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added support for pipe-delimited files (.psv/.pipe)
tunalad May 24, 2025
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added export pipe commands
tunalad May 24, 2025
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/cmds/cmds_command.c
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Expand Up @@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ L"e csv",
L"e! csv",
L"e mkd",
L"e! mkd",
L"e pipe",
L"e! pipe",
L"e tab",
L"e! tab",
L"e tex",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1078,6 +1080,8 @@ void do_commandmode(struct block * sb) {
! wcsncmp(inputline, L"e! tex" , 6) ||
! wcsncmp(inputline, L"e tab" , 5) ||
! wcsncmp(inputline, L"e! tab" , 6) ||
! wcsncmp(inputline, L"e pipe" , 5) ||
! wcsncmp(inputline, L"e! pipe", 6) ||
! wcsncmp(inputline, L"e mkd" , 4) ||
! wcsncmp(inputline, L"e! mkd" , 5) ||
! wcsncmp(inputline, L"e txt" , 5) ||
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22 changes: 19 additions & 3 deletions src/file.c
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Expand Up @@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ char get_delim(char *type) {
char delim = ',';
if (!strcasecmp(type, "tsv") || !strcasecmp(type, "tab"))
delim = '\t';
if (!strcasecmp(type, "psv") || !strcasecmp(type, "pipe"))
delim = '|';

if (get_conf_value("txtdelim") != NULL) {
if (!strcasecmp(get_conf_value("txtdelim"), "\\t")) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -301,6 +303,13 @@ int savefile() {
doc->modflg = 0;
return 0;

// treat pipes
} else if (strlen(curfile) > 4 && (! strcasecmp( & curfile[strlen(curfile)-4], ".psv") ||
! strcasecmp( & curfile[strlen(curfile)-5], ".pipe"))){
export_delim(curfile, '|', 0, 0, doc->cur_sh->maxrow, doc->cur_sh->maxcol, 1);
doc->modflg = 0;
return 0;

// treat markdown format
} else if (strlen(curfile) > 3 && ( ! strcasecmp( & curfile[strlen(curfile)-3], ".md") ||
! strcasecmp( & curfile[strlen(curfile)-4], ".mkd"))){
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -849,9 +858,10 @@ sc_readfile_result readfile(char * fname, int eraseflg) {
// If file is a delimited text file, we import it
} else if (len > 4 && ( ! strcasecmp( & fname[len-4], ".csv") ||
! strcasecmp( & fname[len-4], ".tsv") || ! strcasecmp( & fname[len-4], ".tab") ||
! strcasecmp( & fname[len-4], ".psv") || ! strcasecmp( & fname[len-5], ".pipe") ||
! strcasecmp( & fname[len-4], ".txt") )){

import_csv(fname, get_delim(&fname[len-3])); // csv tsv tab txt delim import
import_csv(fname, get_delim(&fname[len-3])); // csv tsv tab psv pipe txt delim import
if (roman->name != NULL) free(roman->name);
roman->name = malloc(sizeof(char)*PATHLEN);
strcpy(roman->name, fname);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1393,7 +1403,7 @@ int import_markdown(char * fname) {
void do_export(int r0, int c0, int rn, int cn) {
char * curfile = session->cur_doc->name;
int force_rewrite = 0;
char type_export[4] = "";
char type_export[5] = "";
char ruta[PATHLEN];
char linea[BUFFERSIZE];

Expand All @@ -1406,6 +1416,8 @@ void do_export(int r0, int c0, int rn, int cn) {
strcpy(type_export, "csv");
} else if (str_in_str(linea, "tab") == 0) {
strcpy(type_export, "tab");
} else if (str_in_str(linea, "pipe") == 0) {
strcpy(type_export, "pipe");
} else if (str_in_str(linea, "tex") == 0) {
strcpy(type_export, "tex");
} else if (str_in_str(linea, "txt") == 0) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1443,7 +1455,7 @@ void do_export(int r0, int c0, int rn, int cn) {
// if it exists and '!' is set, remove it.
// if it exists and curfile = fname, remove it.
// else return.
if (( !strcmp(type_export, "csv") || !strcmp(type_export, "tab")) && (strlen(ruta) && backup_exists(ruta))) {
if (( !strcmp(type_export, "csv") || !strcmp(type_export, "tab") || !strcmp(type_export, "pipe")) && (strlen(ruta) && backup_exists(ruta))) {
if (force_rewrite || (strlen(curfile) && !strcmp(curfile, ruta))) {
remove_backup(ruta);
} else {
Expand All @@ -1458,6 +1470,8 @@ void do_export(int r0, int c0, int rn, int cn) {
export_delim(ruta, get_delim("csv"), r0, c0, rn, cn, 1);
} else if (strcmp(type_export, "tab") == 0) {
export_delim(ruta, '\t', r0, c0, rn, cn, 1);
} else if (strcmp(type_export, "pipe") == 0) {
export_delim(ruta, '|', r0, c0, rn, cn, 1);
} else if (strcmp(type_export, "tex") == 0) {
export_latex(ruta, r0, c0, rn, cn, 1);
} else if (strcmp(type_export, "txt") == 0) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2066,6 +2080,8 @@ void * do_autobackup(void *arg) {
#endif
} else if (! strcmp(&name[strlen(name)-8], ".tab.bak") || ! strcmp(&name[strlen(name)-8], ".tsv.bak")) {
export_delim(namenew, '\t', 0, 0, sh->maxrow, sh->maxcol, 0);
} else if (! strcmp(&name[strlen(name)-9], ".pipe.bak") || ! strcmp(&name[strlen(name)-8], ".psv.bak")) {
export_delim(namenew, '\t', 0, 0, sh->maxrow, sh->maxcol, 0);
}

// delete if exists name
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