Subject: bug#47820: [PATCH] org-table-import: Give option to import interactively even if filename doesn't match

From: Utkarsh Singh <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:31:42 +0530

Hi,

Can we give small flexibility in choosing the filename interactively for
`org-table-import'?  Currently org-table-import will just throw an error
when file name doesn't have .txt, .csv or .tsv as extension.

This patch tries to add a simple yes-and-no to let user choose if they
want to continue importing or not.

diff --git a/lisp/org/org-table.el b/lisp/org/org-table.el
index 0e93fb271f..ab66859d6a 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-table.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-table.el
@@ -938,7 +938,8 @@ org-table-import
 - regexp  When a regular expression, use it to match the separator."
   (interactive "f\nP")
   (when (and (called-interactively-p 'any)
-	     (not (string-match-p (rx "." (or "txt" "tsv" "csv") eos) file)))
+	     (not (string-match-p (rx "." (or "txt" "tsv" "csv") eos) file))
+             (not (yes-or-no-p "File doesn't have .txt, .tsv or .csv as extension.  Do you still want to continue? ")))
     (user-error "Cannot import such file"))
   (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))
   (let ((beg (point))

-- 
Utkarsh Singh
http://utkarshsingh.xyz