From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 21/11/2025 1:20 am, Hans Bezemer wrote:   
   > On 20-11-2025 12:18, minforth wrote:   
   >> Am 20.11.2025 um 11:48 schrieb albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl:   
   >>>    
   >>>> TSV avoids most issues because tabs rarely appear naturally in data   
   fields.   
   >>> Shit, it is based on tabs? That damns it in my view. Wish I knew that   
   >>> earlier. And you commented that newlines are present in CSV fields?   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>>> Overall, TSV offers a simpler, safer, and more reliable alternative to   
   CSV.   
   >>> Agree to disagree. Newlines are invisible, but at least you know they are   
   >>> there. tabs are the silent killers.   
   >>   
   >> FWIW Excel can export tables directly in TSV format. This can sometimes   
   >> be very useful, especially when you get number series with commas as   
   >> decimal points.   
   >   
   > You're completely right. IIRC, they call it "*.txt" files. Libreoffice only   
   offers what are technically "CSV with tabs".   
      
   PlanMaker (SoftMaker Office) offers a 'txt' format in which field and text   
   separators default to tab and none respectively.  Whether it precisely   
   duplicates Excel's 'txt', I don't know.   
      
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