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https://github.com/taviso/123elf

A native port of Lotus 1-2-3 to Linux.
https://github.com/taviso/123elf

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A native port of Lotus 1-2-3 to Linux.

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# Lotus 1-2-3 for Linux



This is a native port of Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3 to Linux. There's an article documenting how this is possible

[here](https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/linux123.html).



![Lotus 1-2-3 for Linux](https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/img/123linux.png)



## Screenshots



Here are some screenshots of Lotus 1-2-3 on Linux.



| ![liveupdate_small](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/123814/177441429-ee4ec586-46f5-45bf-96a0-0715215d2a0d.png) | ![help_small](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/123814/177441458-435be771-2934-4199-9115-5b81311d89d2.png) | ![stock_small](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/123814/177441483-f52fc2d3-9c3b-4c74-b805-99922c7c8b16.png) | ![perspective](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/123814/173251674-cb29357d-8686-4dde-83bc-17c441957512.png)

|--|--|--|--|

| Interactive, live-updating ASCII-art charts. | Context sensitive help. | Highly configurable graphs. | Work with multiple sheets.



See more screenshots and gifs in the [wiki](https://github.com/taviso/123elf/wiki/Getting-Started).



## Building



### Dependencies



First, you need a version of binutils that is compiled with `coff-i386` target

support. You can check like this:



```

$ objdump --info | grep coff-i386

```



> Note: Most distributions do not enable this for some reason.



Run the included `binutils.sh` to download and compile a version of binutils known to work for this.



Secondly, you need a copy of Lotus 1-2-3 for UNIX, you can download it

[here](https://archive.org/details/123-unix). Just place the raw disk images in 

the build directory and run `extract.sh`.



Finally, just run `make`.



#### Packages



The following packages are required



| Ubuntu              | Fedora              | Debian (bookworm)   | Ubuntu (bionic)

| ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------

| build-essential     | glibc-devel.i686    | build-essential     | build-essential

| gcc-multilib        | libgcc.i686         | gcc-multilib        | gcc-multilib

| lib32ncurses-dev    | ncurses-static.i686 | lib32ncurses-dev    | libncurses-dev:i386



## Installing



Run `make install` to install into `/usr/local`.



Run `make install prefix=/my/prefix` to install into a custom prefix.



Run `make uninstall` or `make uninstall prefix=/my/prefix` to uninstall.



## Running



Just run `./123` in the project directory after building, or, if you installed it, run `123`.



### Getting Started



There is a quick start guide in the wiki [here](https://github.com/taviso/123elf/wiki/Getting-Started), and the full manual can be seen here [here](https://archive.org/details/lotus-1-2-3-release-3.1-reference/Lotus%201-2-3%20Release%203.1%20-%20Tutorial).



There is a man page in `share/man/man1/123.1` that describes the command line options.



Lotus 1-2-3 has context sensitive online help, you can press F1 at most times to see some hints.



> Note: You use the / key to open the 123 menu!



If you've used any spreadsheet before, you should be able to get started quickly. Functions use `@` instead of `=`, but the common functions like `@SUM`, `@AVG`, `@INDEX`, and even `@HLOOKUP` all work as you would expect.



## FAQ



- Q. How do I quit 123?



If the status indicator in the top right says `READY`, try `/Quit Yes`.



If it doesn't say `READY` (it might say `ERROR`, `HELP` `POINT`, `MENU` or

something else), try hitting Esc until it goes back to `READY`.



- Q. I get the error 'invalid compressed data--code out of range'.



You have a *very* old gzip with broken lzw/pack support. You can try running

the `gzip.sh` script to build a more recent gzip, then rerun the extract

script.



See the full [FAQ](https://github.com/taviso/123elf/wiki/FAQ) for more.



## Bugs



- ~~The keyboard map seems to be incomplete~~ (XTerm compatible terminals should be [working](https://github.com/taviso/123elf/wiki/Keybindings), please test others!)

- ~~Graphs don't work yet~~ (Partially working!, see [#5](https://github.com/taviso/123elf/issues/5)).

- ~~Printing doesn't work yet~~ (Print to file works, print to lpr is being worked on, see [#50](https://github.com/taviso/123elf/issues/50)).

- `STEP` mode does not display the current step (Nearly working! see [#101](https://github.com/taviso/123elf/issues/101)).

- There is limited i18n support (We're working on it, see [#73](https://github.com/taviso/123elf/issues/73)).

- File an issue if you notice something, there are probably lots of minor issues that can be fixed!