GNU bug report logs - #52208
Changing `csv-separators' in `csv-mode' does not work

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tor Kringeland <tor.a.s.kringeland <at> ntnu.no>

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:18:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Tor Kringeland <tor.a.s.kringeland <at> ntnu.no>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Changing `csv-separators' in `csv-mode' does not work
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 22:17:28 +0100

Changing the value of `csv-separators' /e.g./ to

  (setq csv-separators '(";"))

(from it's default value) while in an Emacs session does not have any
effect.  Putting this in a config and re-starting Emacs works, though.

When using `csv-align-mode' it's prudent to have just one "CSV
separator", otherwise things will look ugly if you happen to have
another separator character in the file.  If one wants to switch between
a CSV file whose delimiter is `;' and another whose delimiter is `,',
one would have to change the value of `csv-separators', which isn't so
bad, but restarting Emacs for this to take effect is vexing.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 230 days ago.

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