Running Sailwave on Lenix

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Yes, Sailwave runs perfectly on Linux. Here is the entry at WineHQ:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27449

This shows the entry for Sailwave 8.5 on Linux Mint 12, but version 2.9.7 works perfectly on Linux Mint 15. If it works on the latest version of Linux Mint, it will work on the latest version of Ubuntu or Debian, with a minimum of WINE version 1.4.

By the way, Huw or Malcomb. Have you figured out a way to get Sailwave under WINE to find a Linux spreadsheet program such as Libreoffice? I was thinking about trying to put in a symbolic link called “excel.exe” or something like that, but I’m not sure where I would put it. I’m not even sure that’s what Sailwave looks for when a spreadsheet program is called.

That might be a nice upgrade for a future release, Jon, making the path to the spreadsheet program configurable.

Andy

(andy@sailor.nu)

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Andy,

I have found using a virtual machine that Excel is found if

installed in Windows, but so far haven’t how to link to LibreOffice.
However will see what can do.

Kind regards,
Huw
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On 11/06/2013 14:51, Andy Barrow wrote:

          Yes, Sailwave runs perfectly on Linux. Here

is the entry at WineHQ:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27449

            This shows the entry for Sailwave 8.5 on Linux Mint

12, but version 2.9.7 works perfectly on Linux Mint 15.
If it works on the latest version of Linux Mint, it will
work on the latest version of Ubuntu or Debian, with a
minimum of WINE version 1.4.

            By the way, Huw or Malcomb. Have you figured out a

way to get Sailwave under WINE to find a Linux
spreadsheet program such as Libreoffice? I was thinking
about trying to put in a symbolic link called
“excel.exe” or something like that, but I’m not sure
where I would put it. I’m not even sure that’s what
Sailwave looks for when a spreadsheet program is called.

            That might be a nice upgrade for a future release,

Jon, making the path to the spreadsheet program
configurable.

Andy

(andy@sailor.nu)

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Andy,

Possible work round for now would be to install LibreOffice under

WINE. I appreciate that LibreOffice then installed twice, once true
Linux and once WINE Windows.

Kind regards,
Huw
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On 11/06/2013 17:29, Huw Pearce wrote:

Andy,

          I have found using a virtual machine that Excel is found

if installed in Windows, but so far haven’t how to link to
LibreOffice. However will see what can do.

          Kind regards,
          Huw

          On 11/06/2013 14:51, Andy

Barrow wrote:

              Yes, Sailwave runs perfectly on Linux.

Here is the entry at WineHQ:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27449

                This shows the entry for Sailwave 8.5 on Linux

Mint 12, but version 2.9.7 works perfectly on Linux
Mint 15. If it works on the latest version of Linux
Mint, it will work on the latest version of Ubuntu
or Debian, with a minimum of WINE version 1.4.

                By the way, Huw or Malcomb. Have you figured out

a way to get Sailwave under WINE to find a Linux
spreadsheet program such as Libreoffice? I was
thinking about trying to put in a symbolic link
called “excel.exe” or something like that, but I’m
not sure where I would put it. I’m not even sure
that’s what Sailwave looks for when a spreadsheet
program is called.

                That might be a nice upgrade for a future

release, Jon, making the path to the spreadsheet
program configurable.

Andy

(andy@sailor.nu)

4

Andy,

This page might help for getting Sailwave under WINE to 'output'

LibreOffice Calc,

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http://www.jrnguyen.com/2009/11/16/windows-file-associations-in-linux-wine/

On 11/06/2013 17:36, Huw Pearce wrote:

Andy,

          Possible work round for now would be to install

LibreOffice under WINE. I appreciate that LibreOffice then
installed twice, once true Linux and once WINE Windows.

          Kind regards,
          Huw

          On 11/06/2013 17:29, Huw Pearce

wrote:

Andy,

              I have found using a virtual machine that Excel is

found if installed in Windows, but so far haven’t how
to link to LibreOffice. However will see what can do.

