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Some feedback:

- I couldn't figure out how to paste a CSV from clipboard and have it parse the CSV as-is. Instead, it just creates a single column with each line as a row. I think "Split Selected Cells Horizontally" might do it, but that's locked behind the paid version, so I can't verify. Either way, this seems like basic functionality that should be free.

- Selecting seems buggy; if I click down on a cell in row 0 then drag down, it only selects rows 0-2 and then stops. If I select anything below row 0 then drag up or down, it selects everything. I'm on Linux, maybe just a Linux thing? I dunno.

- I'd appreciate a "paste from MySQL table" tool or something; I tend to copy table output from my terminal (i.e. a +----+----+ kind of table), it would be nice to not need to switch the MySQL output to CSV first if I want to paste it in here quickly to futz with it.

- It's very annoying to see tons of options and buttons that I can't use at all in the free version. Please mark those up-front in the UI/command palette as not being available, it's not fun to click something, get a popup, have to dismiss it, then hunt elsewhere for a solution because I don't have access to it. Feels a bit dickish so it makes me want to pay for it less, tbh.

- As others have said, pricing seems fair, but I'm not convinced yet so I'll wait for now.




1. If you copied from another table, it should paste as a table. If you copied a bunch of delimited text, then yes, it'll paste into a single column and you can you the Split Selected Cells Horizontally command to separate it into columns.

2. That first bug is known and for reasons I don't recall, is much trickier than one would think. It's still on my to-do list. The thing with dragging and selecting everything sounds like it might be scrolling really fast.

3. I'll consider it. Perhaps a smart paste option where it attempts to determine the nature of the text (e.g. whether it's a database table or what kind of delimiter it uses) and pastes accordingly.

4. I'll give this some thought as well. I'm not sure that disabling the commands is the way to go if the user doesn't know why they're disabled.

5. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Also, if you do buy and change your mind, just let me know and I'll issue a refund right away.


4. If you just disable a feature, no-one is likely to find out why it is disabled (you could put something in the tooltip, but they might not look at it). The current approach is better, if a little annoying.




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