GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 123341
numeric point should be taken from libc
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
The character for the numeric fraction ('.' or ',') is taken from .po files, though this piece of information is provided by libc, see nl_langinfo(). IMHO gcalctool should use this one. This way it doesn't rely on the translator's work. Actually, the .pot file contains a single "." without any explanation or comment, so translators might not even realize that this stands for the decimal separator character. Furthermore, users can alter it independently of the language (by setting LC_NUMERIC).
You have a good point (no pun intended). I'll look into this (near the end of next week). Thanks.
I'd like to make this a little simpler, so I've reopened bug #122373, and I'm closing this one as a duplicate of that. When I have a fix, this will then allow Stefano (in Italy) to test whether it works for him (with "," as the radix char). *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 122373 ***