              Kind regards,
              Huw

              On 11/06/2013 14:51, Andy

Barrow wrote:

                  Yes, Sailwave runs perfectly on

Linux. Here is the entry at WineHQ:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27449

                    This shows the entry for Sailwave 8.5 on

Linux Mint 12, but version 2.9.7 works perfectly
on Linux Mint 15. If it works on the latest
version of Linux Mint, it will work on the
latest version of Ubuntu or Debian, with a
minimum of WINE version 1.4.

                    By the way, Huw or Malcomb. Have you figured

out a way to get Sailwave under WINE to find a
Linux spreadsheet program such as Libreoffice? I
was thinking about trying to put in a symbolic
link called “excel.exe” or something like that,
but I’m not sure where I would put it. I’m not
even sure that’s what Sailwave looks for when a
spreadsheet program is called.

                    That might be a nice upgrade for a future

release, Jon, making the path to the spreadsheet
program configurable.

Andy

(andy@sailor.nu)

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To get results into a spreadsheet (with Ubuntu, it would be Libreoffice Calc), one would have to select `Publish to an installed application', then specify a command to call up this app.

However, I've not been able to get this right. From a shell, one can start Calc with the command libreoffice --calc, but Sailwave doesn't react to this

regards,
Malcolm Osborne
Sedgefield South Africa

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On 2013/06/11 15:51, Andy Barrow wrote:

Yes, Sailwave runs perfectly on Linux. Here is the entry at WineHQ:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27449

This shows the entry for Sailwave 8.5 on Linux Mint 12, but version 2.9.7 works perfectly on Linux Mint 15. If it works on the latest version of Linux Mint, it will work on the latest version of Ubuntu or Debian, with a minimum of WINE version 1.4.

By the way, Huw or Malcomb. Have you figured out a way to get Sailwave under WINE to find a Linux spreadsheet program such as Libreoffice? I was thinking about trying to put in a symbolic link called "excel.exe" or something like that, but I'm not sure where I would put it. I'm not even sure that's what Sailwave looks for when a spreadsheet program is called.

That might be a nice upgrade for a future release, Jon, making the path to the spreadsheet program configurable.

Andy
(andy@sailor.nu <mailto:andy@sailor.nu>)

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Does the Export to Clipboard (where you can select what is exported) and then paste into your spreadsheet work with linux?. This is an extremely flexible and useful feature. Publishing to a Spreadsheet is interesting but I don’t personally see where it is particularly useful.

The interface with Excel for use with the NHC and personal handicaps uses COM so I can’t see this working with any spreadsheet other than Excel without a rewrite.

Jon

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Jon Eskdale
Sailwave

03333 443377

07976 709777

On 12 June 2013 00:17, Malcolm Osborne malcolmo@telkomsa.net wrote:

  To get results into a spreadsheet (with

Ubuntu, it would be Libreoffice Calc), one would have to select
`Publish to an installed application’, then specify a command to
call up this app.

  However, I've not been able to get this right. From a shell, one

can start Calc with the command libreoffice --calc, but Sailwave
doesn’t react to this

regards,
Malcolm Osborne
Sedgefield South Africa

On 2013/06/11 15:51, Andy Barrow wrote:

          Yes, Sailwave runs perfectly on Linux. Here

is the entry at WineHQ:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27449

            This shows the entry for Sailwave 8.5 on Linux Mint

12, but version 2.9.7 works perfectly on Linux Mint 15.
If it works on the latest version of Linux Mint, it will
work on the latest version of Ubuntu or Debian, with a
minimum of WINE version 1.4.

            By the way, Huw or Malcomb. Have you figured out a

way to get Sailwave under WINE to find a Linux
spreadsheet program such as Libreoffice? I was thinking
about trying to put in a symbolic link called
“excel.exe” or something like that, but I’m not sure
where I would put it. I’m not even sure that’s what
Sailwave looks for when a spreadsheet program is called.

            That might be a nice upgrade for a future release,

Jon, making the path to the spreadsheet program
configurable.

Andy

(andy@sailor.nu)