[QGIS-Developer] Editable CSV files

[Stefan Keller]

Hii Andreas

I think this is particularly a Windows issue. For Linux it could be
implemented such that files are'nt write locked to other programs.
Background is how to solve the problem of concurrent editing (a file).
Just unlocking the file implies some problems of this type on how to
"inform" the other client to refresh?
A proper solution would be to implement a bidirectional communication
between Excel and QGIS - similar to how GISconnector for Excel (and
ArcGIS) did it.
Unfortunately Excel needs to be programmed in VBA :-(

:Stefan

2017-07-19 7:45 GMT+02:00 Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a particular technical reason why csv/text files aren't editable in
> QGIS? Or is this mainly for historical reasons and it could be implemented
> as editable with reasonable effort?
>
> I know that there is a plugin called "Editable GeoCSV" - but shouldn't this
> be supported by QGIS in general, without the need for a plugin?
>
> I'd be willing to financially support such an improvement in QGIS core,
> should a developer be interested in working on it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andreas
>
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