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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: CSV handling in KSpread, KWord
From:       Jaroslaw Staniek <js () iidea ! pl>
Date:       2005-12-02 19:07:02
Message-ID: 43909B56.2030907 () iidea ! pl
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Ariya Hidayat said the following, On 2005-12-02 17:31:

>>Similar problem:
>>-pasting CSV data from OO.org Calc into Kexi works well on any system, but
>>pasting it to KCalc only fills a single cell. Pasting it to KWord opens a
>>selection dialog allowing to paste plain text or image (no CSV has been
>>detected). This particular problem may be caused by no detecting whether the
>>plain text is in CSV format, right?
> 
> 
> Yes, it's likely the problem here.
> For KSpread, pasting CSV from clipboard should be performed not by
> normal paste, by inserting external data. This is suboptimal and
> less-intuitive for the users.
> 
> I would say we can put the CSV-paste problem as JJ.

Good idea. I'd say: #1 interoperability problem for now. Another job could be 
for KWord too.
The job is quite easy: it's enough to detect CSV format (I've recently noticed 
these options are expected by spreadsheets and other apps when pasting to them:
- demiliter = tabs
- text quotes = none

On my side I am going to set these as defaults when copying data in Kexi.

Moreover, I guess am wondering whether we could reuse improved void 
KexiCSVImportDialog::fillTable() method.

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  Jaroslaw Staniek / OpenOffice Polska
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