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

--- Comment #11 from Maxim Monastirsky <momonasmon at gmail.com> ---
Formats that can be opened by more than one app, such as html rtf and plain
text (which is what a csv file is, as there is no way to "detect" csv files by
content) are opened in the currently active app. That's an intentional change
made in LO, as noted by Kohei at
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2014-July/062540.html

To me it is understandable and consistent behavior, as if you open a .csv file
from inside gedit, you don't expect it to open in Calc, because that's a
separate app. So the same should apply to Writer (which isn't exactly a
separate app technically, but it is for the end user). That's a way to open the
file in Writer for someone who need it, instead of telling him to scroll a long
list of formats. And open Calc to be able to open the file from there is just
one click away.

I however do understand why some people prefer that a plain text files with a
.csv extension would always open in Calc. But instead of fighting endlessly on
what the default behavior should be, I suggest to make this configurable, so
hopefully everyone will be happy.

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