[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 74580] FILEOPEN: Add option to disable import dialog when opening a CSV file (see comment #13)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74580

--- Comment #35 from James <jamesmorley1990 at gmail.com> ---
I know it has been a while but I would like to add my two cents worth to this
also.
We are providing computers as part of an industrial research rig package- the
rigs are controlled using propriety software that outputs data as a tab
delimited file.
Due to various ball-aches from Microsoft we are now looking at dropping
providing Office software as part of the control system, instead using LO as a
replacement. However, the one sticking point is the pop-up box when opening the
.tsv file. It is not an issue to me personally, however, not all of our
customers are particularly tech savvy, and as such a pop-up box is going to be
daunting, and also a chance for them to mess it up. The software always outputs
as a .tsv, so once any options are set then it would be fantastic if LO could
open the file every time. In my opinion, most of the time the delimiter will be
the same from one file to the other, and so the option to turn off the prompt
and use the last values seems common sense for the majority of people using LO.
In the cases where they aren't, then the option to still have the pop up on
every opening will cater for this also.

I see this issue was raised 4 years ago, and I really can't understand why
there is so much resistance to aiding usability for the majority of users.

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