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csv-kill-fields broken in text mode

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From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
To: Bob Babcock <wssddc <at> nospam.wssddc.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: csv-kill-fields broken in text mode
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:58:01 +0300

On 14/07/2018 05:30 +0000, Bob Babcock wrote:

> I just discovered a surprising interaction: csv-kill-fields and csv-kill-
> multiple-columns break if the buffer is in text mode and a (quoted) field
> contains a comma.
>
> For example, take the line
> "1,2","3"
> and interactively delete the first field with csv-kill-fields.
>
> If the buffer is in csv or fundamental mode, the result is, as expected
> "3"
>
> If the buffer is in text mode, the result is
> 2","3"
>
> I have not tested other functions in csv-mode.el for similar breakage.
>
> Is there a better place to report this?  Maybe the only change should be to
> document the mode requirement.  The only reason I'm in text mode is that I
> am pasting csv data into an existing text file for reformat to fixed
> columns.

These commands are not standard commands, but csv-mode specific
commands, so they work only in csv-mode.

Message #8 received at 32172 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
To: Bob Babcock <wssddc <at> nospam.wssddc.com>
Cc: 32172 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32172: csv-kill-fields broken in text mode
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:28:01 +0300

tags 32172 notabug
close 32172
quit

On 16/07/2018 15:58 +0300, Filipp Gunbin wrote:

> On 14/07/2018 05:30 +0000, Bob Babcock wrote:
>
>> I just discovered a surprising interaction: csv-kill-fields and csv-kill-
>> multiple-columns break if the buffer is in text mode and a (quoted) field
>> contains a comma.
>>
>> For example, take the line
>> "1,2","3"
>> and interactively delete the first field with csv-kill-fields.
>>
>> If the buffer is in csv or fundamental mode, the result is, as expected
>> "3"
>>
>> If the buffer is in text mode, the result is
>> 2","3"
>>
>> I have not tested other functions in csv-mode.el for similar breakage.
>>
>> Is there a better place to report this?  Maybe the only change should be to
>> document the mode requirement.  The only reason I'm in text mode is that I
>> am pasting csv data into an existing text file for reformat to fixed
>> columns.
>
> These commands are not standard commands, but csv-mode specific
> commands, so they work only in csv-mode.

Message #11 received at 32172 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
Cc: Bob Babcock <wssddc <at> wssddc.com>, 32172 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32172: csv-kill-fields broken in text mode
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:14:54 -0400

Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm> writes:

> tags 32172 notabug
> close 32172
> quit

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>> On 14/07/2018 05:30 +0000, Bob Babcock wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there a better place to report this?

It's the right list, but it looks like you sent the bug via the
newsgroup, which prevents the tracker from registering it properly
(Filipp's reply did get it registered as a bug).

Message #14 received at 32172 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32172 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32172: csv-kill-fields broken in text mode
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 04:50:16 +0300

tags 32172 notabug
close 32172
quit

On 16/07/2018 18:14 -0400, Noam Postavsky wrote:

> Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm> writes:
>
>> tags 32172 notabug
>> close 32172
>> quit
>
> You have to send this text to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org to have effect.
> If sending to others, you should use Bcc to prevent further replies from
> going there accidentally (which is why you don't see this address when
> other people do it).

Got it, thanks.

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