[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 89683] delimited text files ('csv', 'tsv', etc.) are opened as text documents if Writer is the active window

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Thu Dec 29 17:37:59 UTC 2016


https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89683

--- Comment #15 from Heiko Tietze <tietze.heiko at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #14)
> I don't agree to a change from current behavior. It is not necessary.  

Looks like I misunderstood:

(Yousuf Philips (jay) from comment #9)
> Harald stated in comment 3 that the issue was a regression, so it used to
> work in 3.3.0 and is broken presently. So i would be in favour of returning
> the old behaviour of it always opening in calc and not reply on what module
> is currently open.

(V Stuart Foote from comment #10)
> OK, but the filter for being able to open in Writer will need to be added or
> we actually will end up with issue of bug 89684.

And as you say with

> Placement of configuration setting to modify behavior of the
> WRITER_DOCSERVICE could be either the Options dialog, or as and Expert
> configuration stanza. Or alternatively do what was suggested (comment 6)
> eliminate/override the document service and open CSV by default to Calc, but
> provide specific filter entry to open in Writer.

you accept to open Calc by default but provide specific filter in Writer. As a
side note many confusion comes from the module agnostic approach to open files
with the module that is linked with the extension.

What do you expect from UX now? Where a configuration should be stored? My take
on this is

(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #13)
> ... I disagree with Maxim's suggestion in comment 11 to have an option, 
> at least not in the configuration dialog.

Tickets will not go into production unless UX is removed, that's what has been
agreed lately in the ESC.

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