Not true. A copy of a CSV import into a spreadsheet is not made until the user executes the "Save As" command. At least that is true of the five different spreadsheet programs I have used over the last 35 years.
On June 25, 2020 9:46:50 PM UTC, Robert Krawitz <[email protected]> wrote: >On 6/25/20 1:55 PM, Pascal Obry wrote: >> Le jeudi 25 juin 2020 à 13:48 -0400, Jason Polak a écrit : >>> Here "Import" really means just open the folder. >> >> No, it really means "import" as the pictures are indeed added as >> references into the database. The "import" as in say Python really >> means the same think, make it available, bring it "there" for being >> workable. > >Think about this from a non-developer perspective. If I'm using a >spreadsheet, and I import a CSV >file, I'm actually making a copy of it, not simply referring to it. >There are ways of creating a >reference, such that the spreadsheet is updated when the reference is, >but they're not called >"import". But even from a developer perspective, if I'm doing database >work, I think of data import >as import by value, not by reference. > >> I would certainly see "open the folder" as far more confusing. > >But that's exactly what it does, if one looks at it from the standpoint >of a file manager (Dolphin, >Finder, what have you). >____________________________________________________________________________ >darktable user mailing list >to unsubscribe send a mail to >[email protected] -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
