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Feature #11843

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Improved copy-and-paste between CHIRP and spreadsheets

Added by Dan Smith 1 day ago. Updated about 17 hours ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
02/21/2025
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Chirp Version:
next
Model affected:
All
I read the instructions above:
Yes

Description

As of the start of 2024, CHIRP puts memories on the clipboard in plaintext in the following scheme:

[147.280000/+0.600/167.9/167.9]

That's so that something could be pasted into an email or text document. CHIRP can also hydrate a memory from that format, but without much of the important data of course.

I propose that we drop that (by default at least) and move to using TSV (Tab-Separated Values) like many spreadsheet programs do. It looks like we can get a reasonable amount of compatibility between LibreOffice, Excel, and even things like OnlyOffice by doing so.

One major issue with this is you can't reorder the memories in the spreadsheet because CHIRP don't know the order (unless we somehow support eating the header line first, assuming the user includes it). Of course, the usual problem(s) apply with breaking the format in the external editor, and of course, if we get a tab character in somewhere.

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Updated by Dan Smith about 17 hours ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
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