My reply below in red bold letters. On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 7:53 AM Adrien Monteleone < [email protected]> wrote:
> No, it is a csv, but you have the option to specify an extension or not. > > Linux and Mac don’t generally care if a file has an extension. They > determine the file type independent of it. > *Ok... Point noted.* > > Windows on the other hand does rely somewhat (if not exclusively) on the > extension. (not sure if that changed in Win10 or not) > > *I am using Win10* > You don’t always have to have an extension in Windows, but that means you > can’t double-click a file to open it with the proper app. > > You can’t change the file type as you found, (as reported by Windows) but > you can add or change the extension. Windows will then use the extension to > determine the file type and associate a default app to open it. > > As an experiment, take that same file and change the extension to “.txt”, > and Windows will now report it as a text file type and open it with your > default plain text editor. (probably Notepad) > > Then change it to “.xls” and observe how Windows changes the type again, > and what app it associates with it. > > *note - a ‘csv’ file (for Comma Separated Values) *is* a plain text file > with each line a list of values separated by comma. (or other character as > you happened to designate in the export dialog) Some apps that read csv > will accept any separator or let you specify on import. Some choke on > anything but a comma. GnuCash gives you the flexibility to choose what you > need. > > The problem you found isn’t a problem with GnuCash, it is a limitation of > how the Windows OS recognizes files. > *Point taken.* > > Regards, > Adrien > > > > On Mar 29, 2020 w14d89, at 6:12 PM, Adrian Yong < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > *Your Point No. 5 is interesting.* > > > > Gnucash's instruction is Export XXXXX to csv. One would be led to believe > > that the file type is automatically csv. But in reality, you are saying > > that it can export to any format provided you specify the file type as an > > extension to the filename. > > > > All your other comments are relevant if we get this file type > specification > > step correct. > > > > Regards, > > Adrian > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
