I am using the Gnumeric spreadsheet to import, update, then export csv files delimited by the pipe "|" separator. Gnumeric by default saves it's files as xml via its .gnumeric file extension. Therefore a user needs to import files via Data > Get External Data > Import Text file. Then the user must navigate the wizard to select import options. These default settings are not "remembered" the next time a user imports a file. The process is supposed to be similar for exporting (via Save As > Text (Configurable), but I did not see the export wizard.
Is there a way to change Gnumeric's DEFAULT settings so it will import/export .csv files with the pipe separator and treat all data as text (not general)?
There is no way to do that at the moment. The easiest way to implement this feature might be a new plugin.