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Bug 167191 - gnumeric fails to recognize csv file
gnumeric fails to recognize csv file
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: import/export Text
git master
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-02-12 19:21 UTC by Andreas J. Guelzow
Modified: 2005-04-01 21:54 UTC
See Also:
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Attachments
testcase (UTF16LE encoded csv file) (584 bytes, application/octet-stream)
2005-02-12 19:22 UTC, Andreas J. Guelzow 		Details

Description Andreas J. Guelzow 2005-02-12 19:21:51 UTC 
Try to open the attached file. It is a csv file in UTF16LE encoding. 

Currently gnumeric fails to recognize that format.
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2005-02-12 19:22:42 UTC 
Created attachment 37416 [details]
testcase (UTF16LE encoded csv file)
Comment 2 Jon Kåre Hellan 2005-02-12 21:57:13 UTC 
We can use xmlDetectCharEncoding to detect the "exotic" unicode encodings. See
html-read.c. We should probably use it in gnm_guess_encoding.
Comment 3 Morten Welinder 2005-02-13 15:22:41 UTC 
I wonder what it even means for a csv file to be in such an encoding.  I could
live with forcing people through the configurable importer.

How do other csv file consuming program fare?
Comment 4 Jon Kåre Hellan 2005-02-13 16:15:37 UTC 
OOo calc can read it. It is a google AdSense file. See the thread starting at
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnumeric-list/2005-February/msg00027.html.

I agree that this isn't a high priority.
Comment 5 Morten Welinder 2005-04-01 21:54:18 UTC 
Fixed in cvs.