[Tfug] OOCalc opens OOWriter

[JD Rogers]

> Hmm,
>        Numeric data separated by tabs. That's a new one on me.
> *.csv means they're comma separated. I don't know if there's
> any spreadsheet S/W out there that could handle tabs. (other
> than OO it seems.)

Actually, I find that tab separated data is very common. Many programs
that export data in plain text allow you to specify the delimiter. In
fact, most of my CSV files are tab delimited.

I could have sworn I did this once with something like file->import in
OOcalc, but I can't find it now. I just googled for it, and came up
with a thread that ended in the fairly useless resolution: "mv foo
foo.csv; oocalc foo.csv". That's Dumb (tm).


> Erich
>
> Claude Rubinson wrote:
>
> >I've got a tab separated dataset in plain text named, e.g., `foo'.  If
> >I try to open the file by invoking `oocalc foo', OOo decides that
> >since it's a plain text file, it should open the file in OOWriter.  To
> >open the file in OOCalc, I need to rename the file `foo.csv'.  Does
> >anyone know how to work around this brain-dead behavior (i.e., "use
> >the app that I specified to open this file")?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Claude
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