On 03/27/2017 10:16 AM, ale rimoldi wrote: > hi > >> I have used CSV files with Scribus in the past, and never bothered with >> LibreOffice or any spreadsheet program, since the whole point of CSV to >> me is that they're just comma separated values. I just used a text >> editor with lines of text separated by commas, and never had issues. > > yes, for your own entries typing CSV by hand might be a comfortable > solution. > > the format is pretty simple. > > but if you want to read "random" content generated by your users (like > journalists writing articles) you'd better use a tool that generates > valid CSV and read it with a CSV library. > > you never know where a "," a """, or even a "\" might be hiding...
If you open it in a text editor, I'm not sure where you think they might hide -- Greg
