From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [OT] CSV to Org
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:37:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8244.1322026640@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> of "Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:16:21 MST." <CAJcAo8umwX_tt1FRwB1Fni1=_otHk4U6FYNi7FqxSie-h5_6TA@mail.gmail.com>
Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, thanks for your comments. I can see the appeal of a Python-ish
> solution, but I was thinking maybe some elisp (or even a package or a
> part of Org) instead. Then it could grow to a generally useful
> importer.
>
The trouble is that CSV is a very loosely defined format, with many
variations and dialects. The nice thing about the python solution is
that it takes care of many of these variations.
If somebody does take up your challenge, I would strongly advise that
they should consult the csv python module (or equivalent modules in
other languages, depending on their preferred language) and the design
document for it (PEP 305 - at http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0305/ )
and try to translate it into elisp, rather than striking off on their
own.
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-23 5:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-22 22:56 [OT] CSV to Org Samuel Wales
2011-11-22 23:31 ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-23 1:16 ` Samuel Wales
2011-11-23 1:19 ` Samuel Wales
2011-11-23 5:37 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2011-11-30 12:13 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-11-30 16:30 ` Eric Schulte
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