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From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: "Jason F. McBrayer" <jmcbray@carcosa.net>
Cc: Ruslan Kosolapov <rkosolapov@swsoft.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: agenda csv export: three problems (batch, koi8-r and commas)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 16:41:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8f7816b4f31abdefe0451c40fd789d52@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1myzlkwjv.fsf@bertrand.carcosa.net>


On May 31, 2007, at 14:27, Jason F. McBrayer wrote:

> Ruslan Kosolapov <rkosolapov@swsoft.com> writes:
>
>> org-mode 4.75, emacs-snapshot (latest from debian sid)
>> --[ 3. Problems with , and "" ]--
>>
>> As far as I know, strings in csv should be quoted, else there will be
>> problems if string contains comma.
>>
>> Now I see than "head" field placed in csv without quotes.  So, if I
>> use comma in heading text, csv-parsing script fails.
>>
>
> I wondered about this immediately after csv agenda export was added,
> so I tested it.  My testing showed that commas in headlines are
> converted to semicolon on export (it must be getting done earlier in
> the code than where you looked at it being placed in the csv).
> Probably not The Right Thing, but good enough, and surely easier than
> worrying about quoting.

Exactly.  Of course fancier stuff could be done, but I guess this
easy thing is still the best.

- Carsten

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-31 14:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-31  9:23 agenda csv export: three problems (batch, koi8-r and commas) Ruslan Kosolapov
2007-05-31 12:27 ` Jason F. McBrayer
2007-05-31 12:59   ` Ruslan Kosolapov
2007-05-31 14:41   ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2007-05-31 12:53 ` Ruslan Kosolapov
2007-06-01  7:07 ` Carsten Dominik

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