(The @code{apply} is necessary because @code{ses-range} produces a
@emph{list} of values. This allows for more complex possibilities.)
+Alternatively you can use the @code{!} modifier of @code{ses-range} to
+remove blank cells which allows to use @code{+} instead of
+@code{ses+}:
+
+@lisp
+(apply '+ (ses-range A2 A5 !))
+@end lisp
+
@c ===================================================================
@node The Basics
column letters.
@item M-x ses-rename-cell
@findex ses-rename-cell
-Rename a cell from a standard A1-like name to any
-string.
+Rename a cell from a standard A1-like name to any string that can be a
+valid local variable name (See also @ref{Nonrelocatable references}).
@item M-x ses-repair-cell-reference-all
@findex ses-repair-cell-reference-all
When you interrupt a cell formula update by clicking @kbd{C-g}, then
@table @code
@item (ses-delete-blanks &rest @var{args})
-Returns a list from which all blank cells (value is either @code{nil} or
-'*skip*) have been deleted.
+Returns a list from which all blank cells (value is either @code{nil}
+or '*skip*) have been deleted. Order of args is reverted. Please note
+that @code{ses-range} has a @code{!} modifier that allows to remove
+blanks, so it is possible to write:
+@lisp
+(ses-range A1 A5 !)
+@end lisp
+instead of
+@lisp
+(apply 'ses-delete-blanks (ses-range A1 A5 <))
+@end lisp
@item (ses+ &rest @var{args})
Sum of non-blank arguments.
@end table
When a printer function signals an error, the fallback printer
-@samp{"%s"} is substituted. This is useful when your column printer
+@samp{"%S"} is substituted. This is useful when your column printer
is numeric-only and you use a string as a cell value. Note that the
-standard default printer is ``%.7g'' which is numeric-only, so cells
+standard default printer is @samp{"%.7g"} which is numeric-only, so cells
that are empty of contain strings will use the fallback printer.
@kbd{c} on such cells will display ``Format specifier doesn't match
argument type''.
@kbd{C-u C-y} relocates none of the cell-references. What about mixed
cases?
-You can use
+The best way is to rename cells that you do not want to be relocatable
+by using @code{ses-rename-cell}.
+@findex ses-rename-cell
+Cells that do not have an A1-like name style are not relocated on
+yank. Using this method, the concerned cells won't be relocated
+whatever formula they appear in. Please note however that when a
+formula contains some range @code{(ses-range @var{cell1} @var{cell2})}
+then in the yanked formula each range bound @var{cell1} and
+@var{cell2} are relocated, or not, indepently, depending on whether
+they are A1-like or renamed.
+
+An alternative method is to use
@lisp
(symbol-value 'B3)
@end lisp
quoted things, so this will not be relocated when pasted or when
rows/columns are inserted/deleted. However, B3 will not be recorded
as a dependency of this cell, so this cell will not be updated
-automatically when B3 is changed.
+automatically when B3 is changed, this is why using
+@code{ses-rename-cell} is most of the time preferable.
The variables @code{row} and @code{col} are dynamically bound while a
cell formula is being evaluated. You can use
@findex ses-reconstruct-all
Begins with an 014 character, followed by sets of cell-definition
-macros for each row, followed by column-widths, column-printers,
+macros for each row, followed by the set of local printer
+defintitions, followed by column-widths, column-printers,
default-printer, and header-row. Then there's the global parameters
-(file-format ID, numrows, numcols) and the local variables (specifying
-@acronym{SES} mode for the buffer, etc.).
+(file-format ID, row count, column count, local printer count) and the
+local variables (specifying @acronym{SES} mode for the buffer, etc.).
-When a @acronym{SES} file is loaded, first the numrows and numcols values are
+When a @acronym{SES} file is loaded, first the global parameters are
loaded, then the entire data area is @code{eval}ed, and finally the local
variables are processed.
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