m,d) format,  although  the  latter  is  preferred,
                         since  it's more universally recognized (m,d,y is only used in America).
                         If e2 > 12 or e3 > 31, then (m,d,y) is assumed.  Otherwise,  (y,m,d)  is
                         assumed.  For example, @date(@dts(1976,12,14)) yields

                              Tue Dec 14 00:00:00 1976

                         The month should range from  1 to 12; the day should range from 1 to the
                         number of days in the specified month; and the year should  include  the
                         century (e.g. 1999 instead of 99).  Any date capable of being handled by
                         the system is valid, typically 14 Dec 1901 to 18 Jan 2038  on  a  system
                         that uses a 32 bit time_t.  Invalid dates or dates outside of this range
                         will return ERROR.  For rapid entry of  dates  using  only  the  numeric
                         keypad,  sc  provides  the  alternate  syntax  y.m.d  or m.d.y, which is
                         automatically converted to the @dts(...) format above.  The year, month,
                         and  day  must  be entered numerically in the alternate syntax; formulas
                         are not allowed.

       @tts(e1,e2,e3)    @tts(8,20,45) converts the time 8:40:45 to the number of  seconds  since
                         midnight,  the  night  before.   The hour should range from 0 to 23; the
                         minutes and seconds should range from 0 to 59.

       The following functions take the time in seconds (e.g.  from  @now)  as  an  argument  and
       return the specified value.  The functions all convert from GMT to local time.

       @date(e)
       @date(e,se)       Convert  the  time  in  seconds to a date string.  With a single numeric
                         argument, the date will be 24 characters long in the following form:

                              Sun Sep 16 01:03:52 1973

                         Note that you  can  extract  parts  of  this  fixed-format  string  with
                         @substr().   A format string compatible with the strftime() function may
                         optionally be given as a second argument to override the default format.
                         See the strftime(3) man page for details.

       @year(e)          Return  the  year.   Valid  years begin with 1970, although many systems
                         will return years prior to 1970 if e is negative.  The last  legal  year
                         is system dependent.

       @month(e)         Return the month, encoded as 1 (January) to 12 (December).

       @day(e)           Return the day of the month, encoded as 1 to 31.

       @hour(e)          Return the number of hours since midnight, encoded as 0 to 23.

       @minute(e)        Return  the  number of minutes since the last full hour, encoded as 0 to
                         59.

       @second(e)        Return the number of seconds since the last full minute, encoded as 0 to
                         59.

   Spreadsheet Update
       Re-evaluation  of  spreadsheet  expressions  is  done by row or by column depending on the
       selected calculation order.  Evaluation is repeated up to iterations times for each update
       if  necessary,  so  forward  references  usually  work  as  expected.   See set above.  If
       stability is not reached after ten iterations, a warning is printed.  This is usually  due
       to a long series of forward references, or to unstable cyclic references (for example, set
       A0's expression to ``A0+1'').

       @numiter          Returns the number of iterations performed so far.

   Programmable Function Keys
       Function keys can be used in sc if your terminal supports them, and they are programmable.
       To  program  the  function  keys, you use the fkey command.  This command may be used in a
       .scrc file or a macro file, or it may be entered directly into sc's command line.  Defined
       function  keys  will  be saved with the file.  There is no shortcut, as there is with most
       commands, so the full command must be typed in.  Pressing enter when not  editing  a  line
       will start you off with a blank line for this purpose.  The format of the fkey command is:

              fkey n = "command"

       where  n is the function key number (n = 1 for F1, n = 2 for F2, etc.), and command is the
       command to be run.  For example,

              fkey 2 = "merge \"|~/scmacros/macro1\""

       will run the macro called macro1 located in a subdirectory of your home  directory  called
       scmacros  when  the  F2  key  is  pressed.  Note that embedded quotes must be escaped by a
       backslash.  If you want to include the cell address of the current  cell  in  the  command
       line, you may do so by entering ``$$'' in its place in the command.  For example,

              fkey 5 = "fmt $$ \"^D%A\""

       will  cause  the F5 key to format the current cell to display the full weekday name of the
       numeric date value stored there.  The ^D is a  CTRL-D  character,  which  denotes  a  date
       format.

