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Bug 123341 - numeric point should be taken from libc
numeric point should be taken from libc
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 122373
Product: gnome-calculator
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Rich Burridge
Rich Burridge
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-09-26 21:40 UTC by Egmont Koblinger
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Egmont Koblinger 2003-09-26 21:40:11 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).
Comment 1 Rich Burridge 2003-09-27 00:53:54 UTC 
You have a good point (no pun intended). I'll
look into this (near the end of next week). Thanks.
Comment 2 Rich Burridge 2003-10-02 14:34:58 UTC 
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 ***