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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW - FILEOPEN: Need broader filter for delimited text files ("Text CSV" only includes *.csv)"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97080#c3">Comment # 3</a>
on <a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW - FILEOPEN: Need broader filter for delimited text files ("Text CSV" only includes *.csv)"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97080">bug 97080</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:thannyd@earthlink.net" title="Mike Ruskai <thannyd@earthlink.net>"> <span class="fn">Mike Ruskai</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to David Tardon from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=97080#c1">comment #1</a>)
<span class="quote">> (In reply to Mike Ruskai from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=97080#c0">comment #0</a>)
> > It's a bit of a PITA to open a delimited text file with Calc, as the "Text"
> > filter always loads the document in Writer
>
> That is not true. If the file is opened from an existing Calc window, it
> will be opened in Calc too.</span >
I take it you're aware by now that this claim is not true. Opening a delimited
text file from Calc using the "Text" filter sends the file to Writer.
<span class="quote">> > and the "Text CSV" filter only
> > lists *.csv files.
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> That is because this filter is import/export, and 'csv' is the extension for
> export. I don't know if there can be more than one.</span >
Normal UI design uses a filter with all eligible extensions for opening a file,
with a specific extension for saving a file. The latter can either be through
separate filters, or a filter with multiple extensions selected via a dropdown
on the file dialog.
<span class="quote">> This filter uses 'Text' type, which is also used by Writer. So the detection
> code contains a few simple heuristics that try to guess if the file should
> be opened in Writer or Calc. I think a possible course of action is to
> define a separate type for it, say 'Delimited Text'.</span >
Such a separate filter is what I think makes the most sense. It's really what
"Text CSV" already is, save without the file extension limitation. That filter
is currently the only way to save a delimited text file of any kind.</pre>
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