Excel file format

[Robin Becker]

In article <mailman.973338073.29447.python-list at python.org>,
vonWedel at lfpt.rwth-aachen.de writes
>
>    Hello, 
>
>    I want to transform data into Excel files using Python, not just 
>    data but also 
>    workbooks, etc.. Is there any module facilitating this? 
>
>    On a Windows-machine I would simply use Excel's COM 
>    interface to do this, but I'm on unix. 
>
>    Is the Excel file format documented somewhere? 
>
>    Lars 
the M$ excel developer kit books contain fairly detailed information on
the various records in the files. Whether it's sufficient is another
matter.
-- 
Robin Becker