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gschizas
Posted on: 8/10/2009 10:02 am
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CSV mode should not require "," as the separator
First of all, I have to say that the CSV/TSV feature looks lovely. I'm a half-convert from another text-editor, and I only keep it for three features - sorting, copying bookmarked lines and customizable tabs. The third feature (customizable tabs) is definitely done better in EmEditor. There is one problem though: Comma (",") is not used to separate CSV files universally. I know that the "C" in "CSV" stands for comma, but CSVs can be found with ";" instead of ",", especially in countries that use "," as the decimal separator instead of "." that most English-speaking countries use.

In order to be useful for other countries as well, there should exist the possibility to change the list separator. I have the following suggestions:

1. Use the list separator that Windows uses (that is in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\sList", although I'm sure there's a better way than directly reading the registry)
2. Make the list separator customizable (e.g. comma, semicolon, pipe ("|"), space, tab etc.) In this way you can also accommodate more types of files, and simplify the menus a bit.
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 » CSV mode should not require "," as the separator gschizas 8/10/2009 10:02 am
     Re: CSV mode should not require "," as the separator owilsky 8/11/2009 12:03 am
     Re: CSV mode should not require "," as the separator Richard 8/11/2009 6:40 am
       Re: CSV mode should not require "," as the separator Yutaka 8/15/2009 11:38 am

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