https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99017

--- Comment #2 from PN <[email protected]> ---
Yes it is, and sorry for re-filing this. I forgot about the old one and it
did not show up as hit when I submitted this new one...

However, I still find this behaviour disfunctional, because:

1) it forces a certain behaviour upon the user which clearly is not
intended (why would I open a word processor file in a spreadsheet
application?).

2) the behaviour is inconsistent. If I rename the same file to .csv, it
nevertheless opens in calc, ignoring the auto-file-type-detection.

3) opening a tab-delimited text file with a non-UTF8-encoding (because it
was copied from another OS or just is old) is not such a rare thing really...
In fact, I would argue that this happens more often than to open a very old
Word Perfect file that does not end in .wpd.

4) Finally, LibreOffice is an unique application, at least on Linux, with
no serious alternative. I find it problematic to impose such an
"auto"-behaviour upon the user, essentially making it impossible from him
to decide what is "right".

In summary, it would really be great to be able to turn this
auto-application-choosing off, either globally, or on a case by case basis.
Let the user decide what is right...

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