[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 129624] New: When recovering TAB-sep chart file, tabs are replaced by commas

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129624

            Bug ID: 129624
           Summary: When recovering TAB-sep chart file, tabs are replaced
                    by commas
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Mac OS X (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: libre.griswolf at xoxy.net

I programmatically write new lines into a TAB-separated file. I the open the
file using libreoffice calc. Sometimes when I try to close the file, it
crashes, and offers to recover. If I accept that offer, very often (always??)
the file is recovered as a COMMA-separated file. Some of my fields can
occasionally contain commas, which is why I chose tabs.

How to reproduce: Build a tab-sep file with several columns of several rows of
numeric data (the comma-containing fields aren't part of problem). Cause a
crash.
Allow file recovery

To cause the crash, as I've seen it: 
  Choose insert chart
  choose X/Y scatter 
  cancel the insertion of the chart, maybe by simply closing the window
  About 5% to 10% of the time (WAG) the save will fail and LibreOffice will
crash, while offering to recover my file.
  I have seen this with three columns: two columns holding data in the
10,000-100,000 range and one holding data around 210 to 280; and as few as a
dozen rows.

What I expect: The file will be recovered in CSV format with the sep character
I used when creating it.

How you might do that: Ask what sep character(s) should be used. Or use an
rcfile of some kind to specify the default sep character. Or stash the sep
character(s) somewhere that an be recovered.

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