https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166095
Bug ID: 166095
Summary: Opening and then saving a csv file alters character
encoding
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.2.1.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Calc
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
My university's Learning Management system exports gradebooks as CSV files
where each line begins and ends with #, and expects them to come back in the
same format. If I try to use LibreOffice to make even minor edits, it will
alter all of these characters. For example, I download the file. I open in
nano. The first line is "#56987425,Vickie.Brewer,42,38,89,77,E.... "
I open in LibreOffice and change the 42 to 43. Now the first line is
"+ACM-56987425,Vickie.Brewer,43,38,89,77,E...." This is undesirable.
LibreOffice was not asked to edit the first cell, and should not be editing
things it was not asked to edit.
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a csv file which contains '#'
2.Open in LibreOffice, make a change, and then save.
Actual Results:
File is altered in ways that only become visible when it is opened with a
different software.
Expected Results:
One should be able to expect that the software will not make invisible changes
which it has not been asked to make.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
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