Extensions are written in python, so it's possible, but you'll need to
include packages that can read whatever speadsheet format you're
interested in (maybe https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyexcel/ for xls and ods)

On 01/07/2017 12:10 PM, Pierre Massat wrote:
> Interesting, I didn't know about this extension.
> I guess I could try and extend it a bit.
>
> No spreadsheet in the UI though, I wish there was a way to implement this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pierre.
>
> 2017-01-07 11:33 GMT+01:00 Marc Jeanmougin <marc@...3080...
> <mailto:marc@...3080...>>:

>
>     Hi,
>
>     Probably fairly easy: https://github.com/Florianjw/NiceCharts
>     <https://github.com/Florianjw/NiceCharts> should be
>     included in 0.93
>
>     Cheers,
>     --
>     Marc
>
>     On 01/07/2017 09:57 AM, Pierre Massat wrote:
>     > Dear all,
>     >
>     > I know I should be sending this to the dev list, but I'm not a member
>     > and I'm feeling lazy.
>     >
>     > In Illustrator there's a tool to import data in a spreadsheet, and
>     > create basic charts from that. It's very handy for people who do
>     > data-visualization.
>     > I would think that Inkscape is just as good as Illustrator for
>     tweaking
>     > existing svg charts (colors, text, layout, etc.). But due to the
>     lack of
>     > this tool Inkscape currently requires an extra step to create the
>     charts
>     > with another application (e.g. the R project for statistical
>     computing).
>     >
>     > I looked at tutorials to create extensions. I think that the logic
>     could
>     > be quite easily implemented (i.e. calculating scales, displaying the
>     > shapes). But there doesn't seem to be a spreadsheet widget for the UI,
>     > which makes it a no-go if users can't input a few simple numbers
>     manually.
>     >
>     > Any idea how difficult it would be to create this extension ?
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     >
>     > Pierre.
>     >
>     >
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