Usage questions by Jude DaShiell

[blippy]

wrt Arch Linux release 4.0.1:

In an email on 12-Feb-2017:

Background:
I'm using archlinux in command line environment since graphical user interface software and screen readers are too unstable for my tastes.
I installed neoleo from the aur repository with all dependencies.
I started the package with neoleo -x.
I tried c-xc-v and got asked for an alternate filename so keyed in spending.oleo that didn't exist and got back an unknown error with a bunch of numbers after it.
Trying neoleo -x spending.oleo as a package start produced the same unknown error.
Why am I still using the spreadsheet? Because I'm a hacker at heart and believe in supporting those that make an effort for improved software.
What did I do about it?
I used a text editor and created spending.csv then used
neoleo -x spending.csv and that worked.
Then I did c-xc-s and when spending.csv came up as the file to be saved, I hit backspace three times and keyed in oleo and hit enter.
When I quit the spreadsheet I tried
neoleo -x spending.oleo and it worked.
two things I don't yet know about.
How to adjust column widths and how to enter valid dates.
I downloaded the original oleo documentation from gnu.org and that's what I've been using to get this far.
Thanks for the good work done so far and please keep on going!

On 13-Feb-2017:

I also found alt-d w asked for an integer or some def. and when I entered an integer it threw an error and failed to work. My work around was to set a default width for cells for the whole spreadsheet and that did work.
No examples of entering a basic date were provided so I'm keeping those stored in strings until further notice.

On 13-Feb-2017:

I'm running archlinux on an x86-64 amd k8 athelon machine built in 1994.

[blippy]

My first response:

Were you trying to set the width of the current column?

If so, be aware that the meta key is ESC, rather that ALT (I know, seems strange key chord for a GNU project). So you need to type
ESC d w RET

Does that solve your problem?

[blippy]

You can now open a non-existent file: neoleo i-dont-exist.oleo via commit cf1255c

[blippy]

Closing, assumed resolved.