       Although  it may be overridden by the fkey command, the F1 key is predefined by default to
       execute man sc.  Unlike the user-defined function keys, this definition will also work  in
       edit, insert, replace, and navigate modes.

       To  undefine a function key, merely define it as the empty string ("").  Undefining the F1
       key will restore the default behavior.

   Plugins
       There are three ways in which external programs can be used as plugins  with  sc.   First,
       they  can be used as external commands.  When used as an external command, any command not
       recognized  by  sc  will  be  searched  for  first  in  $HOME/.sc/plugins,  and  then   in
       /usr/share/doc/sc/plugins.   If found, it will be run with its standard input and standard
       output redirected back to sc.  These are used to send commands to, and  receive  responses
       back from sc in the same way that advanced macros do.

       The  second  and  third  ways  that  programs  can  be  used  as  plugins  with  sc are to
       automatically convert files to and from sc format based on their extensions.  In order  to
       use them in this way, you must first associate a given extension to a corresponding plugin
       (for reading) or plugout (for writing) using  the  plugin  and  plugout  commands.   These
       commands should be placed in your .scrc file, and have the following syntax:

              plugin "ext" = "programname"

       or

              plugout "ext" = "programname"

       where  ext  is  the extension and programname is the name of the plugin program to be used
       for filenames with that extension.  For input, the plugin merely reads the specified file,
       performs  whatever  conversion  is  necessary,  and  writes the resulting data to standard
       output.  For output, the plugin writes sc  commands  to  standard  output  and  reads  the
       replies  from  standard  input  in  the  same  way  that an advanced macro would, and then
       converts the data to the appropriate format and writes it to a  file  with  the  specified
       filename.

FILES

       /usr/share/doc/sc/tutorial.sc Tutorial spreadsheet.

       $HOME/.scrc                   Initialization commands.

       ./.scrc                       More initialization commands.

SEE ALSO

       bc(1), dc(1), crypt(1), psc(1)

BUGS

       Top-to-bottom,  left-to-right  evaluation  of expressions is silly.  A proper following of
       the dependency graph with (perhaps) recourse to relaxation should be implemented.

       On some systems, if the cell cursor is in column 0 with topline enabled  (so  the  current
       cell  is  highlighted),  or  if any cell in column 0 is highlighted, the corresponding row
       number gets displayed and then blanked during a screen refresh.  This looks like a bug  in
       curses.

       Many  commands  give  no  indication  (a  message or beep) if they have null effect.  Some
       should give confirmation of their action, but they don't.

AUTHORS

       This is a much modified version of a public domain spread  sheet  originally  authored  by
       James  Gosling,  and  subsequently  modified and posted to USENET by Mark Weiser under the
       name vc.  The program was subsequently  renamed  sc,  and  further  modified  by  numerous
       contributors,  Jeff  Buhrt  of Proslink, Inc.  and Robert Bond of Sequent, prominent among
       them.  The current maintainer is Chuck Martin (nrocinu@myrealbox.com).

       Other contributors include: Tom Anderson, Glenn T. Barry, Gregory Bond, Stephen (Steve) M.
       Brooks,  Peter  Brower,  John Campbell, Lawrence Cipriani, Jim Clausing, Dave Close, Chris
       Cole, Jonathan Crompron, David I. Dalva, Glen Ditchfield, Sam Drake, James P. Dugal,  Paul
       Eggert,  Andy Fyfe, Jack Goral, Piercarlo "Peter" Grandi, Henk Hesselink, Jeffrey C Honig,
       Kurt Horton, Jonathan I. Kamens, Peter King, Tom Kloos, Michael Lapsley, Casey Leedom, Jay
       Lepreau, Dave Lewis, Rick Linck, Soren Lundsgaard, Tad Mannes, Rob McMahon, Chris Metcalf,
       Mark Nagel, Ulf Noren, Marius Olafsson, Gene H. Olson, Henk P. Penning, Rick Perry,  Larry
       Philps, Eric Putz, Jim Richardson, Michael Richardson, R. P. C. Rodgers, Kim Sanders, Mike
       Schwartz, Alan Silverstein, Lowell Skoog, Herr Soeryantono, Tim Theisen, Tom Tkacik,  Andy
       Valencia, Adri Verhoef, Rick Walker, Petri Wessman, and Tim Wilson.