[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 141802] Unacceptable: Data loss when working with CSVs.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141802

Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to bryanpaget at pm.me from comment #0)
> Calc should not allow the user to create new sheets when working with a CSV.
> Period.
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> ...
> 4. Save and close (pressing OK on all the warnings)

Actual results: one pressed OK to all the warnings. LibreOffice tried to warn
the person. They told that they know what they are doing. LibreOffice obeyed.

You can't prevent such things. LibreOffice can't predict that you will use CSV
(you may decide that after you have created an empty new spreadsheet); user
might want eventually to save as ODS. Preventing things based on opened format
will not be acceptable for many, and - as explained - will not prevent this
kind of problems in cases when it wasn't a CSV.

The warnings could be more detailed and list specific things that would be lost
(unfortunately, my proposal to implement that was opposed as user-unfriendly),
but IMO that's all. Requiring that user re-save first to unblock the UI is not
a good option.

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