On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 08:27:26PM +0100, Joerg Mayer wrote:
> I don't think so: If we print the character that is used to separate
> the fields inside a field, then we'll either need to allow users to
> change the separator or we'll need to surround the whole value by "",
> because no importing app will be able to reliably tell whether the
> character was meant as a decimal separator or as a field separator. So
> (in some locales) we generate an unparsable output - that's our fault,
> not Bill's.
How about we add an option for tab separated columns?
Steve