On 04/02/16 13:45, Chris Green wrote:
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You may remember I've been burbling on about a nice, easy, editable grid view of a database. That's the same requirement. I'm after a way of entering sequential sort of information, mostly free format text but also some specific numeric information that I want to be able to do calculations with. I also want to be able to see the 'surrounding context', i.e. the previous entry. Finally I want straightforward editing of existing entries, again with the ability to see the context while editing. It's nearly possible with a simple text file and a decent editor but this rather limits the validity checking. I have a boat log that works this way (written by me for Dokuwiki) but, having used it for a while, it has some drawbacks. In particular the syntax for the entries, while quite simple, is just a bit too difficult to remember without looking at some sort of cheat sheet. A more structured data entry system would make it work much better.
Well, the first line up there made me think of the data-entry grid view of a database. To be honest, I bet M$ Access would do it nicely for you, but you're not after Windows stuff, so perhaps there's an open source equivalent - something in Libre Office perhaps? Or even just typing it into a spreadsheet?
If you knocked up a simple database and then switched into data edit mode, I'm sure it'd work.
Good luck!