https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74580
--- Comment #47 from John <john_...@yahoo.com> ---
+1 for addressing this. I too have to open lots of CSV files, and am trying to
transition from Windows/Excel to Ubuntu/LO. I was happier running a Windows VM
just to keep using Excel, due to this issue.
Thanks to a few posts on the subject however, I've set up a custom csv opening
option for when I double-click on csv files in a file-browser, which appears to
work for me. In case it helps anyone else:
# cat ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
[Default Applications]
application/csv=libreoffice-calc_csv.desktop
text/csv=libreoffice-calc_csv.desktop
And added an infilter to the Exec line:
# cat ~/.local/share/applications/libreoffice-calc_csv.desktop | grep -v '#' |
head -n7
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Terminal=false
Icon=libreoffice-calc
Type=Application
Categories=Office;Spreadsheet;
Exec=libreoffice --calc --infilter="Text - txt - csv (StarCalc)":44,34,0,1 %U
I think I needed to delete the application/csv and text/csv entries in
/usr/share/applications/defaults.list - time will tell if they get added back
in again automatically (but dpkg-reconfigure didn't).
As for many others, for me, Excel gets this right - make the common use case
quick and easy (open with default, or saved, options - as configured by the
user) and make the rare use case possible (support opening with options via the
File|Open dialog).
It's a shame that only tech nerds can fix this deficiency for now, apparently.
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