Re: bug#47885: [PATCH] org-table-import: Make it more smarter for interactive use

[Utkarsh Singh]

On 2021-06-02, 19:06 +0700, Maxim Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Notice that for "C-u M-x org-table-import" heuristics is not necessary, 
> the separator is specified explicitly. I see that your intention was to 
> improve user interface of org-table-import, but actually you broke it by 
> the "org-table-import: add file prompt" patch. I have not tried it, but 
> my expectation is that user prompt can be customized while keeping all 
> other things working. Maybe the docstring should be updated to make it 
> more friendly to novices (like me while reviewing your patch).

Thanks for pointing out the error, locally you can fix it by (patches
for patches):

;;;###autoload
 (defun org-table-import (file separator)
@@ -955,12 +971,13 @@ lines.  It can have the following values:
 - integer When a number, use that many spaces, or a TAB, as field separator.
 - regexp  When a regular expression, use it to match the separator."
   (interactive (list (read-file-name "Import file: ")
-                     (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg)))
+                     current-prefix-arg))

Currently I am trying to refactor CSV parsing by applying techniques
used in pcsv library (MELPA package) which I think you will also enjoy
to play with!

-- 
Utkarsh Singh
http://utkarshsingh.xyz