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Bug 143135 - .csv not shown in file dialog as a "Spreadsheet"
.csv not shown in file dialog as a "Spreadsheet"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: import/export Text
git master
Other All
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
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Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-05-25 16:07 UTC by Luke Hutchison
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
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Description Luke Hutchison 2004-05-25 16:07:37 UTC 
In the "File->Open" dialog, showing only "Spreadsheets" (and not "All Files")
does not display .csv files (or presumably .tsv either) -- could you please add
this type as a filtered Spreadsheet extension, since it is now a type that is
supported natively.
Comment 1 Morten Welinder 2004-05-25 17:10:09 UTC 
Known.  We display only files matching extensions used by the file formats we
can save -- a temporary gross hack.

Fixing this will require a bit of infrastructure work.
Comment 2 Andreas J. Guelzow 2004-05-25 21:45:31 UTC 
I think it is quite a stretch calling a csv or tsv file a spreadsheet.
Comment 3 Luke Hutchison 2004-05-26 03:59:02 UTC 
(Not to compare, but... :o) )  Excel does recognize CSV files as spreadsheets,
even going so far as to attach itself as the default file-open handler for that
type.  (Seriously, what other than a spreadsheet program is going to open a .CSV
file by default if it's double-clicked on?)

CSV files are immensely useful for data import/export between many analysis
programs.  Shutting Gnumeric out of that loop (or, rather, making things a bit
more awkward for no specific reason, by not having CSV files as a
natively-handled type) doesn't make much sense.  Personally, I use CSV files
more than any other "spreadsheet" format because I deal with data and data
analysis programs (of course that's just me, I realize that is not the case for
people who don't do a lot of this sort of work).
Comment 4 Morten Welinder 2004-10-01 14:47:57 UTC 
Fixed by hack.  The hack will do away when we can ask the openers.